Undergraduate Research in Biology

生物学本科研究

• 批准号: 9225034
• 负责人: Stephen Davis
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Pepperdine University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-05-01 至 1996-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9225034&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Research; Biology

This award provides funds to the Natural Science Division at Pepperdine to continue a successful REU Site. The funds will enhance an already active program of undergraduate research in biology. Students will be taught the common elements of the research process and increase their appreciation for the diversity of biological subdisciplines. In addition, the program provides mechanisms for recruiting students from traditionally underrepresented groups in science and from schools where students may not have opportunities to experience biological research. Each summer the program will begin with a six-day research orientation workshop at the Murchison Science Center during which students will be introduced to the uses and limitations of specific research tools and techniques and immersed in the research process (literature review, hypothesis formulation, and hypothesis testing). After the orientation workshop, students will pursue individual research projects under the direction of faculty in either cellular biochemistry, behavioral ecology, plant physiological ecology or ecophysiology of marine intertidal animals. All research projects will be designed to provide students with insight into how scientists formulate research questions, design experiments, collect and analyze data, and communicate their results to the scientific community. Over the course of the summer, visiting scientists will hold special research seminars in each research area, giving students an opportunity to discuss their own data with other scientists. Each research group will hold weekly literature seminars to discuss current journal articles pertaining to their research interests. The program will conclude each summer with a student research symposium in early August. Follow-through will include student participation at local and regional undergraduate research conferences. In cases of special merit, students will be encouraged to present their results at national meetings and to prepare their results for publication in a scientific journal.

该奖项为佩珀代因自然科学部门提供资金，以继续成功建设 REU 站点。 这些资金将加强已经很活跃的生物学本科研究项目。 学生将学习研究过程的共同要素，并提高他们对生物分支学科多样性的认识。 此外，该计划还提供了从传统上代表性不足的科学群体和学生可能没有机会体验生物学研究的学校招募学生的机制。 每年夏天，该项目将以在默奇森科学中心举行的为期六天的研究方向研讨会开始，在此期间，学生将了解特定研究工具和技术的用途和局限性，并沉浸在研究过程中（文献综述、假设制定和研究）。假设检验）。 定向研讨会结束后，学生将在教师的指导下开展细胞生物化学、行为生态学、植物生理生态学或海洋潮间带动物生态生理学的个人研究项目。 所有研究项目都旨在让学生深入了解科学家如何提出研究问题、设计实验、收集和分析数据以及向科学界传达他们的结果。 在整个夏天，访问科学家将在每个研究领域举办特别研究研讨会，让学生有机会与其他科学家讨论他们自己的数据。 每个研究小组将每周举行一次文献研讨会，讨论与其研究兴趣相关的最新期刊文章。 该项目将于每年夏天在八月初举行学生研究研讨会。 后续活动将包括学生参加当地和地区本科生研究会议。 如果有特殊成绩，我们将鼓励学生在全国会议上展示他们的成果，并准备在科学期刊上发表他们的成果。