REU Site: Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) at UMass Boston

马萨诸塞州波士顿大学环境学院将举办本科生研究体验（REU）网站。该计划被称为“沿海环境科学与技术研究（CREST）”REU计划，每年夏天将有8名本科生到波士顿进行为期10周的实习。该奖项为CREST REU计划（2020-2022）的三年提供支持。CREST为学生提供跨学科计划中的沿海环境研究经验，该计划横跨生态，环境和社会科学。沿海生态系统被认为比其他任何生态系统都为人类提供了更多的服务，但它们也受到“邪恶问题”的严重影响。人为压力正在推动生境丧失或改变（如沿海开发、渔业、土木工程）、生境退化（如富营养化、污染、气候变化和海平面上升）以及沿海资源的过度开发（如直接需求超过可持续水平）。人们对沿海系统如何作出反应知之甚少，需要将自然科学和社会科学研究的数据纳入决策进程。CREST实习生的研究经验包括解决这些“邪恶”问题的高需求领域，包括化学，地质学和地球科学，生态学和分子生态学，以及社会，行为，经济学和可持续发展科学。需要代表培训和观点多样性的环境专业人员，CREST旨在通过向年轻学生介绍跨学科研究来满足对这些高素质专业人员的需求，从而降低跨越学科界限的惯性，增加学生在不同环境中工作的舒适度。计划目标包括培训海洋学跨学科研究方法的学者，同时培养他们对海洋学的兴趣。沿海问题和研究，并建立他们对科学能力和沟通的信心。为了支持跨学科的培训，CREST包括一个为期一天的方向计划;一系列研讨会;专业发展研讨会（科学交流，负责任的研究行为，申请研究生院等）;和旨在使学生融入大学社区的活动。CREST计划提供了独特的跨学科培训在沿海环境科学.这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持.

The University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site. The program is called the "Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST)" REU program and will bring eight undergraduates to Boston each summer for a ten-week internship. The award provides support for three years of the CREST REU Program (2020-2022).CREST provides students with coastal environmental research experiences in a transdisciplinary program that cuts across the ecological, environmental, and social sciences. Coastal ecosystems are considered to disproportionately produce more services to humans than any other ecosystems, however, they suffer greatly from “wicked problems.” Anthropogenic pressures are driving habitat loss or conversion (e.g. coastal development, fisheries, civil engineering), habitat degradation (e.g. eutrophication, pollution, climate change and sea level rise), and overexploitation of coastal resources (e.g. direct takes exceeding sustainable levels). How coastal systems respond is poorly understood and data from natural science and social science research is needed for integration into the decision-making process. The research experiences available to CREST interns include high need areas to address these “wicked” problems including the fields of chemistry, geology and earth science, ecology and molecular ecology, and social, behavioral, economics, and sustainability science. Environmental professionals representing diversity in training and perspective are needed and CREST seeks to fill the need for these highly qualified professionals by introducing younger students to transdisciplinary research, thereby lowering the inertia of crossing disciplinary boundaries and increasing the comfort of students in working in diverse settings.Program goals include training scholars in transdisciplinary research approaches in oceanography while fostering their interest in coastal issues and research and building their confidence in science aptitude and communication. To support the transdisciplinary training, CREST includes a day long orientation program; a seminar series; professional development workshops (scientific communications, responsible conduct of research, applying to graduate school, etc.); and activities designed to integrate students into the University community. The CREST program provides unique transdisciplinary training in the coastal environmental sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.