REU Site: Tropical Ecology and Evolution at El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico

REU 站点：波多黎各 El Verde 野外站的热带生态与进化

• 批准号: 1559679
• 负责人: Luis Ramirez-Ulate
• 金额: $ 44.96万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-02-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559679&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Tropical; Ecology; Evolution

This REU Site award to the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, will support the training of eight students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016 - 2020. Research is conducted at El Verde Field Station, located at El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico. The program focuses on Tropical Ecology and Evolution -- the study of plant population biology, stream ecology and aquatic insect dynamics, forest ecology, arthropod biology, and coevolution in tropical rainforest. El Verde is the base of operations of the program and of many tropical researchers and the Luquillo LTER program. Students develop independent projects under the advice of faculty mentors, spending most of their time conducting research and attending seminars and workshops on scientific data analysis and techniques to study tropical systems. The program also provides workshops on relevant topics, such as graduate school application process. A responsible conduct in science component is also provided to discuss issues commonly encountered by students during their careers. Student selection is based on their research interest, academic record, and potential for outstanding research in biological sciences. The project PI makes a short list and mentors make the final selection.It is anticipated that a total of 40 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. This program focuses on students with interest in ecological research and in pursuing graduate studies. Students will learn how research is conducted, many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences, and some will publish their work in peer-reviewed journals.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. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine student career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. Applications are accepted starting in December every year. More information is available by visiting http://reu.ites.upr.edu/ or by contacting the PI (Dr. Ramirez at [e-mail]).

REU 为波多黎各大学（波多黎各大学，圣胡安，波多黎各）提供的场地奖励将支持 8 名学生在 2016 年至 2020 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。研究在位于波多黎各云盖国家森林的 El Verde 野外站进行。波多黎各。该项目的重点是热带生态学和进化——植物种群生物学、溪流生态学和水生昆虫动力学、森林生态学、节肢动物生物学和热带雨林共同进化的研究。 El Verde 是该计划以及许多热带研究人员和 L​​uquillo LTER 计划的运作基地。 学生在教师导师的建议下开发独立项目，大部分时间用于进行研究并参加有关科学数据分析和研究热带系统技术的研讨会和讲习班。该计划还提供相关主题的研讨会，例如研究生院申请流程。 还提供了负责任的科学行为，以讨论学生在职业生涯中常见的问题。学生的选择是基于他们的研究兴趣、学术记录以及在生物科学研究方面的杰出研究潜力。项目负责人列出最终名单，导师进行最终选择。预计共有 40 名学生（主要来自研究机会有限的学校）将接受该项目的培训。该项目主要针对对生态研究和研究生学习感兴趣的学生。学生将了解研究是如何进行的，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果，还有一些人将在同行评审的期刊上发表他们的作品。由生物系资助的所有 REU 项目使用的通用网络评估工具基础设施（生物科学理事会）将用于确定培训计划的有效性。项目结束后将对学生进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过 NSF 报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。每年12月开始接受申请。如需了解更多信息，请访问 http://reu.ites.upr.edu/ 或联系 PI（Ramirez 博士，[e-mail]）。