REU Site: Population, community and ecosystem dynamics in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

这个REU网站奖给新墨西哥州，阿尔伯克基，NM的大学，将支持9名学生在2020年至2022年的夏天10周的培训。预计27名学生主要来自代表性不足的群体和研究机会有限的学校，将在该方案中接受培训。学生将学习如何在教师导师的指导下进行独立研究，大多数学生将在区域和国家会议上展示他们的研究成果。学生的职业道路通过社交媒体跟踪，如塞维利亚REU Facebook页面和通过电子邮件，以确定他们对学习的学术领域的持续兴趣和这种研究经验的持久影响。该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具进行。塞维利亚REU计划的总体目标是提供高质量的研究经验，作为一种机制，以增加代表性不足的群体在实地科学中的参与。 REU Site项目的重点是旱地生态-包括旱地环境中的人口、社区和生态系统层面的研究。该计划发生在UNM外地站（http：//sevfs.unm.edu/）在塞维利亚国家野生动物保护区，位于约80公里以南的阿尔伯克基，新墨西哥州。北卡罗来纳大学生物系、美国鱼类和野生动物管理局以及美国林务局共有约25名处于不同职业阶段的科学家作为研究导师参与该计划。学生可以在人口，社区和生态系统生态学（包括土壤和微生物生态学），水生和陆生栖息地的广泛潜在主题中进行独立研究，特别关注生态学和保护生物学。该网站还包括一些长期的降雨控制实验，为夏季研究项目提供了理想的模板。除了他们的研究项目，学生将参加一个干旱地区生态靴子营加上每周研讨会，期刊俱乐部，并在研究，专业和公共沟通技巧，就业机会，数据木工车间的负责任的行为研讨会生态，和研究生院申请过程。学生还将有机会参观该地区的自然和文化地区。REU学生可以进入丰富的森林，草原，灌木丛，河岸和水生栖息地。舒适的住房和优秀的实验室设施提供在UNM实地研究站位于避难所以及在UNM主校区。该计划的多阶段招聘工作包括通过数字媒体广泛分发招聘材料，知名的学生招聘网站，以及对当地少数民族服务机构的招聘访问。学生由PI和计划协调员根据学业成绩和课程，申请信，过去的研究经验，职业目标，推荐信，电话面试以及在干旱环境中进行独立研究的潜力进行选择。欲了解更多信息，请访问https://sevilletareu.wordpress.com/并联系招聘协调员（Stephanie Baker女士，srbaker@unm.edu）或PI（Scott L.博士）。scollins@unm.edu该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This REU Site award to the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, will support the training of 9 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2020-2022. It is anticipated that 27 students primarily from underrepresented groups and from schools with limited research opportunities will be trained in the program. Students will learn how to conduct independent research under the guidance of a faculty mentor, and most students will present the results of their research at regional and national conferences. Student career paths are tracked by social media such as the Sevilleta REU Facebook page and via email to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study and the lasting influences of this research experience. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool. The overarching goal of the Sevilleta REU program is to provide a quality research experience as a mechanism to increase participation among underrepresented groups in field based science. The REU Site program focuses on aridland ecology – including population, community and ecosystem level research - in a dryland environment. The program occurs at the UNM Field Station (http://sevfs.unm.edu/) in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, located about 80 km south of Albuquerque, NM. The UNM Department of Biology, US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Forest Service together have around 25 scientists in various career stages participating as research mentors in the program. Students may pursue independent research in a wide range of potential topics in population, community and ecosystem ecology (including soils and microbial ecology), in aquatic and terrestrial habitats, with a specific focus on ecology and conservation biology. The site also includes a number of long-term rainfall manipulation experiments that provide an ideal template for summer research projects. In addition to their research project, students will participate in an aridland ecology boot camp plus weekly seminars, a journal club, and workshops on the responsible conduct of research, professional and public communication skills, career opportunities, data carpentry workshop for ecology, and the graduate school application process. Students will also have opportunities to visit natural and cultural areas in the region. REU students have access to a rich array of forest, grassland, shrubland, riparian and aquatic habitats. Comfortable housing and outstanding laboratory facilities are provided at the UNM Field Research Station located in the Refuge as well as on the UNM Main Campus. The program's multi-phase recruitment effort consists of wide distribution of recruiting materials via digital media, well-known student job posting sites, as well as recruiting visits to local minority serving institutions. Students are selected by the PI and Program Coordinator based on academic record and coursework, letter of application, past research experience, career goals, letters of recommendation, phone interviews, and potential for conducting independent research in an aridland environment. More information is available by visiting https://sevilletareu.wordpress.com/ and by contacting the Recruiting Coordinator (Ms Stephanie Baker at srbaker@unm.edu) or the PI (Dr. Scott L. Collins at scollins@unm.edu).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.