IRES Track I: Island Invasion Biology - Leveraging the Galapagos and Hawaiian Islands to provide immersive undergraduate research experiences.

IRES 轨道 I：岛屿入侵生物学 - 利用加拉帕戈斯群岛和夏威夷群岛提供沉浸式本科生研究体验。

• 批准号: 2245931
• 负责人: Rakan Zahawi
• 金额: $ 29.89万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2245931&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; Island; Invasion; Biology

The Galapagos and Hawaiian archipelagoes arguably represent two of the most iconic island ecosystems in the world. Both are extremely geographically isolated volcanic landmasses that have evolved unique flora and fauna, but their fragile ecosystems are threatened by a broad range of factors, perhaps the most consequential being introduced non-native invasive species. While our understanding of invasive species biology on tropical island systems has been shaped extensively by research in Hawaiʻi, other intensively studied locations, such as the Galapagos Islands, have much to offer. This project will host an immersive, experiential learning, undergraduate student research program on island invasion biology at the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. The program will provide a unique opportunity for University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) students, who represent one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation, to immerse themselves in cutting edge international research in invasion biology at two globally-recognized research institutions that have spearheaded a wealth of understanding in this field. The histories that have shaped the two archipelagoes, including similarities and differences, will allow students and mentors to develop novel research that is relevant to both island systems, as well as tropical islands more broadly, while fostering new research collaborations between UHM faculty and foreign collaborators at CDF. As such, this project will serve as a catalyst for future research collaborations thereby providing opportunities for student research experiences for years to come in a field of critical importance to both locations.The Galapagos and Hawaiian archipelagoes arguably represent two of the most iconic island ecosystems in the world. Both are extremely isolated, volcanically-originated landmasses that have evolved unique and endemic biota. In addition, both are threatened by a broad range of anthropogenic drivers of change, perhaps the most consequential being introduced invasive species. Importantly, following decades of applied research on the control and mitigation of invasive species, the two archipelagoes represent ideal platforms for student learning in a field of research with broad local and global ramifications. This project will host an immersive, experiential learning, undergraduate student research program on island invasion biology at the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. At least six U.S. students in each cohort year from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) (≥18 students total) will spend one year, including eight weeks in Galapagos, researching the drivers and consequences of invasive species introductions, while assessing means to mitigate their spread and impact. In the semester preceding their field research program, students will take an accredited UHM course on invasion biology to provide them with a core baseline understanding of the threats and challenges posed by invasive species in tropical island systems, using the Hawaiian Islands as a model system. During this course, students will interact with UHM faculty advisors and foreign collaborators at CDF, to develop the framework and design for their individual summer research projects in Galapagos. Each foreign collaborator will oversee 2 students each field season and, along with UHM mentors, will provide pre- and post-field program support. Upon returning to Hawaiʻi, students will continue to work with their UHM and CDF mentors to write up project results for submission to peer-reviewed scientific outlets, and present results to the UHM campus and the broader applied conservation and scientific community.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.

加拉帕戈斯群岛和夏威夷群岛可以说是世界上两个最具标志性的岛屿生态系统。两者都是极其地理孤立的火山陆地，它们已经进化出了独特的动植物，但是它们的脆弱生态系统受到广泛因素的威胁，也许是引入非母体入侵物种的最重要因素。虽然我们对热带岛屿系统上入侵物种生物学的理解是由夏威夷的研究广泛塑造的，但其他深入研究的位置（例如加拉帕戈斯群岛）可以提供很多。该项目将在厄瓜多尔加拉帕戈斯群岛的Charles Darwin基金会（CDF）举办一项沉浸式，经验丰富的学习，本科生研究计划。该计划将为夏威夷大学的Mānoa（UHM）学生提供一个独特的机会，他们代表了全国最多样化的学生团体之一，让自己沉浸在两家全球认可的研究机构的尖端国际研究入侵生物学中，这些研究机构在这一领域中率先了解了很多理解。塑造了两个群岛的历史，包括相似性和差异，将使学生和导师能够开发与岛屿系统以及热带岛屿相关的新颖研究，同时促进CDF的UHM教师和外国合作者之间的新研究合作。因此，该项目将成为未来研究合作的催化剂，从而为学生提供了多年的学生研究经验的机会，这对两个地点至关重要。加拉帕戈斯群岛和夏威夷群岛可以说是世界上两个最具标志性的岛屿生态系统。两者都是极其孤立的，有火山的陆地，它们已经进化出独特的和内在的生物群。此外，两者都受到各种变化的人为驱动因素的威胁，也许是被引入入侵物种的最重要的。重要的是，经过数十年来对侵入性物种的控制和缓解的应用研究，这两个档案是在具有广泛的本地和全球影响的研究领域中学生学习的理想平台。该项目将在厄瓜多尔加拉帕戈斯群岛的Charles Darwin基金会（CDF）举办一项沉浸式，经验丰富的学习，本科生研究计划。在每个队列年，至少有六名美国学生在夏威夷大学的Mānoa（UHM）（≥18名学生）将花费一年的时间，其中包括在加拉帕戈斯岛的八周，研究了入侵物种引入的驱动因素和后果，同时评估了减轻其传播和影响和影响力的驱动力和后果。在他们的现场研究计划之前的学期中，学生将参加认可的UHM入侵生物学课程，为他们提供对热带岛屿系统中入侵物种在热带岛屿系统中带来的威胁和挑战的核心基线理解，并将其使用夏威夷群岛作为模型系统。在本课程中，学生将与CDF的UHM教师顾问和外国合作者进行互动，以开发其在加拉帕戈斯群岛的夏季研究项目的框架和设计。每个外国合作者将在每个现场季节监督2名学生，并与UHM导师一起提供场前和后场计划的支持。返回夏威夷后，学生将继续与UHM和CDF导师合作，以提交项目结果，以提交同行评审的科学渠道，并向UHM校园和更广泛的应用程序保护和科学界提出了结果。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估了Intervielia the Intellitial and Intervisial and Funderial and Funderial and Funderial and Interviatial and Interviatial and Intervisial and Interviatial and Interviatial and Interviatial and Interviatial and FundriT and Interviatial的基础。