REU Site: Life in the Mountains: Field Research in Gothic, Colorado

REU 站点：山中生活：科罗拉多州哥特地区的实地研究

• 批准号: 2348507
• 负责人: Ian Billick
• 金额: $ 46.37万
• 依托单位: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
• 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: 2024-04-15 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2348507&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Life; Mountains; Field

This REU Site award to the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL), located in Gothic, CO, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2026. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, including though not limited to, students from Los Angeles community colleges, and also from under-represented groups, will be trained in the program. Participants will engage in place-based field research centered on life in the mountains, leveraging one of the most studied ecosystems, including natural history and long-term research to pursue questions involving the fundamental biological processes that support biodiversity and ecosystem processes critical to humans, including human health, food production, and nutrient flows. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of this program will be done through an online tool. Students should apply to the REU site using NSF ETAP (Education and Training Application: https://etap.nsf.gov).Most projects will center on ecology and evolutionary biology, with opportunities to investigate interdisciplinary biological processes, from genes to ecosystems. Examples of projects include exploring the impact of environmental variation on life histories, behavior, and population dynamics, using butterflies, using machine learning algorithms to train drone imagery to detect large scale patterns linking floral resources and pollinators, exploring the change in the relative abundance of alpine plants in relation to regional and local temperature change, and how a new range-shifting caddisfly alters food-web connections involving salamanders and birds. With RMBL hosting scientists from 100+ colleges and universitities, mentors will be chosen from biology and related departments from across the country. Selected by RMBL’s education team based upon application materials, students will start with onsite orientation and participate in independent, mentored research. They will also participate in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) ethics and skills workshops, as well as seminars, hikes, birding, and mothing, supported by mentors, RMBL’s education team, and large research community. More information about the program is available by visiting rmbl.org/education, or by contacting the PI Ian Billick or the co-PI Rosemary Smith at [e-mail] 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.

这项授予位于科罗拉多州哥特式的落基山生物实验室（RMBL）（RMBL）的REU站点奖将在2024 - 2026年的夏季支持10个学生的培训10周。预计，总共有30名学生来自研究机会有限的学校，包括洛杉矶社区学院的学生以及来自代表性不足的团体的学生将接受该计划的培训。参与者将参与以山区生活为中心的基于地的实地研究，利用最研究的生态系统之一，包括自然史和长期研究，以提出涉及支持生物多样性和生态系统过程的基本生物学过程的问题，这些过程对人类至关重要，包括人类健康，食品生产和营养流。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人会在科学会议上介绍他们的工作结果。该程序的评估将通过在线工具进行。学生应使用NSF ETAP（教育和培训申请：https：//etap.nsf.gov）向REU网站申请。大多数项目将以生态和进化生物学为中心，并有机会研究跨学科生物学过程，从基因到生态系统。项目的示例包括探索环境变化对生活历史，行为和种群动态的影响，使用蝴蝶，使用机器学习算法来训练无人机图像，以检测将花卉资源和传粉媒介联系起来的大规模模式，探索与区域和地方温度变化的高山工厂相对丰度变化的范围，以及如何使范围内的范围和新的范围caD-farge and forefters-farge and forefters-farge and forefters-farge and foref to new范围，并将其连接起来。随着RMBL接待来自100多所大学的科学家，将从全国各地的生物学和相关部门中选择导师。由RMBL的教育团队根据应用程序材料选择，学生将从现场定向和参与独立的指导研究开始。他们还将参加负责任的研究（RCR）伦理和技能讲习班，以及由导师，RMBL的教育团队和大型研究社区的支持的精神，徒步旅行，观鸟和主题。 More information about the program is available by visiting rmbl.org/education, or by contacting the PI Ian Billick or the co-PI Rosemary Smith at [e-mail] award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed honestly of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.