REU Site: Field Research in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

落基山生物实验室(RMBL)获得了本科生研究体验(REU)奖，该实验室将在2013-2017年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的研究培训。项目的重点是生态和进化问题，需要大量的实地考察。根据导师的不同，项目可能是跨学科的(例如，将田间地质学或分子技术与田间生物学相结合)。学生们在RMBL大约25名科学家之一的指导下进行独立研究，他们可以访问从沙漠栖息地到山顶的各种野外地点。学生们还参加一系列旨在帮助他们成为活跃的科学家的活动，例如参加RMBL系列研讨会，参加期刊俱乐部，以及涉及负责任的研究和职业发展的会议。参与者参加关于如何进行研究项目的会议，包括关于实验设计和统计、准备提案、口头报告和撰写科学论文的会议。RMBL通过其网站和NSF网站，以及美国各地学院和大学的教职员工和校友的积极招聘，以数字方式招聘学生。选择学生的依据是经济需求、该项目对学生的潜在影响、科学承诺以及对实地项目表现出的兴趣。RMBL积极努力扩大在科学领域的代表性，优先选择在科学领域代表性不足的种族学生。对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们对学术研究领域的持续兴趣、他们的职业道路以及研究经验的持久影响。该计划通过REU通用评估工具以及纵向跟踪数据进行评估。欲了解更多信息，请访问rmbl.org/Education，或联系RMBL？S科学总监Jennifer Reithel博士，电子邮件：sd@rmbl.org。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) that will provide research training for 10 students, for 10 weeks during the summers of 2013- 2017. Projects are focused on ecological and evolutionary questions requiring significant fieldwork. Depending upon the mentors, projects may be interdisciplinary in nature (e.g. integrating field geology or molecular techniques with field biology. Students conduct independent research under one of RMBL's approximately 25 scientists, with access to a diversity of field sites, ranging from desert habitat to mountaintops. Students also participate in a range of activities designed to help them become active scientists, such as attending RMBL seminar series, participating in a journal club, and sessions involving the responsible conduct of research and career development. Participants attend sessions on how to conduct a research project, including sessions on experimental design and statistics, preparing proposals, giving oral presentations, and writing scientific papers. RMBL recruits students digitally, through its website and the NSF website, as well as through active recruitment by faculty and alumni at colleges and universities throughout the US. Students are selected based upon financial need, potential impact of the program on the student, scientific promise and demonstrated interest in doing a field project. RMBL actively works to expand representation in the sciences by prioritizing selection of students of ethnicities that are underrepresented in the sciences. Students are tracked to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. The program is assessed through the REU common assessment tool, as well as data from the longitudinal tracking. More information is available by visiting rmbl.org/education , or by contacting RMBL?s Science Director, Dr. Jennifer Reithel, sd@rmbl.org.