REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Coastal Biology on Florida's First Coast.

北佛罗里达大学（UNF）的本科研究经验（REU）计划侧重于海岸生物学领域。该计划的总体目标是通过让尚未具有重要研究经验的本科理科生参与这一流行而重要的领域的研究和文化，加强他们的培训和职业发展。每年夏天将从各城市大学招募10名学生参加在联合国大学进行的为期10周的研究培训计划。由于该计划的重点是研究经验有限的年轻学生，所有学生都将完成为期两周的培训，在此期间，他们将接受开展科学研究项目的基本技能的实践培训。之后，学生将与来自UNF或两个合作机构的生物学家配对，并就北佛罗里达水域沿海生物资源的主要威胁进行指导研究项目。学生将对他们的项目提出简短的研究建议，并向教师导师和其他REU参与者口头介绍他们的研究建议。在第10周，学生们将在对整个UNF社区开放的REU海报会议上展示他们指导的项目的结果。在REU期间，学生将被鼓励在专业会议上展示他们的研究成果和/或提交给专业期刊的手稿。在学生研讨会上，还将提供关于开发有效的海报展示、科学写作和向公众展示科学信息等主题的额外职业指导。学生还将通过参加由UNF教师、研究生和访问科学家举办的研究研讨会，接触到更广泛的沿海生物学主题。最后，参与者将完成一个研究伦理培训部分，旨在提高他们的道德推理能力。国家科学基金会提供的支持包括资助学生津贴、学生往返地点的旅费、学生住房和膳食以及一些行政费用。

The Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) program at the University of North Florida (UNF) is focused on the field of Coastal Biology. The overall goal of this program is to enhance the training and career development of undergraduate science students who have not yet had significant research experience by engaging them in the research and culture of this popular and important field. Ten students will be recruited each summer from a variety of urban universities to participate in a 10-week research-training program conducted at UNF. Because of the focus of this program on younger students with only limited research experience, all students will complete a two-week orientation during which they will receive hands-on training in basic skills of conducting scientific research projects. Afterwards, students will be paired with biologists from UNF or two collaborating institutions and conduct mentored research projects on major threats to coastal biological resources in north Florida waters. Students will develop short research proposals on their projects and deliver an oral presentation on their proposed study to faculty mentors and other REU participants. In Week 10, students will present the results of their mentored projects at a REU poster session open to the entire UNF community. Following the REU period, students will be encouraged to present their research findings at professional conferences and/or in manuscripts submitted to professional journals. Additional career guidance on topics such as developing effective poster presentations, scientific writing, and presenting scientific information to public audiences will be provided in student workshops. Students will also be exposed to a broader range of topics in Coastal Biology by attending research seminars presented by UNF faculty, graduate students, and visiting scientists. Last, participants will complete a research-ethics training component geared towards improving their moral reasoning abilities. Support provided by NSF includes funding for student stipends, student travel to and from the site, student housing and meals and some administrative costs.