REU Site: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences - Undergraduate Research Experience in the Gulf of Maine and the World Ocean

REU 站点：毕格罗海洋科学实验室 - 缅因湾和世界海洋的本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 1156740
• 负责人: David Fields
• 金额: $ 27.48万
• 依托单位: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-01 至 2015-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156740&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Bigelow; Laboratory; Ocean

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)Site program is located at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS), West Boothbay Harbor ,ME. The program will support eight students during a ten week summer research program. The goals of this REU Program are i) to provide undergraduate students from around the United States mentoring and access to high quality, hands on research opportunities in lower trophic level Oceanography, ii) expose students to skills and knowledge required for a successful professional science career, and iii) to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in marine science careers. Bigelow Laboratory scientists have expertise in chemical and biological oceanography, mathematics, bio-optics, satellite-oceanography, microscopy, genomics, molecular, organismal and population biology, fisheries and air-sea gas exchange. REU students will be incorporated into a research group consisting of technicians, post-docs, and junior and senior scientists, gaining exposure to the suite of activities and responsibilities involved in a science career. Students will be housed at the McKee House on campus and conduct research in two new buildings that are currently under construction. The program is structured as a "hands-on" research opportunity for motivated young scientists in their last 2 years of formal undergraduate training. REU students at Bigelow conduct independent research projects on a broad array of topics in ocean science and as a group they receive training in scientific ethics, laboratory safety and oceanographic sampling techniques. The program includes weekly meetings during which students develop and discuss all stages of their research projects, from identifying a tractable research question, posing testable hypotheses, drafting a proposal, and conducting their study, to communicating their findings both orally and in writing. At the end of the summer, REU students present their results during the last week at a student research symposium and a research poster session. All students are encouraged to present their results at professional meetings in the year or two following the program. Support provided by NSF includes funding for student stipends, student travel to and from the site, student housing and meals and some administrative costs.

该本科生研究体验 (REU) 项目位于缅因州西布斯贝港毕格罗海洋科学实验室 (BLOS)。 该计划将在为期十周的夏季研究计划中为八名学生提供支持。该 REU 计划的目标是 i) 为来自美国各地的本科生提供指导并获得低营养级海洋学方面的高质量实践研究机会，ii) 让学生了解成功的专业科学生涯所需的技能和知识，以及 iii) 增加代表性不足的少数群体对海洋科学事业的参与。 毕格罗实验室的科学家拥有化学和生物海洋学、数学、生物光学、卫星海洋学、显微镜、基因组学、分子、有机体和群体生物学、渔业和海气交换方面的专业知识。 REU 的学生将被纳入一个由技术人员、博士后以及初级和高级科学家组成的研究小组，从而接触到科学职业生涯中涉及的一系列活动和职责。学生将住在校园内的麦基楼，并在目前正在建设的两座新建筑中进行研究。该项目旨在为积极进取的年轻科学家在最后两年的正规本科培训中提供“实践”研究机会。毕格罗的 REU 学生就海洋科学的广泛主题开展独立研究项目，并作为一个整体接受科学伦理、实验室安全和海洋采样技术方面的培训。该计划包括每周举行的会议，学生们在会议期间开发和讨论其研究项目的所有阶段，从确定易于处理的研究问题、提出可检验的假设、起草提案和进行研究，到以口头和书面形式交流他们的发现。夏末，REU 学生在学生研究研讨会和研究海报会议上展示他们上周的成果。鼓励所有学生在课程结束后一两年内的专业会议上展示他们的成果。 NSF 提供的支持包括学生津贴、学生往返学校的交通费、学生住宿和膳食以及一些管理费用。