REU Site: Natural History Research Experiences

自然历史研究经验（NHRE）与史密森尼学会国家自然历史博物馆（NMNH）的科学工作人员密切合作，让20名本科生参与真正的独立研究项目。 国家人权教育机构的目的是通过提供关于设计、开展、出版和传播研究的结构化理事会，为参与者进入科学职业做好准备。 在这个独特的程序，学生被赋予无与伦比的访问NMNH的收藏，设施和智力资源。作为回报，学生们有望打破新的科学基础，使他们的成果向科学界和公众开放。研究项目集中在地质学（行星吸积和分化，气候变化和古生物学），生物学（生物遗传学，生物多样性和进化生物学）和人类学（人种学，语言学，物理和法医人类学）领域，与NMNH的科学优势大致一致。国家人权教育局致力于扩大参与和加强自然历史学科的多样性，以便为未来培养一支具有国际竞争力的科学工作队伍。 参与该计划的学生获得宝贵的技术技能和科学培训，无论他们的职业轨迹如何，这些好处都将为他们提供良好的服务。有了NHRE，史密森学会在向公众传播科学方面的卓越地位可以被利用，以确保科学成果超越研究界，到达政策制定者，行业和广大公众受众。

Natural History Research Experiences (NHRE) engages 20 undergraduate students in authentic independent research projects in close collaboration with scientific staff at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution. NHRE is designed to prepare participants for entry into scientific careers by providing structured council on designing, conducting, publishing and communicating research. In this unique program, students are given unparalleled access to the collections, facilities, and intellectual resources of NMNH. In return, students are expected to break new scientific ground and make their results accessible to the scientific community and the public. Research projects concentrate in areas of geology (planetary accretion and differentiation, climate change and paleontology), biology (phylogenetics, biodiversity and evolutionary biology), and anthropology (ethnography, linguistics, physical and forensic anthropology) broadly in line with the scientific strengths of the NMNH.Natural History Research Experiences aims to initiate participation of America's undergraduates in scientific research. The NHRE is committed to broadening participation and enhancing diversity in natural history disciplines in order to develop an internationally competitive scientific work force for the future. Students engaged in the program gain valuable technical skills and scientific training, benefits that will serve them well, regardless of their career trajectories. With the NHRE, the Smithsonian's pre-eminence in communicating science to the public can be leveraged to ensure that scientific results reach beyond the research community, to policy-makers, industry, and broad public audiences.