IRES: Fish Biodiversity Research and Education in Kenya

这项名为“肯尼亚鱼类生物多样性研究和教育”的国际学生研究经验奖（IRES）为来自杜兰大学和附近新奥尔良历史悠久的黑人大学的不同群体的美国生物学学生提供了一个在肯尼亚进行语言和文化培训以及合作鱼类生物多样性研究的项目。在三个获奖年度中，每年将有一名研究生和三名本科生与肯尼亚国家博物馆和内罗毕大学的合作者一起前往肯尼亚进行实地和实验室研究。在为期五周的暑期研究体验之前，学生将在美国PI Henry Bart的实验室接受生物多样性研究方法的培训，并在学年期间在杜兰大学接受文化和肯尼亚语言培训。IRES计划将在科学方法方面培养一批本科生和研究生骨干，并激励他们从事学术研究事业，为美国的科学队伍做出贡献。参加者将获得科学研究各个阶段的经验，从提出研究问题和收集数据到最后出版和以其他形式传播研究成果。该项目将利用来自Cypriniformes生命之树项目的信息和资源。对于国际合作者来说，该项目将有助于在肯尼亚国家博物馆鱼类学部门建立研究能力和基础设施，并将帮助该国？美国正在努力发展成为一个区域鱼类学研究中心。最后，从机构的角度来看，这个项目将成为跨课程的国际研究和教育项目的典范。

This International Research Experience for Students (IRES) award entitled Fish Biodiversity Research and Education in Kenya provides a diverse group of US biology students from Tulane University and nearby historically Black universities in New Orleans with a program of language and cultural training and collaborative fish biodiversity research in Kenya. In each of the three award years, one graduate and three undergraduate students will travel to Kenya for field and laboratory research with collaborators at the National Museums of Kenya and the University of Nairobi. Prior to the five-week summer research experience, students will be trained in biodiversity research methods in the laboratory of US PI Henry Bart and culture and Kenyan language training at Tulane during the academic year. The IRES program will train a cadre of undergraduate and graduate students in scientific methods and motivate them to pursue academic research careers and contribute to the U.S. scientific workforce. Participants will gain experience in all phases of scientific research from developing research questions and data gathering, to final publication and other forms of dissemination of research results. The project will leverage information and resources from the Cypriniformes Tree of Life Project. For the international collaborators, the project will help to build research capacity and infrastructure in the Ichthyology Section of the National Museums of Kenya, and will assist the country?s nascent effort to develop into a regional center for ichthyological research. Finally, from an institutional perspective, this project will serve as a model for international research and education programs across the curriculum.