REU Site: Genes, Ecosystems, Organisms

该奖项全部或部分由2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。该REU网站奖授予位于马萨诸塞州剑桥的哈佛大学，将支持8名学生在2022-2024年夏季进行为期10周的培训。预计共有24名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校和/或代表性不足的群体，将在该方案中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，所有参与者将在领导联盟全国研讨会以及其他科学会议上展示他们的成果。此外，学生将从事专业技能建设练习，这将鼓励他们追求一般的研究科学和进化/生态学的职业。该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具完成。研究项目和导师将从生物学和进化生物学系以及人类进化生物学系的各种实验室中选出，这些实验室专注于进化，生态学，遗传学/基因组学，生理学，生物力学和生物多样性的研究。除了密集的，指导实验室的经验，REU学生将参加几种类型的活动：1）专业发展研讨会，包括道德/负责任的研究行为，2）领导联盟全国研讨会研究和指导会议，以及3）不同的队列建设社会活动。通过参加REU计划，本科生将在由教师，研究生和同行组成的强大导师社区的背景下拥有尖端的研究经验。这种体验将揭开研究生院申请过程和长期职业机会的神秘面纱，特别是建立信心和心理弹性的目标。申请人被邀请通过领导力联盟计划申请，并表明他们对哈佛E3 REU的兴趣。我们的目标是接触本科院校的学生，他们对进化和生态学感兴趣，但在他们的家乡校园可能无法获得这种类型的研究。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https：//reu.oeb.harvard.edu/sroh，或联系PI（Elena克雷默博士，ekramer@oeb.harvard.edu）或联合PI（Sheila托马斯博士，sthomas@fas.harvard.edu）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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 award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This REU Site award to Harvard University, located in Cambridge, MA, will support the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022-2024. It is anticipated that a total of 24 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities and/or from under-represented groups, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and all participants will present their results at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium, as well as other scientific conferences. In addition, students will engage in professional skill building exercises that will encourage them to pursue a career in research science in general and evolution/ecology in particular. Assessment of the program will be done thru the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.Research projects and mentors will be drawn from a diverse set of labs based in the Departments of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Human Evolutionary Biology, which focus on the study of evolution, ecology, genetics/genomics, physiology, biomechanics, and biodiversity. In addition to an intensive, mentored laboratory experience, the REU students will participate in several types of activities: 1) professional development seminars, including on ethics/responsible conduct of research, 2) the Leadership Alliance National Symposium research and mentoring conference, and 3) diverse cohort-building social activities. By participating in the REU program, undergraduate students will have cutting edge research experiences within the context of a strong mentorship community made up of faculty, graduate students, and peers. This experience will demystify the graduate school application process and longterm career opportunities, with a particular goal of building confidence and psychological resiliency. Applicants are invited to apply through the Leadership Alliance Program and indicate their interest in the Harvard E3 REU. Our goal is to reach students at undergraduate institutions who demonstrate an interest in evolution and ecology but may have limited access to this type of research on their home campuses. More information about the program is available by visiting https://reu.oeb.harvard.edu/sroh, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Elena Kramer, ekramer@oeb.harvard.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Sheila Thomas, sthomas@fas.harvard.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.