REU: Global Engagement Research Experience for Undergraduate Students in Food Security: A focus on Indigenous Vegetables and Grain Crops; the "Forgotten Food" Crops of Kenya

REU：粮食安全本科生全球参与研究经验：重点关注本土蔬菜和谷物作物；

基本信息

批准号：
1757607
负责人：
Anne Osano
金额：
$ 25万
依托单位：
Bowie State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-01-15 至 2023-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757607&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Global Engagement Research Experience

项目摘要

This REU Site award to Bowie State University (BSU), located in Bowie, MD, will support the training of 8 students in a 10-week program during the summers of 2019-2020. The program is hosted by the BSU Department of Natural Sciences and the University of Nairobi in Kenya and Egerton University (Kenya, Department of Crops, Horticulture and Soils). Students spend the first week at BSU for an intensive boot camp on the history and culture of Kenya, safety, ethics/responsible conduct of research, basic scientific principles, and skills to prepare for the research project. The next 8 weeks are dedicated to research at Egerton University (Year 1) or the University of Nairobi (Year 2) with field sampling trips, followed by a concluding week at BSU where students present the results of their research. Research focuses on the genetic, physiological, and ecological mechanisms that underlie crop responses in a changing environment with a goal towards food security. Example student projects include molecular studies of aflatoxin grain contamination, sweet sorghum genotypes and ecotypes, genetic and metabolite diversity of the indigenous vegetable Cleome gynandra, analysis of sweet sorghum enzymes, and characterization of Rhizobia species in Dolichos lablab. Workshops focus on professional skills (e.g., literature review, experimental techniques and design, data collection and analysis, oral and written presentation skills). Recruitment and participant selection will focus on students with outstanding research potential with special emphasis on students from underrepresented groups. It is anticipated that a total of 16 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, analyzed, and communicated. Many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences, and some will publish the results 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 program. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. This REU is also supported by the Division of Human Resource Development in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources. More information is available by visiting https://www.bowiestate.edu/academics-research/colleges/college-arts-sciences/departments/natural-sciences/research-experience-for-underg/ or by contacting the PI, Dr. Anne Osano at aosano@bowiestate.edu.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项授予位于马里兰州鲍伊市的鲍伊州立大学（BSU）的REU网站奖将在2019 - 2020年的夏季在为期10周的课程中培训8名学生。该计划由BSU自然科学系和肯尼亚内罗毕大学和埃格顿大学（肯尼亚，农作物，园艺和土壤）主持。学生们在BSU度过了一个关于肯尼亚历史和文化的密集新兵训练营，研究，基本科学原理的道德规范/负责任的行为，并为研究项目做准备。接下来的8周是在埃格顿大学（1年级）或内罗毕大学（2年级）进行现场抽样旅行的研究，然后在BSU结束了一周，学生们在这里呈现了他们的研究结果。研究的重点是在不断变化的环境中以粮食安全目标的农作物反应为基础的遗传，生理和生态机制。示例学生项目包括对黄曲霉毒素谷物污染，甜高粱基因型和生态型的分子研究，土著植物性克利姆陀螺的遗传和代谢产物多样性，对多利霍斯lablab中rhiz酶的甜味高粱酶的分析以及对rablab lablab中根瘤菌物种的特征。研讨会的重点是专业技能（例如文献综述，实验技术和设计，数据收集和分析，口头和书面演示技巧）。招聘和参与者的选择将集中在具有杰出研究潜力的学生上，并特别强调来自代表性不足的团体的学生。预计总共有16名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该计划中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，分析和传达研究。许多人将在科学会议上介绍他们的工作结果，有些人将在同行评审的期刊上发布结果。所有由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的常见基于Web的评估工具将用于确定计划的有效性。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。该REU也得到了人力资源发展局教育和人力资源局的支持。可以通过访问https://www.bowiestate.edu/academics-research/colleges/college-arts-sciences/departments/naturalalal-sciences/natural-sciences/research-experience-for-for-for-underg/或与pi的pi and.sano ands.edis.edis andfore andfore andf issano andfore andfore andfore andfore andfore andfore andfore the Issno andf of认为值得通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的评论标准来评估值得支持。