REU Site: Developing Student Scientists: Collaborative Research in the Life Sciences at Davidson College

REU 网站：培养学生科学家：戴维森学院生命科学合作研究

• 批准号: 0139153
• 负责人: Michael Dorcas
• 金额: $ 18.48万
• 依托单位: Davidson College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0139153&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Developing; Student; Scientists

The NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program makes effective use of mentoring and networking to recruit and train young researchers. As a newly named REU site, Davidson College has funding to support 10 undergraduate students for 10 weeks of intensive summer laboratory or field research. Under the mentorship of eight Biology and two Psychology faculty, students will conduct independent research at all levels of the life sciences, from molecular biology to neuroscience to field studies of animal populations. Formal and informal interactions among students and faculty will provide each participant with wide-ranging knowledge of biological problems and techniques. In addition to the research itself, participants will take part in weekly discussions of their own research, current issues in the life sciences, graduate school, writing grant proposals, and ethical issues in research. Participants will present the results of their research in a formal talk at the end of the summer and in a scientific paper. We will engage in a national recruitment effort via the Internet and personal contacts with faculty across the US. We will actively recruit African-American, Hispanic, and Native American students via contacts at historically black colleges and universities and other institutions with significant minority enrollments. By working closely with Davidson College Life Science faculty and gaining a better understanding of how science is conducted, students will be better able to make informed decisions about scientific issues shaping our world today and about their own career choices.

NSF 本科生研究经验项目有效利用指导和网络来招募和培训年轻研究人员。 作为新命名的 REU 站点，戴维森学院拥有资金支持 10 名本科生进行为期 10 周的强化夏季实验室或实地研究。 在八名生物学和两名心理学教师的指导下，学生将在生命科学的各个层面进行独立研究，从分子生物学到神经科学到动物种群的实地研究。 学生和教师之间的正式和非正式互动将为每个参与者提供广泛的生物学问题和技术知识。 除了研究本身之外，参与者还将每周讨论自己的研究、生命科学、研究生院的当前问题、撰写资助提案以及研究中的道德问题。 参与者将在夏末的正式演讲和科学论文中展示他们的研究结果。 我们将通过互联网以及与美国各地教师的个人联系来开展全国招聘工作。 我们将通过与历史悠久的黑人学院和大学以及其他有大量少数族裔入学的机构的联系，积极招收非裔美国人、西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生。 通过与戴维森学院生命科学教师密切合作，更好地了解科学是如何进行的，学生将能够更好地就塑造当今世界的科学问题以及自己的职业选择做出明智的决定。