REU Site: Human Impacts on the Colorado Plateau: Placed Based Research and Training.

REU 网站：人类对科罗拉多高原的影响：基于地点的研究和培训。

• 批准号: 1461295
• 负责人: Amy Whipple
• 金额: $ 24.5万
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-01 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1461295&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Human; Impacts; Colorado

This REU Site award to Northern Arizona University, located in Flagstaff, AZ, will support the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015- 2017. Research is organized around a theme of placed-based research on human impacts on the environment on the Colorado Plateau. Expert mentors come from Biology, Forestry, and Environmental Sciences. Mentoring that begins with multidimensional interactions of peers and faculty helps students to feel that they are a fully-integrated part of the research endeavor and allows them to see a pathway from community college to a scientific career. Program elements include a research experience, and a field station-based introduction to environmental science research, group activities with a focus on responsible conduct of science and supporting Tribal and Community College students in becoming scientists. The core of recruiting is via site visits and relationship development between the PIs and faculty at the students' home institutions, supplemented by emailed flyers and a website. Application forms, essays, and reference letters are accepted in the winter and evaluated by the Co-PIs with priority given to students from tribal and community colleges who come highly recommended by their faculty and indicate a good match to the program in their essay.It is anticipated that a total of 8 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Our program will contribute to more Native American and Hispanic students continuing their studies at 4-year and graduate-degree granting institutions.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Program evaluation also includes independent interviews of students and mentors and tracking and support for future success. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting http://nau.edu/Merriam-Powell/Research-Experience/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Whipple at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Martinez at [e-mail]).

这项授予位于亚利桑那州弗拉格斯塔夫的北亚利桑那大学的REU网站奖将在2015年至2017年夏季对8个学生的培训10周。研究是围绕基于基于人类对科罗拉多州环境影响的人类影响的研究主题进行的。专家导师来自生物学，林业和环境科学。从同龄人和教职员工的多维互动开始的指导使学生感到自己是研究工作中完全集成的一部分，并使他们能够看到从社区学院到科学职业的途径。计划元素包括研究经验，以及基于现场的环境科学研究简介，集体活动，侧重于负责任的科学行为以及支持部落和社区大学生成为科学家。招聘的核心是通过现场访问和PIS与教职员工之间的关系发展，并由电子邮件传单和网站补充。申请表，论文和参考书在冬季接受，并由Co-Pis评估，优先授予来自部落和社区学院的学生，他们的教职员工强烈推荐，并表明他们的论文中与该计划的良好匹配。预计总共有8名学生，主要来自学校有限的研究机会，将在该计划中受过培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人会在科学会议上介绍他们的工作结果。我们的计划将为更多的美国原住民和西班牙裔学生促进在4年和研究生学位授予机构中继续学习的基于Web的常见评估工具，该工具由生物基础设施（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用，用于确定培训计划的有效性。计划评估还包括对学生和导师的独立访谈以及对未来成功的跟踪和支持。要求学生在计划后进行跟踪，并且必须响应通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。可以通过访问http://nau.edu/merriam-powell/research-experience/获得更多信息，或通过与PI联系（[e-mail]博士）或Co-pi（[e-mail]）或Co-pi（Martinez博士）。