REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。位于切萨皮克湾的史密森环境研究中心（SERC）将在2009-2011年夏季为10名本科生提供环境生物学的REU项目。SERC实习生将参与为期12周的实地研究、实验室工作和教育培训，研究21世纪最具挑战性的环境问题，包括气候变化、生物多样性丧失、外来物种入侵和全球生物地球化学循环的变化。学生们与史密森尼的科学家们并肩工作，设计和实施他们的研究项目，在实习结束时，每个实习生都会向SERC科学界提交一份正式的研究研讨会，描述他们的项目。在进行研究项目的同时，实习生还要学习一系列的迷你课程，参加访问科学家的研讨会，参加与其他研究委员会实验室的实验室交流，以及到附属研究机构进行实地考察。SERC鼓励传统上在科学事业中代表性不足的群体参与。更多信息可以在http://www.serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/internships.jsp上找到，或者联系奖学金协调员Dan Gustafson， 443-482-2217或gustafsond@si.edu。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) on the Chesapeake Bay will offer an REU program in environmental biology to ten undergraduate students during the summers of 2009-2011. SERC interns participate in a comprehensive 12-week period of field research, laboratory work, and educational training on some of the most challenging environmental issues of the 21st century, including climate change, biodiversity loss, invasive alien species, and the alteration of global biogeochemical cycles. Students work side-by-side with Smithsonian staff scientists to design and conduct their research projects, and at the end of their internship, each intern presents a formal research seminar describing their project to the SERC science community. While conducting their research projects, interns also take a series of mini-courses, attend seminars by visiting scientists, participate in laboratory exchanges with other SERC labs, and take field trips to affiliated research institutions. SERC encourages participation by groups that are traditionally underrepresented in scientific careers. Additional information can be found at http://www.serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/internships.jsp, or by contacting the Fellowship Coordinator, Dan Gustafson, at 443-482-2217 or gustafsond@si.edu.