IRES: US-China International Student Research Experiences in Plant Genomics

IRES：中美国际学生植物基因组学研究经验

• 批准号: 1658709
• 负责人: Baohong Zhang
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: East Carolina University
• 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: 2017-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1658709&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; US; China; International; Student

This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program provides a unique opportunity for collaborative research in plant genome and agricultural biotechnology for a diverse group of US graduate and undergraduate students. The students will investigate gene function in plants exposed to five major abiotic stressors (drought, salinity, heavy metal lead, low and high temperature). In each of the three award years, five students will be selected from East Carolina University (ECU) and nearby historically black institutes, including local community colleges, in North Carolina. These students will be trained at the ECU PI's laboratories and then travel to China to conduct field and laboratory research at the Henan Institute of Sciences and Technology (HIST) for six weeks.This IRES project will impact a broad scientific community within the US and internationally. The diverse group of students, from 2- and 4- year undergraduate and graduate programs, will receive international mentoring and research-based education. Recruitment from historically black universities and local community colleges in North Carolina with large disadvantaged populations will ensure a diverse student group. Through the proposed student research program in China mentored by Chinese scientists, this IRES project will provide students with unique opportunities to become globally-engaged scientists and to build their international scientific networks.

这项国际学生研究体验 (IRES) 计划为不同的美国研究生和本科生群体提供了植物基因组和农业生物技术合作研究的独特机会。学生们将研究暴露于五种主要非生物应激源（干旱、盐度、重金属铅、低温和高温）的植物的基因功能。在这三个奖项年度中，每年都会从东卡罗来纳大学 (ECU) 和附近的历史悠久的黑人学院（包括北卡罗来纳州的当地社区学院）中选拔五名学生。这些学生将在 ECU PI 实验室接受培训，然后前往中国在河南科技学院 (HIST) 进行为期六周的现场和实验室研究。该 IRES 项目将影响美国和国际上广泛的科学界。来自两年制和四年制本科和研究生课程的多元化学生群体将接受国际指导和研究型教育。从北卡罗来纳州历史悠久的黑人大学和当地社区学院招募大量弱势群体，将确保学生群体的多元化。通过拟议的由中国科学家指导的中国学生研究项目，该 IRES 项目将为学生提供成为全球科学家并建立国际科学网络的独特机会。