REU Site: SURFO-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography

罗德岛大学(URI)海洋学研究生院(GSO)将在2020年和2021年夏季开办夏季本科生海洋学研究奖学金(SURFO)项目。每年夏天，12名本科生将通过为科学、数学和工程专业学生设计的为期10周的研究体验，参与真实的海洋学研究。SURFO的研究可以包括但不限于实验室工作、实地工作、数据分析、仪器开发和动态建模。SURFO学生在URI教员或海洋研究科学家的指导下开发一个单独的研究课题，并执行一个研究计划，从提议阶段，到其实施和分析，最后以口头陈述和书面文件的形式以期刊手稿或NSF研究生奖学金提议格式传播他们的结果。向SURFO参与者提供金钱津贴、夏季住房和往返于他们的家和GSO之间的旅行。此外，SURFO还参与专业发展活动，为研究生院在海洋学和一般科学方面的研究做准备。SURFO方案侧重于海洋学的定量方面(例如，物理海洋学、地球物理流体动力学、海洋地球物理、种群遗传学和生物多样性、生物地球化学循环、定量生态学)，这些方面与该机构的优势非常相似。该计划的主要本科生群体包括来自不同学科的学生，但他们在数学、物理、生物、化学、地质学、计算机科学和工程学方面有很强的背景。来自科学和工程领域中代表性不足的群体(少数群体和第一代大学)的学生和在本国机构接触海洋研究有限的学生非常谨慎。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of Rhode Island (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) will operate the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography (SURFO) program during the summers of 2020 and 2021. Each summer, twelve undergraduates will participate in authentic Oceanography research through a 10-week research experience designed for science, math and engineering students. A SURFO's research may include but is not limited to laboratory work, field work, data analysis, instrumentation development, and dynamical modeling. SURFO students develop an individual research topic under the mentorship of a URI faculty member or Marine Research Scientist and carry out a program of research from proposal stage, to its conduct and analysis, and concluding with the dissemination of their results in an oral presentation and a written document in either journal manuscript or NSF Graduate Fellowship Proposal format. SURFO participants are provided a monetary stipend, summer housing, and travel between their home and GSO. Additionally, SURFOs participate in professional development activities to prepare them for graduate school research in Oceanography and the sciences in general.The SURFO program focuses on quantitative aspects of oceanography (e.g., physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, marine geophysics, population genetics and biodiversity, biogeochemical cycling, quantitative ecology), which closely parallel the strengths of the institution. The primary undergraduate population targeted by the program includes students from various disciplines, but with strong backgrounds in mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, geology, computer science, and engineering. Students from underrepresented groups in science and engineering (minority and first-generation college) and students with limited exposure to oceanographic research at their home institutions are highly sought.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.