REU Site: The Summer Systematics Institute: training the next generation of scientists for the field, the lab, and sharing their science with the world

REU 网站：夏季系统学研究所：为该领域、实验室培训下一代科学家，并与世界分享他们的科学成果

• 批准号: 1852276
• 负责人: Lauren Esposito
• 金额: $ 44.24万
• 依托单位: California Academy of Sciences
• 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: 2019-02-15 至 2023-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852276&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Systematics; Institute

This REU Site award to the California Academy of Sciences, located in San Francisco, CA, will support the training of 10 students for 9 weeks during the summers of 2019? 2021. Research will primarily be conducted at the Academy and at local field sites in Sonoma County, CA. The Academy's Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability is a research hub focused on understanding the natural world and finding solutions to sustaining it. The institution houses world-class natural history research collections, along with modern day technology and genomics tools needed to study these specimens. Participants of the Summer Systematics Institute will begin the summer with fieldwork and immersive workshops, before returning to the Academy to be paired with mentors, who are curators in the Institute, to work on original research projects and attend seminars which provide tools in the field of systematics and phylogenetics. The summer culminates with writing a scientific abstract and a popular science article, and giving an oral presentation to the community in in end-of-program symposium. Students apply through an online application system and will be recruited from universities and community colleges across the country. Applicants identify potential mentors during the application process, and applications are competitively reviewed by advisors who make the final selection of participants. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how biodiversity-focused research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at local symposia and scientific conferences. 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 the program is available by visiting https://www.calacademy.org/summer-systematics-institute, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Lauren Esposito at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Rebecca Johnson at [e-mail]).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.

这项授予位于加利福尼亚州旧金山的加利福尼亚科学院的REU网站奖将在2019年夏季支持10个学生的培训9周？ 2021年。研究将主要在加利福尼亚州索诺玛县的学院和当地现场进行。该学院的生物多样性科学与可持续性研究所是一个研究中心，旨在了解自然世界并找到维持自然世界的解决方案。该机构拥有世界一流的自然历史研究收藏，以及研究这些标本所需的现代技术和基因组学工具。夏季系统学院的参与者将从夏季开始进行野外工作和沉浸式研讨会，然后返回学院与研究所的策展人一起搭配导师，从事原始研究项目的工作，并参加在系统和系统遗传学领域提供工具的研讨会。夏季以撰写科学摘要和流行的科学文章的最终形式，并在计划结束的研讨会上向社区进行口头介绍。学生通过在线申请系统申请，并将在全国各地的大学和社区大学招募。申请人在申请过程中确定潜在的导师，并且申请由最终选择参与者的顾问进行竞争性审查。预计总共有30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以生物多样性为中心的研究，许多人将在当地的座谈会和科学会议上介绍他们的工作结果。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU网站计划使用的常见基于Web的评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。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。有关该计划的更多信息，可以通过访问https://www.calacademy.org/summer-systematics-institute，或通过与PI联系（通过[e-mail]博士与PI（Lauren Esposito博士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。