REU Site: The Summer Systematics Institute: training the next generation of scientists for the field, the lab, and sharing their science with the world

该REU网站奖授予位于加利福尼亚州旧金山的加州科学院，将在2022-2024年夏季支持10名学生的培训，为期10周。研究将主要在学院和加利福尼亚州索诺玛县的当地现场进行。预计总共将有30名学生接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具进行。学生将被要求在美国国家科学基金会ETAP系统（ETAP . NSF .gov）注册，并在项目结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。科学院的生物多样性科学和可持续性研究所是一个研究中心，专注于了解自然世界并寻找维持自然世界的解决方案。该机构拥有世界一流的自然历史研究藏品，以及研究这些标本所需的现代技术和基因组学工具。夏季系统学研究所REU的参与者将以实地考察和沉浸式研讨会开始夏季，然后返回学院与1:1的导师，我们的策展人和研究科学家配对，从事原始研究项目，并参加研讨会，提供系统学和系统发育领域的工具。学生们的暑假以科学和流行的写作为高潮，并在最后的研讨会上向社区作口头报告。学生通过在线申请系统申请，并将从全国各地的大学和社区学院招聘。申请人在申请过程中确定潜在的导师，申请由顾问进行竞争性审查，并最终选择参与者。有关该计划的更多信息可访问https://www.calacademy.org/summer-systematics-institute，或联系PI （Lauren Esposito博士lesposito@calacademy.org）或联合PI （Rebecca Johnson博士rjohnson@calacademy.org）。该奖项反映了国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the California Academy of Sciences, located in San Francisco, California, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022–2024. Research will primarily be conducted at the Academy and at local field sites in Sonoma County, California. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from underrepresented groups, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be required to register in the NSF ETAP system (etap.nsf.gov) and tracked after the program to determine their career paths.The Academy’s Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability is a research hub focused on understanding the natural world and finding solutions to sustaining it. The institution houses world-class natural history research collections, along with the modern-day technology and genomics tools needed to study these specimens. Participants of the Summer Systematics Institute REU will begin the summer with fieldwork and immersive workshops, before returning to the Academy to be paired with 1:1 mentors, our curators and research scientists, to work on original research projects and attend seminars which provide tools in the field of systematics and phylogenetics. The students’ summer culminates with scientific and popular writing and giving an oral presentation to the community in our final symposium. Students apply through an online application system and will be recruited from universities and community colleges across the country. Applicants identify potential mentors during the application process, and applications are competitively reviewed by advisors who make the final selection of participants. More information about the program is available by visiting https://www.calacademy.org/summer-systematics-institute, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Lauren Esposito at lesposito@calacademy.org) or the co-PI (Dr. Rebecca Johnson at rjohnson@calacademy.org).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.