REU Site: Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics in a Changing World: A scaffolded undergraduate research experience

该REU网站授予密歇根州立大学（MSU）的W.K. Kellogg生物站（KBS），将在2015年至2017年夏季的11周内支持10名学生的培训。该计划侧重于驱动植物，动物和微生物系统对全球变化的反应的生态和进化过程。学生们将与在密歇根州立大学动物学（综合生物学）、植物生物学、植物土壤微生物学、微生物学和分子遗传学、动物科学等专业拥有附属职位的KBS常驻教授一起工作。学生们将与他们的导师合作设计一个项目，利用KBS周围不同的栖息地和长期实验来测试关于气候变化如何影响农业系统的假设。学生将参加每周的专业发展研讨会，讨论科学最佳实践，为研究生培训做准备，为科学就业做准备，以及数据管理和分析方面的培训。招聘对象将是来自代表性不足的群体或就读于研究机会有限的机构的学生。在线申请过程旨在识别积极性高的学生，并依赖于多种因素，包括写作技巧和生活经历。项目协调员将确定合适的候选人，并将这些候选人转发给导师，导师将对技能和经验最符合其研究的申请人进行面试。该计划将使用REU计划使用的通用评估工具（URSSA SALG）进行评估。预计将有30名学生在该项目中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。这些学生将住在KBS，每天与从事广泛的生态和进化课题研究的常驻教员、研究生和博士后进行互动。由生物基础设施司（生物科学理事会）资助的所有REU项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生在项目结束后需要被跟踪，并且必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。更多信息可通过联系PI（博士凯瑟琳格罗斯在kgross@kbs.msu.edu）或从http://www.kbs.msu.edu/index.php/education/ugrad/reu

This REU Site award to the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) of Michigan State University (MSU), Hickory Corners, MI, will support the training of 10 students over 11 weeks during the summers of 2015- 2017. The program focuses on the ecological and evolutionary processes that drive responses in plant, animal and microbial systems to global change. Students will work with resident KBS faculty that have affiliated positions in departments of Zoology (Integrative Biology), Plant Biology, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Animal Science at MSU. Students will collaborate with their mentor to design a project that takes advantage of the diverse habitats around KBS and long term experiments set up to test hypotheses about how climate change may impact agricultural systems. Students will participate in weekly professional development seminars that address scientific best practices, preparation for graduate training, preparation for scientific employment and training in data management and analysis. Recruitment will target students from under-represented groups or attending institutions with limited research opportunities. The on-line application process is designed to identify highly motivated students and relies on multiple factors, including writing skills and life experiences. Program coordinators will identify appropriate candidates and will forward these to mentors who will conduct interviews with applicants whose skills and experience best match their research. The program will be assessed by using the common assessment tool used by REU programs (URSSA SALG).It is anticipated that a total of 30 students will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. The students will live in residence at KBS, and will interact daily with resident faculty, graduate students and postdocs, who conduct research on a broad range of ecological and evolutionary topics. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine effectiveness of the training program. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by contacting the PI (Dr. Katherine Gross at kgross@kbs.msu.edu) or from http://www.kbs.msu.edu/index.php/education/ugrad/reu