REU Site: Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Investigating and Communicating Ecosystem Change

普利茅斯州立大学与哈伯德布鲁克研究基金会合作，在2013 - 2015年夏季为8名学生提供为期10周的夏季研究培训。本研究经验本科生（REU）计划为感兴趣的学生生态和环境科学在国际公认的哈伯德布鲁克实验森林（HBEF）长期生态研究（LTER）网站在新罕布什尔州的白色山脉严格的研究经验。该计划强调生态学研究的社会相关性和不断变化的环境，通过科学家导师团队监督的研究和外展导师监督的科学传播活动。学生从分布在四个研究主题（动物生态学，生态地球化学，水文和土壤，森林植被和碳循环）中的项目中选择，这些项目代表并整合在哈伯德布鲁克生态系统研究（HBES）的生态系统科学中。每个学生还参加了每周一次的科学交流研讨会，强调生态研究和更广泛的社会之间的接口，通过使用公民科学，外展和科学伦理的案例研究;与非营利组织，管理机构和教育机构工作的专业人士的互动;和写作和演讲活动，旨在强调必要的沟通技能，以广泛的受众。该计划将科学传播培训与导师指导的独立研究核心放在一起。 为期10周的课程以在全站点年度本科生研究会议上的演讲而告终。 REU在线评估工具将用于评估学生在科学探究和研究执行、个人成长和向公众传播科学方面的学习成果。该计划是开放给本科新生，大学生，大三学生或第一学期谁是美国公民或永久居民的高年级学生，并将积极招募来自传统上在科学事业中代表性不足的文化和种族群体的学生的多元化群体。REU计划参与者在计划期间获得津贴，旅行和研究津贴以及住房。 这些学生将在哈伯德布鲁克实验森林的本科生，研究生和其他活跃在夏季研究的年轻研究人员的动态组合中合作生活。 更多信息可在www.example.com，或通过联系项目协调员杰夫威尔逊（gwilson@hbresearchfoundation.org）或项目PI米歇尔普鲁恩（mlpruyn@plymouth.edu）。

An award has been made to Plymouth State University, in cooperation with the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, to provide undergraduate research training to 8 students over a 10-week summer period for the summers of 2013-2015. This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program provides students interested in ecology and environmental science a rigorous research experience at the internationally recognized Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The program emphasizes the societal relevance of research on ecology and the changing environment through research overseen by teams of scientist-mentors and science communication activities overseen by outreach mentors. Students choose from projects distributed among four research themes (animal ecology, biogeochemistry, hydrology and soils, and forest vegetation and carbon cycling) that are representative of, and integrated within, the ecosystem science of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES). Each student also participates in a weekly science communication workshop that emphasizes the interface between ecological research and the broader society through the use of case studies in citizen science, outreach and science ethics; interactions with professionals working with non-profits, management agencies, and educational institutions; and writing and speaking activities designed to emphasize the skills necessary for communicating to broad audiences. This program places training in science communication alongside a core of mentor-guided independent research. The 10-week program culminates with presentations at a site-wide annual undergraduate research conference. The REU on-line evaluation tool will be used to evaluate student learning gains in scientific inquiry and research execution, personal growth and in communicating science to the public. The program is open to undergraduate freshmen, sophomores, juniors or first semester seniors who are US citizens or permanent residents and will actively recruit a diverse group of students from cultural and ethnic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in scientific careers. REU program participants receive a stipend, travel and research allowances, and housing for the duration of the program. These students will live cooperatively among a dynamic mix of undergraduates, graduate students, and other young researchers active in summer research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. More information is available at www.hubbardbrookreu.org, or by contacting program coordinator Geoff Wilson (gwilson@hbresearchfoundation.org) or project PI Michele Pruyn (mlpruyn@plymouth.edu).