REU Site: Indigenous America to Indigenous Mekong - Adventures in Biology and Biodiversity

REU 网站：美洲原住民到湄公河原住民 - 生物学和生物多样性的冒险

• 批准号: 1659858
• 负责人: Ruben Ceballos
• 金额: $ 32.92万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-15 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659858&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Indigenous; America; Mekong

This REU Site award (co-funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering) to the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, AR, will support the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. Research will be conducted in two countries of the Lower Mekong Basin in Southeast Asia, specifically, Vietnam and Thailand (in alternating years). Students will engage in projects focused on research in climate science, microbiology, ethnobotany, aquatic biology (fish, microalgae, and aquatic plants), biofuels sciences, and small mammal ecology. The overarching theme relates to Food, Energy, and Water systems. Students will receive training in responsible conduct in research, lab and field safety, and scientific writing. Students who are U.S. citizens, US nationals, or permanent residents are eligible to apply. Although GPA and academic performance will be one factor considered in selection, any high-potential undergraduates especially those from economically-disadvantaged communities and those from groups which have been historically underrepresented in the sciences are strongly encouraged to apply regardless of GPA. It is anticipated that a total of 24 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. The goal is to use this Site program as a method of enhancing the theoretical and technical skills of the students to facilitate successful completion of bachelor's programs in STEM and either admissions into graduate programs or entry into successful careers in their respective fields of study.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about this is available by visiting http://fulbright.uark.edu/departments/biology/undergraduate/mekong-reu or by directly contacting the PI (Dr. Ruben Michael Ceballos at [e-mail]).

该REU网站奖（由国际科学与工程办公室共同资助）位于阿肯色大学的阿肯色大学，将在2018 - 2020年夏季支持对8名学生的培训10周。 研究将在东南亚下湄公河下盆地的两个国家进行，尤其是越南和泰国（在交替的几年中）。 学生将参与重点研究气候科学，微生物学，民族植物学，水生生物学（鱼类，微藻和水生植物），生物燃料科学以及小型哺乳动物生态学的项目。总体主题与食物，能源和水系统有关。学生将接受研究，实验室和现场安全以及科学写作的负责任培训。美国公民，美国国民或永久居民的学生有资格申请。 尽管GPA和学习成绩将是选择中考虑的一个因素，但任何高潜力的本科生尤其是来自经济偏爱的社区和从历史上那些在科学中占代表性不足的群体的大学的大学生。 预计总共有24名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将接受该计划的培训。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。目的是使用该站点计划来增强学生的理论和技术技能，以促进成功完成STEM的学士学位课程，并录取研究生课程，或者在其各自的研究领域进入成功职业。由所有REU站点计划使用的所有REU基于生物基础结构的计划都将用于确定培训计划的所有REU站点。计划后将跟踪学生，以确定自己的职业道路。将要求学生回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。 可以通过访问http://fulbright.uark.edu/departments/biology/undergraduate/mekong--reu或直接与PI联系（Ruben Michael Ceballos in [e-mail]）获得有关此此信息的更多信息。