REU SITE: Assessment and sustainable management of ecosystem at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems

这项授予位于阿肯色州费耶特维尔的阿肯色大学的REU Site奖将支持在2021-2023年夏季对10名学生进行为期10周的培训。预计共有30名学生将在该项目中接受培训，这些学生主要是美国印第安人和其他代表性不足的群体；其中许多学生将来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将参加有组织的讲座，并结合使用R、实验室和实地研究的计算机编程研讨会。他们将参加由可持续发展领域的专业人士参加的研讨会和其他活动，以及文化丰富活动，这些活动强调科学过程、可持续发展的伦理、食品、水和能源系统的可持续发展，以及生态和可持续发展与部落传统的文化联系。学生将在他们的导师(S)的帮助下开发和完成一个独立的研究项目，参加并在一个专业会议上发言，并完成一份手稿。学生项目评估将使用在线SALG Urssa工具完成。项目结束后，将使用Facebook、LinkedIn和其他网络资源跟踪学生，以确定他们的职业道路。该REU项目的目标是提供一种综合研究体验，重点是食物、能源和水的结合点的生态系统服务的可持续管理，主要是为美国印第安人本科生和STEM中其他代表性不足群体的学生提供。目标是让来自三所学院的学生和一个跨学科的教师导师小组探索跨景观和文化传统的供应服务的可持续管理。研究项目的重点是粮食和能源生命周期对水的数量和质量的影响，并与生态系统服务的部落管理相结合。课堂活动包括计算机编程讲习班、科学交流和文化丰富活动，强调生态与部落传统的伦理和文化联系。鼓励对环境系统或可持续发展研究感兴趣的本科生申请。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://ecoreu.uark.edu，或联系PI(米歇尔·埃文斯-怀特博士，电子邮件：mevswh@uark.edu)或共同PI(Marty Matlock博士，电子邮件：matlock@uark.edu或库苏姆·奈塔尼博士，电子邮件：kusum@uark.edu)。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, AR, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2021- 2023. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily identifying as American Indian and other under-represented groups, will be trained in the program; many of these students will come from schools with limited research opportunities. Students will participate in structured lectures combined with computer programming workshops using R, laboratory and field research. They will attend seminars and other events featuring professionals in sustainability fields, 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 and sustainability 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. Student program assessment will be completed using the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program to determine their career paths using Facebook, LinkedIn, and other web resources. The objective of this REU program is to provide an integrated research experience focusing on sustainable management of ecosystem services at the nexus of food, energy, and water, primarily for American Indian undergraduates and those from other under-represented groups in STEM. The goal is for students and an interdisciplinary group of faculty mentors from three colleges to explore sustainable management of provisioning services across landscapes and cultural traditions. Research projects focus on effects of food and energy life cycles on water quantity and quality, integrated with tribal management of ecosystem services. Classroom activities include computer programming workshops, scientific communication, and cultural enrichment activities that emphasize the ethics and the cultural connections of ecology with tribal traditions. Undergraduate students who are interested in doing research about environmental systems or sustainability are encouraged to apply. 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. Marty Matlock at matlock@uark.edu or Dr. Kusum Naithani at kusum@uark.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.