REU Site: Environmental Biology for Pacific Islanders

该REU网站奖授予位于夏威夷州檀香山的夏威夷大学马诺阿分校，将在2017- 2019年夏季为12名学生提供为期10周的培训。该奖项由生物基础设施部（BIO/DBI）和海洋科学部（GEO/OCE）支持。研究将在该大学的主校区及其附属海洋实验室进行，这些实验室位于夏威夷奥胡岛。该项目侧重于培训夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民，这是一个在STEM中代表性不足的群体。实习生每周将花一天时间参加小组活动（实地考察、讲座和研究伦理行为的指导），其余时间在导师的实验室里。实习生将从研究陆地生态学和进化的25名教员中挑选导师。植物学与生物学)；2)海洋和珊瑚礁生物学（Kewalo海洋实验室和夏威夷海洋生物研究所）；3)动物/植物-微生物相互作用（太平洋生物科学研究中心）。这些未来的岛屿领导人将接受高质量的培训，以促进他们科学事业的发展，并使他们的家乡岛屿受益。该项目将培训36名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。每年夏天，太平洋岛屿帕劳、北马里亚纳群岛、关岛、密克罗尼西亚联邦、马绍尔群岛和美属萨摩亚的两年制大学将占实习生总数的四分之三，其余来自夏威夷的大学。学生将学习进行研究，撰写科学论文，并在课程结束时的研讨会上口头展示研究成果。许多人将在国家科学会议和专业期刊上发表他们的研究成果。BIO/DBI资助的所有REU Site项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训项目的有效性。课程结束后，学生们将被跟踪，以了解他们的职业发展道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统自动发送的电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/reu/或联系PI （Michael G. Hadfield博士hadfield@hawaii.edu）或co-PI （Matthew Medeiros博士mcmedeir@hawaii.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Hawaii Manoa, located in Honolulu, HI, will support the training of 12 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2019. This award is supported by the Divisions of Biological Infrastructure (BIO/DBI) and Oceanic Sciences (GEO/OCE). Research will be conducted at the main campus of the University and its affiliated marine laboratories co-located on the island of O'ahu, Hawaii. The project focuses on training Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, a group under-represented in STEM. Interns will spend one day each week engaged in group activities (field trips, lectures, and instruction in the ethical conduct of research) and the remainder of the week in mentors' laboratories. Interns will choose mentors from 25 faculty investigating 1) terrestrial ecology and evolution (Depts. of Botany and Biology); 2) marine and coral reef biology (Kewalo Marine Laboratory and Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology); and 3) animal/plant-microbe interactions (Pacific Biosciences Research Center). These future island leaders will experience quality training to catalyze the development of their scientific careers and benefit their home islands A total of 36 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Two-year colleges in the Pacific islands of Palau, the Northern Marianas, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and American Samoa, will comprise up to three-quarters of the intern cohort each summer, with the remaining coming from colleges in Hawaii. Students will learn to conduct research, write scientific papers and present research results orally in an end-of-program symposium. Many will present their research results at national scientific conferences and in publications in professional journals.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by BIO/DBI will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program to follow their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available at http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/reu/ or by contacting the PI (Dr. Michael G. Hadfield at hadfield@hawaii.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Matthew Medeiros at mcmedeir@hawaii.edu).