REU Site: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences - Undergraduate Research Experience in the Gulf of Maine and the World Ocean

本科生（REU）研究经验网站计划位于毕格罗海洋科学实验室（BLOS），西布斯贝港，ME。该计划将支持八名学生在为期十周的夏季研究计划。该REU计划的目标是：i）为来自美国各地的本科生提供指导，并获得高质量的低营养级海洋学研究机会，ii）让学生接触成功的专业科学职业所需的技能和知识，iii）增加海洋科学事业中代表性不足的少数民族的参与。 毕格罗实验室的科学家在化学和生物海洋学、数学、生物光学、卫星海洋学、显微镜、基因组学、分子、有机体和种群生物学、渔业和海气交换方面具有专门知识。REU学生将被纳入一个由技术人员，博士后，初级和高级科学家组成的研究小组，接触科学生涯中涉及的一系列活动和责任。学生将被安置在校园的麦基楼，并在目前正在建设的两座新建筑中进行研究。该计划的结构是一个“动手”的研究机会，积极的年轻科学家在他们的最后2年的正式本科培训。毕格罗大学的REU学生在海洋科学的广泛主题上进行独立的研究项目，并作为一个团体接受科学道德，实验室安全和海洋采样技术的培训。该计划包括每周会议，在此期间，学生开发和讨论他们的研究项目的各个阶段，从确定一个易于处理的研究问题，提出可测试的假设，起草提案，并进行他们的研究，以口头和书面形式交流他们的研究结果。在夏季结束时，REU学生在最后一周的学生研究研讨会和研究海报会议上展示他们的成果。鼓励所有学生在课程结束后的一两年内在专业会议上展示他们的成果。NSF提供的支持包括学生津贴，学生往返网站的交通，学生住宿和膳食以及一些行政费用。

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)Site program is located at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS), West Boothbay Harbor ,ME. The program will support eight students during a ten week summer research program. The goals of this REU Program are i) to provide undergraduate students from around the United States mentoring and access to high quality, hands on research opportunities in lower trophic level Oceanography, ii) expose students to skills and knowledge required for a successful professional science career, and iii) to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in marine science careers. Bigelow Laboratory scientists have expertise in chemical and biological oceanography, mathematics, bio-optics, satellite-oceanography, microscopy, genomics, molecular, organismal and population biology, fisheries and air-sea gas exchange. REU students will be incorporated into a research group consisting of technicians, post-docs, and junior and senior scientists, gaining exposure to the suite of activities and responsibilities involved in a science career. Students will be housed at the McKee House on campus and conduct research in two new buildings that are currently under construction. The program is structured as a "hands-on" research opportunity for motivated young scientists in their last 2 years of formal undergraduate training. REU students at Bigelow conduct independent research projects on a broad array of topics in ocean science and as a group they receive training in scientific ethics, laboratory safety and oceanographic sampling techniques. The program includes weekly meetings during which students develop and discuss all stages of their research projects, from identifying a tractable research question, posing testable hypotheses, drafting a proposal, and conducting their study, to communicating their findings both orally and in writing. At the end of the summer, REU students present their results during the last week at a student research symposium and a research poster session. All students are encouraged to present their results at professional meetings in the year or two following the program. Support provided by NSF includes funding for student stipends, student travel to and from the site, student housing and meals and some administrative costs.