REU Site: Marine Biogeochemistry at the University of South Carolina

位于哥伦比亚的南卡罗来纳州大学的本科生研究经验（REU）计划每年在为期十周的夏季研究经验中支持十名学生。该研究中心的研究主题是“海洋生物地球化学-从盐沼到深海”。学生有机会探索栖息地的生态地球化学循环，从湿地到沿海盐沼到深海的梯度，明确考虑人类对这些系统的影响和气候变化。在这个框架内，该计划强调科学方法，假设制定，假设检验，研究伦理的基础知识，以及书面和口头科学交流的基础。指导由高素质的海洋科学计划和生物科学系教师提供，他们的研究福尔斯海洋生物地球化学保护伞。该计划广泛利用南加州大学的巴鲁克海洋和海岸科学研究所，位于南卡罗来纳州乔治敦附近的海岸。在夏季结束时，REU学生在学生研究研讨会和研究论文中展示他们的成果。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。

The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of South Carolina located in Columbia, SC supports ten students each year during a ten week summer research experience. The research theme of this REU site is "Marine Biogeochemistry - from Salt Marshes to the Deep Ocean". Students have the opportunity to explore biogeochemical cycling in habitats that span the gradient from wetlands to coastal salt marshes to the deep-ocean, with the explicit consideration of human impacts and climate change on these systems. Within this framework, the program emphasizes the basics of the scientific method, hypothesis formulation, hypothesis testing, research ethics, and the fundamentals of written and oral science communication. Mentoring is provided by highly-qualified Marine Science Program and Department of Biological Sciences faculty whose research falls under the Marine Biogeochemistry umbrella. The program makes extensive use of USC's Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, located on the coast near Georgetown, SC. At the end of the summer, REU students present their results during a student research symposium and a research paper. Support provided by NSF includes funding for student stipends, student travel to and from the site, student housing and meals and some administrative costs.