REU SITE: Assessment and sustainable management of ecosystem at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems

REU 站点：对粮食、能源和水系统之间的生态系统进行评估和可持续管理

• 批准号: 2051120
• 负责人: Michelle Evans-White
• 金额: $ 38.73万
• 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: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-03-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2051120&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Assessment; sustainable; management

This REU Site award to the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, AR, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2021- 2023. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily identifying as American Indian and other under-represented groups, will be trained in the program; many of these students will come from schools with limited research opportunities. Students will participate in structured lectures combined with computer programming workshops using R, laboratory and field research. They will attend seminars and other events featuring professionals in sustainability fields, and cultural enrichment activities that emphasize the process of science, the ethic of sustainability, sustainability of food, water, and energy systems, and the cultural connections of ecology and sustainability with tribal traditions. Students will develop and complete an independent research project with the aid of their mentor(s), attend and present at a professional meeting, and complete a manuscript. Student program assessment will be completed using the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program to determine their career paths using Facebook, LinkedIn, and other web resources. The objective of this REU program is to provide an integrated research experience focusing on sustainable management of ecosystem services at the nexus of food, energy, and water, primarily for American Indian undergraduates and those from other under-represented groups in STEM. The goal is for students and an interdisciplinary group of faculty mentors from three colleges to explore sustainable management of provisioning services across landscapes and cultural traditions. Research projects focus on effects of food and energy life cycles on water quantity and quality, integrated with tribal management of ecosystem services. Classroom activities include computer programming workshops, scientific communication, and cultural enrichment activities that emphasize the ethics and the cultural connections of ecology with tribal traditions. Undergraduate students who are interested in doing research about environmental systems or sustainability are encouraged to apply. More information about the program is available by visiting http://ecoreu.uark.edu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Michelle Evans-White at [e-mail]) or the co-PIs (Dr. Marty Matlock at [e-mail] or Dr. Kusum Naithani 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.

REU 授予位于阿肯色州费耶特维尔的阿肯色大学的该场地奖将支持 10 名学生在 2021 年至 2023 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。预计总共 30 名学生，主要是美洲印第安人和其他代表性不足的群体将接受该计划的培训；其中许多学生来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将参加结构化讲座以及使用 R、实验室和现场研究的计算机编程研讨会。他们将参加由可持续发展领域的专业人士参加的研讨会和其他活动，以及强调科学过程、可持续发展伦理、食物、水和能源系统的可持续发展以及生态和可持续发展与部落传统的文化联系的文化丰富活动。学生将在导师的帮助下开发并完成一个独立的研究项目，参加并出席专业会议，并完成手稿。 学生项目评估将使用在线 SALG URSSA 工具完成。项目结束后，我们将使用 Facebook、LinkedIn 和其他网络资源对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。 REU 项目的目标是提供综合研究经验，重点关注食品、能源和水之间生态系统服务的可持续管理，主要面向美洲印第安人本科生和 STEM 中其他代表性不足群体的学生。目标是让来自三所学院的学生和跨学科教师导师小组探索跨景观和文化传统的供应服务的可持续管理。研究项目侧重于食物和能源生命周期对水量和质量的影响，并与生态系统服务的部落管理相结合。课堂活动包括计算机编程研讨会、科学交流和文化丰富活动，这些活动强调生态学与部落传统的道德和文化联系。鼓励对环境系统或可持续性研究感兴趣的本科生申请。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问 http://ecoreu.uark.edu，或联系 PI（Michelle Evans-White 博士，[e-mail]）或联合 PI（Matlock 的 Marty Matlock 博士） @uark.edu 或 Kusum Naithani 博士 ([e-mail])。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。