REU Site in Animal Behavior: mechanisms, cognition, and evolution

位于印第安纳州布鲁明顿的印第安纳大学REU Site奖将在2015-2019年夏季期间支持10名学生进行为期10周的培训。SITE奖由动物行为综合研究中心管理，该中心是一个促进对动物行为的科学理解的多学科组织。根据学生的兴趣，他们将与来自生物学、心理学和人类学等一系列系的潜在教师导师进行匹配。除了获得丰富的研究经验外，学生还接受研究伦理、实验设计、如何展示研究、参加GRE考试的策略、面试技巧以及科学和教育领域的职业选择方面的培训。这些活动的总体目标是增加学生成功进入研究生院或从事与科学有关的职业的可能性和能力。特别鼓励来自研究机会有限的机构的学生和在科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生申请。申请可通过下面列出的在线网站提交。预计共有50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。在导师团队的指导下，学生将有机会执行和完成他们自己的研究项目-包括设计实验、收集和分析数据以及展示他们的发现。项目通常是在活跃的研究领域，学生们可能会继续在全国会议上展示他们的工作。将使用生物基础设施司(生物科学局)资助的所有REU项目以及重点小组和夏季其他活动使用的通用网络评估工具，以确定培训方案的有效性。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.indiana.edu/~animal/REU，，或联系琳达·萨默斯或项目主管劳拉·赫尔利博士。

This REU site award to Indiana University, located in Bloomington, Indiana, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2019. The site award is administered by the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, a multidisciplinary group promoting the scientific understanding of animal behavior. Based on their interests, students will be matched with potential faculty mentors from a range of departments including Biology, Psychology, and Anthropology. In addition to obtaining intensive research experience, students receive training in research ethics, experimental design, how to present research, strategies in taking GRE tests, interview skills, and career options in science and education. The overall goal of these activities is to increase students' likelihood and ability to successfully enter graduate school or embark on a science-related career. Students from institutions with limited research opportunities and those from groups under-represented in science are especially encouraged to apply. Applications can be submitted via the online website listed below. It is anticipated that a total of 50 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. With guidance from a mentorship team, students will have the opportunity to perform and complete their own research projects-including designing experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting their findings. Projects are typically in active areas of research, and students may go on to present their work at national meetings. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences), as well as focal groups and other events during the summer, 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 at http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/REU, or by contacting Linda Summers (812-855-9663 or cisab@indiana.edu) or the Program Director, Dr. Laura Hurley (812-856-1991 or lhurley@indiana.edu).