REU Site: Environmental science and policy in the nation's capital

这个REU网站奖给乔治敦大学，位于华盛顿，DC，将支持10名学生在2016年至2018年的夏天10周的培训。该计划将提高每个学生独立进行科学研究的能力，并扩大他们对此类研究如何与公共政策相一致的认识。学生将积极参与由13名教师之一建议的真实环境科学研究项目。研究项目将在环境科学领域，包括生态学，人口生物学，数学建模，气候变化和地球科学。参与者将学习一系列研究技能，包括负责任的研究行为、制定假设、数据管理和科学写作。学生将参加一个全天的交流科学研讨会，学习向不同受众解释科学信息的方法。每周的研讨会将带来校园在科学政策工作的当地专业人士讨论他们的工作，他们的职业生涯和职业资源。每个学生将制作一张研究海报，并出席夏季研究研讨会。因为将申请人与合适的导师相匹配是至关重要的，所以鼓励与该计划中的潜在导师进行提前沟通。 预计共有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该方案中接受培训。学生参与者将来自巴尔的摩-华盛顿特区地区以及全国。该计划将强调从环境科学和第一代大学生代表性不足的群体中招募具有研究潜力的学生。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。 由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的共同网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http：//biology.georgetown.edu/REU，或联系PI（Matthew B博士）。汉密尔顿在matthew. georgetown.edu）或共同PI（玛莎韦斯博士在weissm@georgetown.edu）。该网站由生物基础设施部（生物科学局）和数学科学部（数学物理科学局）共同资助。

This REU Site award to Georgetown University, located in Washington, DC, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016-2018. The program will enhance each student's ability to perform scientific research independently and expand their awareness of how such research dovetails with public policy. Students will work actively on an authentic environmental science research project advised by one of 13 faculty members. Research projects will be in environmental science fields including ecology, population biology, mathematical modeling, climate change, and earth science. Participants will learn an array of research skills including responsible conduct of research, formulating hypotheses, data management, and scientific writing. Students will participate in a full-day Communicating Science workshop to learn approaches to explaining scientific information to diverse audiences. Weekly seminars will bring to campus local professionals working in science policy to discuss their work, their careers, and career resources. Each student will produce a research poster and present at a summer research symposium. Because matching applicants to appropriate mentors is essential, advance communication with prospective mentors in the program is encouraged. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Student participants will be drawn from the Baltimore-Washington DC region as well as nationally. The program will emphasize recruitment of students with research potential from groups underrepresented in environmental sciences and first-generation college students. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. 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 will be tracked after the program in order to determine student career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://biology.georgetown.edu/REU, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Matthew B. Hamilton at matthew.hamilton@georgetown.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Martha Weiss at weissm@georgetown.edu). This REU site is co-funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences), and the Division of Mathematical Sciences (Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences).