REU Site: Human Impacts on the Colorado Plateau: Placed Based Research and Training.

REU Site奖授予位于亚利桑那州弗拉格斯塔夫的北亚利桑那大学，将在2015-2017年夏季支持8名学生为期10周的培训。研究是围绕科罗拉多高原上人类对环境影响的放置研究这一主题组织的。专家导师来自生物学、林业和环境科学。指导始于同行和教职员工的多维互动，帮助学生感到他们是研究工作中完全整合的一部分，并让他们看到一条从社区大学到科学职业生涯的道路。计划内容包括一次研究体验，以及一个以现场为基础的环境科学研究入门课程，以负责任的科学行为为重点的小组活动，以及支持部落和社区学院的学生成为科学家。招聘的核心是通过现场访问和学生所在机构的PI与教职员工之间的关系发展，辅之以电子邮件传单和网站。申请表、论文和推荐信在冬季接受，并由合作伙伴进行评估，优先考虑来自部落和社区大学的学生，这些学生得到了他们的教员的强烈推荐，并在他们的论文中表明了与该项目的良好匹配。预计总共将有8名学生接受该项目的培训，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生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。我们的计划将帮助更多的美国原住民和西班牙裔学生在四年制和研究生学位授予机构继续学习。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。项目评估还包括对学生和导师的独立访谈，以及对未来成功的跟踪和支持。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://nau.edu/Merriam-Powell/Research-Experience/，，或联系国际和平组织(Whiple博士，电子邮件：Amy.Whiple@NAU.edu)或联合国际组织(Martinez博士，电子邮件：Theodre.Martinez@NAU.edu)。

This REU Site award to Northern Arizona University, located in Flagstaff, AZ, will support the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015- 2017. Research is organized around a theme of placed-based research on human impacts on the environment on the Colorado Plateau. Expert mentors come from Biology, Forestry, and Environmental Sciences. Mentoring that begins with multidimensional interactions of peers and faculty helps students to feel that they are a fully-integrated part of the research endeavor and allows them to see a pathway from community college to a scientific career. Program elements include a research experience, and a field station-based introduction to environmental science research, group activities with a focus on responsible conduct of science and supporting Tribal and Community College students in becoming scientists. The core of recruiting is via site visits and relationship development between the PIs and faculty at the students' home institutions, supplemented by emailed flyers and a website. Application forms, essays, and reference letters are accepted in the winter and evaluated by the Co-PIs with priority given to students from tribal and community colleges who come highly recommended by their faculty and indicate a good match to the program in their essay.It is anticipated that a total of 8 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. Our program will contribute to more Native American and Hispanic students continuing their studies at 4-year and graduate-degree granting institutions.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. Program evaluation also includes independent interviews of students and mentors and tracking and support for future success. 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://nau.edu/Merriam-Powell/Research-Experience/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Whipple at Amy.Whipple@nau.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Martinez at Theodore.Martinez@nau.edu).