REU Site: Integrative Marine Biology for the 21st Century (IMBio21)

该REU Site奖授予位于马萨诸塞州北达特茅斯的马萨诸塞大学达特茅斯分校，将在2016-2018年夏季支持10名学生进行为期10周的培训。学生将由教师指导，他们的研究项目展示了海洋生物学研究的协作、跨学科和综合方法，范围从海洋生物的遗传学到它们的生态学和行为，以及渔业科学和管理以及沿海生态系统动力学。学生还将通过访问马萨诸塞州港口城市新贝德福德，了解海洋生物学的历史、经济和文化背景。每周工作坊将集中于研究提案的制定、研究伦理、职业准备和以海报形式展示研究成果。学生在进行和交流研究方面的技能和心态将通过海报演示、写作和调查进行评估。强烈鼓励研究机会有限的社区大学和文理学院的第一代和代表性不足的少数族裔学生申请。应用程序和说明将在http://www.umassd.edu/cas/biology/nsfreu/.上在线提供预计共有10名学生将在该计划中接受培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生们将学习研究是如何进行的，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果，以及在夏季结束时的海报研讨会上。学生将参加面向职业的专业发展工作坊和历史文化工作坊，在那里他们将了解海洋生物与社会科学和人文科学之间的关系。学生还将通过诗歌和博客向普通读者介绍他们的研究。由生物基础设施部(生物科学局)资助的所有REU项目都将使用一个通用的基于网络的评估工具来确定培训计划的有效性。学生必须在项目结束后被跟踪，并必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.umassd.edu/cas/biology/nsfreu/，，或联系国际和平组织(Nancy O‘Connor博士，电子邮件：noconnor@umassd.edu)或共同国际组织(Tara Rajaniemi博士，电子邮件：trajaniemi@umassd.edu)。

This REU Site award to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, located in North Dartmouth, MA, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016-2018. Students will be mentored by faculty whose research projects illustrate collaborative, interdisciplinary, and integrative approaches to the study of marine biology, ranging from the genetics of marine organisms to their ecology and behavior, as well as fisheries science and management and coastal ecosystem dynamics. Students will also be introduced to the historical, economic, and cultural contexts of marine biology through visits to the port city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Weekly workshops will focus on research proposal development, research ethics, career preparation, and presentation of research results in poster format. Student skills and mindsets regarding conducting and communicating research will be assessed through poster presentations, writing, and surveys. Applications from first-generation and under-represented minority students at community colleges and liberal arts colleges with limited research opportunities are strongly encouraged. Applications and instructions will be available online at http://www.umassd.edu/cas/biology/nsfreu/. It is anticipated that a total of 10 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, 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 as well as at a poster symposium at the end of the summer. Students will attend career-oriented professional development workshops and historical and cultural workshops where they will learn about relationships between marine biology and the social sciences and humanities. Students will also write about their research for a general audience through poems and blogs.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 the 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 visiting http://www.umassd.edu/cas/biology/nsfreu/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Nancy O'Connor at noconnor@umassd.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Tara Rajaniemi at trajaniemi@umassd.edu).