REU Site: Achieving Heightened Goals: Undergraduate Research in Ecology at the Mountain Research Station

科罗拉多大学获奖，在2010-2012年夏季为9名学生提供为期10周的研究培训。该计划的目标是为学生提供在高级水平进行生物学研究的技能和信心。该计划鼓励学生，特别是那些来自生物研究专业中代表性不足的群体的学生，在野外生物学领域追求研究生涯，并考虑获得更高的学位。招聘不同文化背景的学生将基于他们对教师导师的适当学科的兴趣，教育和职业目标，以及学术成就。该计划的第一周是一个密集的实地研究方向。在暑假剩下的时间里，学生们在教师指导下进行个人项目的工作。教师导师对山区研究站的本科生培训和研究项目有着坚定的承诺，他们来自科罗拉多大学、博尔德大学、德克萨斯大学、加州大学伯克利分校和默塞德校区的几个系。学生专题包括生态学、进化生物学和行为学的广泛多样的主题。学生项目利用了山地研究站周围的场地和邻近的尼沃特岭生物圈保护区，那里是NSF长期生态研究场地的所在地。REU的学生被视为同事，期望他们尽其所能地工作，并加入研究社区，做出与研究生相当的贡献。指导包括讨论研究道德和负责任的行为，以及可能的职业和研究和学术培训。与该项目学生校友的长期联系是通过每年的电子邮件保持的，最近还通过建立学生运营的Facebook页面保持联系。欲了解更多信息和申请材料，请联系比尔·鲍曼，电子邮件：reuebio@Colorado.edu，或访问http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/.。

An award was made to the University of Colorado to provide research training for 10 weeks for 9 students, for the summers of 2010-2012. The goal of the program is to provide students with the skills and confidence to conduct biological research at an advanced level. The program encourages students, particularly those from groups that are underrepresented in biological research professions, to pursue research careers in field biology and to consider earning advanced degrees. Recruitment of a culturally diverse group of student participants will be based on interest in the appropriate disciplines of their faculty mentors, educational and career goals, and academic achievement. The first week of the program is an intensive orientation to field research. During the remainder of the summer, students work on faculty-mentored individual projects. Faculty mentors have a strong commitment to undergraduate training, research projects at the Mountain Research Station and are from several departments at the University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Texas, and University of California, Berkeley and Merced campuses. Student projects include a wide diversity of topics in ecology, evolutionary biology, and behavior. Student projects utilize sites surrounding the Mountain Research Station and the adjacent Niwot Ridge Biosphere Reserve, home to a NSF Long Term Ecological Research site. REU students are treated as colleagues, with the expectation that they will work to the best of their ability, and will join the research community and contribute at a level comparable to that of graduate students. Mentoring includes discussions of research ethics and responsible conduct, and possible careers and training in research and academics. Long-term contact with student alumni of the program is maintained through annual emails, and more recently through the establishment of student run Facebook pages. For further information and application materials, please contact Bill Bowman at reuebio@colorado.edu, or visit http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/.