REU Site: Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services at the Nexus of Food, Water, and Energy

这个REU网站奖给位于阿肯色州费耶特维尔的阿肯色州大学，将支持10名本科生在2017- 2019年夏季的10周培训。 招聘工作将集中在1）从本地服务两年制学院，四年制大学和研究型大学的部落教育计划，和2）个人连接到部落社区，包括服务，以帮助部落环境资源的管理。 学生将参加结构化的讲座，结合实验室和实地研究，以及文化丰富活动，强调科学的过程，可持续性的道德，食品，水和能源系统的可持续性，以及生态与部落传统的文化联系。学生将在导师的帮助下开发和完成一个独立的研究项目，参加并出席专业会议，并完成手稿。 学生将参与贯穿整个课程的研究培训和道德模块的负责任行为。申请应在网上提交（http：//ecoreu.uark.edu/Application/index.htm）。两封推荐信需要通过电子邮件或直接从写信人那里邮寄。 学生参与者将由项目主要研究者（PI）和导师组成的委员会选出。 强烈鼓励少数民族学生，残疾学生和研究机会有限的学生申请。 关于更广泛影响的声明：预计共有30名学生，主要是美国土著人和其他少数民族在科学和工程领域的代表性不足，将在该方案中接受培训。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。由生物基础设施司资助的所有REU网站计划使用的一个基于网络的通用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，以确定他们的职业道路。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://ecoreu.uark.edu，或联系PI（Michelle Evans-White博士，mevanswh@uark.edu）或共同PI（Brian Haggard博士，haggard@uark.edu和Marty马特洛克博士，mmatlock@uark.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, AR, will support the training of 10 undergraduate students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2019. Recruitment efforts will focus on 1) Tribal educational programs from Native-serving two-year colleges, four-year universities, and research universities, and 2) personal connections to the Tribal communities including service to aid the stewardship of Tribal environmental resources. Students will participate in structured lectures combined with laboratory and field research, and cultural enrichment activities that emphasize the process of science, the ethic of sustainability, sustainability of food, water, and energy systems, and the cultural connections of ecology with tribal traditions. Students will develop and complete an independent research project with the aid of their mentor(s), attend and present at a professional meeting, and complete a manuscript. Students will participate in responsible conduct of research training and ethics modules interspersed throughout the program. Applications should be submitted online (http://ecoreu.uark.edu/Application/index.htm). Two letters of recommendation need to be emailed or mailed directly from letter writers. Student participants will be selected by a committee composed of project principal investigators (PIs) and mentors. Students from minority groups, those with disabilities, and those with limited access to research are strongly encouraged to apply. Statement on Broader Impacts: It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily Native American and other minorities under-represented in science and engineering fields, 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.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their 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://ecoreu.uark.edu , or by contacting the PI (Dr. Michelle Evans-White at mevanswh@uark.edu) or the co-PIs (Dr. Brian Haggard at haggard@uark.edu and Dr. Marty Matlock at mmatlock@uark.edu).