REU Site: Field and Laboratory Studies of Coastal Marine Processes at the Shannon Point Marine Center

REU 站点：香农角海洋中心沿海海洋过程的现场和实验室研究

• 批准号: 1559940
• 负责人: Brian Bingham
• 金额: $ 25.22万
• 依托单位: Western Washington University
• 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: 2016-03-15 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559940&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Field; Laboratory; Studies

The Division of Ocean Sciences provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at the Shannon Point Marine Center, Western Washington University (WWU), located in Bellingham, WA. The program will support 8 students for a nine-week internship over three years (2016-2018). Each student will work with an individual adviser to develop a research project that is independent and appropriately focused. The general theme focuses on living resources and processes of the local coastal marine environment, including primary and secondary productivity, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology and chemical ecology. With his/her adviser, each student develops and presents a project plan in a colloquium setting during the second week, conducts the research under the appropriate level of faculty supervision, and presents oral and written reports at the conclusion of the program. Publication of results and presentation at scientific meetings is strongly encouraged and supported.The purpose of the SPMC REU is to introduce promising students to research at a point in their undergraduate programs that will permit informed decisions regarding pursuit of graduate education and scientific professions while preparing them to do so. Early in the program, students are introduced to the broad array of field and laboratory research techniques and are encouraged to use these in their own work. Group workshops are held on selecting and applying to graduate school, addressing issues of ethics in science, mastering data analysis and presentation methods, and effectively sharing science. Formal assessments provide both a feedback mechanism used to improve the program and an evaluation that documents outcomes and the longer-term value of the program. The program recruits applicants from around the United States, with special attention to underprivileged, underserved and underrepresented students, to those attending institutions with limited opportunities for undergraduate research, and to those whose current locations or previous experiences have not permitted ready access to marine environments.

海洋科学部为位于华盛顿州贝灵厄姆的西华盛顿大学 (WWU) 香农角海洋中心的本科生研究体验 (REU) 现场项目提供了新的资金。 该计划将支持 8 名学生在三年内（2016-2018 年）进行为期九周的实习。 每个学生将与一名个人顾问合作开发一个独立且重点适当的研究项目。总主题侧重于当地沿海海洋环境的生物资源和过程，包括初级和次级生产力、生物地球化学、微生物生态学和化学生态学。每个学生与他/她的导师一起制定并在第二周的座谈会上提出项目计划，在适当级别的教师监督下进行研究，并在项目结束时提出口头和书面报告。强烈鼓励和支持在科学会议上发表结果和进行演示。SPMC REU 的目的是向有前途的学生介绍本科课程中的某个阶段的研究，以便在为研究生教育和科学职业做好准备时做出明智的决定这样做。在该计划的早期，学生将了解广泛的现场和实验室研究技术，并被鼓励在自己的工作中使用这些技术。举办小组研讨会，讨论研究生院的选择和申请、解决科学伦理问题、掌握数据分析和演示方法以及有效分享科学。正式评估既提供了用于改进计划的反馈机制，也提供了记录计划结果和长期价值的评估。该计划从美国各地招募申请者，特别关注贫困、服务不足和代表性不足的学生，那些在本科研究机会有限的院校就读的学生，以及那些目前所在位置或以前的经验不允许随时进入海洋环境的学生。