Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Mountain Lake Biological Station

山湖生物站本科生科研经历

• 批准号: 0097249
• 负责人: Eric Nagy
• 金额: $ 22.93万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-15 至 2005-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0097249&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Experiences; Undergraduates; Mountain; Lake

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Mountain LakeBiological Station (MLBS, University of Virginia) offers ten students asummer opportunity to conduct independent, self-motivated,interdisciplinary, and original biological research in experimental,field-based ecology, evolution, and behavior. Under the close supervisionand guidance of a research mentor, and the program coordinator, studentsdesign, execute, analyze, interpret, and present a self-contained researchproject within the ten weeks of the program. Many student projects arepublished in leading peer-reviewed journals. Students participate in weeklyseminars on the design and conduct of research, scientific ethics, writingand presentation techniques, and other matters of scientific and academiclife. Students prepare written and oral proposals and final reports.Participants also take advantage of the rich, varied, and stimulatingintellectual and social life at Mountain Lake. MLBS hosts two formalresearch seminars per week, which include both in-house and invitedspeakers. All Station residents eat meals together in the common dininghall, and most daily activity revolves around the central lab building whereall research programs are housed. And since field sites are often withinwalking distance, interactions among all Station users occur constantly,resulting in a remarkably supportive and collaborative environment.Researchers from large universities and small colleges return to the Stationyear after year - some for 10, 20, even 30 years. Sixty to eighty principalinvestigators, course faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduatestudents, and high school students are in residence at the Stationthroughout the summer. MLBS has hosted an NSF REU-Sites programcontinuously since 1993 and has graduated well over 100 students - over halfhave gone on to pursue graduate training in biology. The program is verysuccessful at attracting women and students from small colleges whereresearch may not be a focus. Minority students and those inunderrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

位于山湖生物站（MLBS，弗吉尼亚大学）的本科生研究体验 (REU) 站点为 10 名学生提供了一个暑期机会，让他们在实验、实地生态学、进化论和生物学等方面进行独立、自我激励、跨学科和原创的生物学研究。行为。 在研究导师和项目协调员的密切监督和指导下，学生在项目的十周内设计、执行、分析、解释和展示一个独立的研究项目。 许多学生项目发表在领先的同行评审期刊上。 学生每周参加有关研究设计和实施、科学伦理、写作和演示技巧以及其他科学和学术生活问题的研讨会。 学生准备书面和口头提案以及最终报告。参与者还可以利用山湖丰富、多样且刺激的智力和社交生活。 MLBS 每周举办两次正式研究研讨会，其中包括内部演讲者和特邀演讲者。 所有车站居民都在公共餐厅一起吃饭，大多数日常活动都围绕着所有研究项目所在的中央实验室大楼进行。 由于现场站点通常在步行距离之内，所有工作站用户之间的互动不断发生，从而形成了一个非常支持和协作的环境。来自大型大学和小型学院的研究人员年复一年地返回工作站 - 有的长达 10 年、20 年，甚至 30 年。整个夏天，六十到八十名主要研究人员、课程教师、博士后、研究生和本科生以及高中生都住在空间站。 MLBS 自 1993 年起连续主办 NSF REU-Sites 项目，已有 100 多名学生毕业，其中一半以上继续接受生物学研究生培训。 该计划非常成功地吸引了来自小型学院的女性和学生，因为这些学院的研究可能不是重点。 特别鼓励少数族裔学生和代表性不足的群体申请。