REU Site: Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS)

该奖项为罗格斯大学海洋与海岸科学研究所和罗格斯大学海洋野外站的本科生研究体验(REU)项目提供了新的资金。海洋科学研究实习计划将在为期三年的为期十周的暑期研究实习期间，每年夏天为十名学生提供支持。通过独立的项目和团队研究经验，学生将专注于适用于任何海洋生态系统的面向过程的概念和技术。学生可以选择专注于广泛的研究主题和技术，包括遥感、海洋天文台、自动驾驶车辆、数值模拟和分子生物学。IMCS的教师和研究设施允许本科生探索这些技术，以了解海洋生态系统。最初为期五天的培训向学生介绍正在进行的研究，重点是拉里坦河-拉里坦湾和穆利卡河-大湾水系。这两个河口在人类对沿海生态系统的影响方面形成了鲜明的对比。培训包括在塔克顿的罗格斯大学海洋野外站两天，在沿海的LEO-15研究区域和穆利卡河上亲身体验。在第一周，学生们还会咨询导师，学习如何制定一个研究问题和写一份提案。其他情况介绍活动包括关于有效团队合作的讲习班和关于负责任的研究行为的在线课程。道德培训将通过案例研究的小组讨论加以补充。学生在项目中期工作坊中口头报告他们的研究进展。关于海洋科学的职业生涯以及何时和如何申请研究生院的讨论将在项目接近尾声时进行。所有参与者都接受了如何编写和分析他们的数据，以及如何为最终的海报会议准备海报的指导。学生在课程开始和结束时填写问卷和概念图。此外，教育研究方法被用来提供对实习期间学习过程的洞察。NSF和国防部提供的支持包括学生津贴、学生往返该网站的旅费、学生住宿和餐饮以及一些管理费用。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划共同资助。

This award provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Rutgers Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences and Rutgers University Marine Field Station. The Research Internships in Ocean Science (RIOS) program will support ten students each summer for three years during a ten week summer research internship. Through independent projects and team research experiences, students will focus on process-oriented concepts and techniques applicable in any marine ecosystem. Students can choose to focus on a wide variety of research topics and technologies including remote sensing, ocean observatories, autonomous vehicles, numerical modeling, and molecular biology. The faculty and research facilities at IMCS allow undergraduates to explore these technologies to understand marine ecosystems. An initial five-day orientation introduces students to ongoing research, focusing on the Raritan River-Raritan Bay and the Mullica River-Great Bay systems. The two estuaries provide a sharp contrast in their human impacts on coastal ecosystems. The orientation includes two days at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station in Tuckerton, with hands-on experience in the coastal LEO-15 research area, and on the Mullica River. During the first week students also consult with mentors, and learn how to formulate a research question and write a proposal. Other orientation activities include workshops on effective teamwork and an online course on responsible conduct of research. Ethics training will be supplemented by group discussions of case studies. Students make oral progress reports of their research in a mid-program workshop. Discussions of careers in ocean science and when and how to apply to graduate school take place towards the end of the program. All participants receive instruction on how to write up and analyze their data, and how to prepare a poster for the final poster session. Students complete questionnaires and concept maps at the beginning and end of the program. Additionally, educational research methodologies are used to provide insight into how learning takes place during the internships. Support provided by NSF and DOD includes funding for student stipends, student travel to and from the site, student housing and meals and some administrative costs.The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.