REU Site: Ecology and Management for Resilient and Adapted Forests

这个REU网站奖给密西西比州立大学林业部，位于斯塔克维尔，MS，将支持九名学生在2024年至2026年的夏天为期十周的培训。预计共有27名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校或来自林业代表性不足的群体，将在该方案中接受培训。学生和导师将共同努力，以确定管理在美国东南部产生多种生态系统服务的弹性森林生态系统的最佳管理实践。学生将在大学环境中进行高质量的跨学科研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。对该方案的评估将通过一个在线工具进行。学生应使用NSF ETAP（教育和培训应用程序：www.example.com）申请REU网站https://etap.nsf.gov。REU网站位于密西西比州立大学林业系，旨在：㈠欢迎、包容和服务来自代表性不足群体的学生，以增加多样性和对职业机会和林业的认识，㈡通过挑战他们在林业中的现实问题，培养有才华的本科生成为独立的、有科学素养的研究人员，（iii）开发方法和产品，以管理森林的复原力，并将其作为气候变化解决方案加以推广和加强。利用在密西西比近2000万英亩的森林，学生将与教师导师合作进行研究项目，从设计和实施到最终的演示和/或出版，集中在至少以下领域之一：（一）气候变化缓解，（二）森林健康，或（三）生态系统功能。学生和教师导师将参加定向和专业发展研讨会和讲习班（例如，科学写作和交流，数据管理和分析，科学多样性和科学哲学，森林科学主题）。学生将在网上申请，申请人将接受面试，并由研究导师选择。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to Mississippi State University Department of Forestry, located in Starkville, MS, will support the training of nine students for ten weeks during the summers of 2024 - 2026. It is anticipated that a total of 27 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an underrepresented group in forestry, will be trained in the program. Students and mentors will work together to identify best management practices for managing resilient forest ecosystems that produce multiple ecosystem services in the southeastern United States. Students will carry out high-quality, interdisciplinary research in a collegial environment, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of the program will be done through an online tool. Students should apply to the REU site using NSF ETAP (Education and Training Application: https://etap.nsf.gov).The REU site, based in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University, aims to: (i) welcome, include, and serve students from underrepresented groups to increase diversity and awareness of career opportunities and in forestry, (ii) train talented undergraduate students to become independent, science-literate researchers by challenging them with real-world problems in forestry, and (iii) develop methods and products to manage forests for resilience and to promote and strengthen them as a climate change solution. Leveraging the nearly 20 million forested acres in Mississippi, students will partner with faculty mentors to conduct a research project, from design and implementation to final presentation and/or publication, focused on at least one of the following areas: (i) climate change mitigation, (ii) forest health, or (iii) ecosystem function. Students and faculty mentors will participate in orientation and professional development seminars and workshops (for example, scientific writing and communication, data management and analysis, diversity in and philosophy in science, topics in forest science). Students will apply online and applicants will be interviewed and selected by research mentors. Program outcomes will be tracked using an online tool.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.