UMEB: Training Ecologist Doctors for the 21st Century

UMEB：培养 21 世纪的生态学家医生

• 批准号: 0603049
• 负责人: Candace Galen
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0603049&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UMEB; Training; Ecologist; Doctors; 21st

NSF funding will establish an interdisciplinary Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) program at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU). Thirty-two students will be recruited to the program over four years. The MU UMEB program will train under-represented minority scholars in three inter-related research areas central to environmental health globally and in the American Midwest, in particular: (i) the ecology and genetics of crop improvement; (ii) the conservation of forest and grassland dwelling species; and (iii) the ecology and management of highly impacted urban environments. Students will spend at least two years at the University of Missouri-Columbia conducting year round faculty-mentored research in one of the three disciplinary themes beginning with a summer field project and leading to a poster presentation at a national professional meeting. Because solutions to environmental challenges require partnerships between agency, corporate and faculty researchers, MU UMEB scholars will spend their second summer working as research interns at partner agencies and corporations that include the Missouri Department of Conservation, the US Forest Service, Monsanto Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred, and the Missouri Botanical Garden. The MU UMEB program further emphasizes professional training during the academic year by including elective courses that lead to Certification in Environmental Studies. To promote interdisciplinary thinking, the MU UMEB includes two core courses that develop professional communication and outreach skills, consider research and environmental ethics, and provide learning service experiences in K-6 outdoor education and environmental journalism. The UMEB program broadens the recruitment pipeline for under-represented minority students through collaboration with two major urban community colleges, Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO and St. Louis Community College in St. Louis, MO. To ensure student retention, UMEB scholars will form close mentoring relationships with graduate student and peer mentors and will engage in team building activities, study groups, and family-inclusive events that celebrate their accomplishments. The UMEB program aims to equip its 32 student participants with skills to attack environmental problems from an interdisciplinary perspective and credentials to attain positions of prominence in environmental biology. For more information contact Dr. Candace Galen at [e-mail] (573-882-4832) or Dr. Charles Nilon at [e-mail] (573-882-3738).

NSF 的资助将在密苏里哥伦比亚大学 (MU) 建立一个跨学科的环境生物学本科生辅导 (UMEB) 项目。四年内将招募 32 名学生加入该项目。 MU UMEB 项目将在对全球和美国中西部环境健康至关重要的三个相互关联的研究领域培训代表性不足的少数族裔学者，特别是：（i）作物改良的生态学和遗传学； (ii) 森林和草原栖息物种的保护； (iii) 受严重影响的城市环境的生态和管理。学生将在密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校度过至少两年的时间，在三个学科主题之一上进行全年教师指导的研究，从夏季实地项目开始，并在全国专业会议上进行海报展示。由于环境挑战的解决方案需要机构、企业和教师研究人员之间的合作，MU UMEB 学者将在第二个夏天在合作机构和企业担任研究实习生，其中包括密苏里州环境保护部、美国林务局、孟山都公司、先锋公司Hi-Bred 和密苏里植物园。 MU UMEB 项目进一步强调学年期间的专业培训，包括获得环境研究认证的选修课程。为了促进跨学科思维，MU UMEB 包括两门核心课程，培养专业沟通和外展技能，考虑研究和环境伦理，并提供 K-6 户外教育和环境新闻的学习服务经验。 UMEB 计划通过与两所主要城市社区学院（密苏里州堪萨斯城的大都会社区学院和密苏里州圣路易斯的圣路易斯社区学院）合作，拓宽了代表性不足的少数族裔学生的招生渠道。为了确保学生保留，UMEB 学者将与研究生和同伴导师建立密切的指导关系，并将参与团队建设活动、学习小组和家庭活动来庆祝他们的成就。 UMEB 项目旨在让 32 名学生参与者具备从跨学科角度解决环境问题的技能，并获得在环境生物学领域取得突出地位的证书。 如需更多信息，请联系 Candace Galen 博士，邮箱：[e-mail] (573-882-4832) 或 Charles Nilon 博士，邮箱：[e-mail] (573-882-3738)。