REU Site: Ecology and Management for Resilient and Adapted Forests

REU 网站：弹性和适应性森林的生态和管理

• 批准号: 2348895
• 负责人: Ashley Schulz
• 金额: $ 41.16万
• 依托单位: Mississippi State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-03-15 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2348895&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Ecology; Management; Resilient

This REU Site award to Mississippi State University Department of Forestry, located in Starkville, MS, will support the training of nine students for ten weeks during the summers of 2024 - 2026. It is anticipated that a total of 27 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an underrepresented group in forestry, will be trained in the program. Students and mentors will work together to identify best management practices for managing resilient forest ecosystems that produce multiple ecosystem services in the southeastern United States. Students will carry out high-quality, interdisciplinary research in a collegial environment, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of the 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).The REU site, based in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University, aims to: (i) welcome, include, and serve students from underrepresented groups to increase diversity and awareness of career opportunities and in forestry, (ii) train talented undergraduate students to become independent, science-literate researchers by challenging them with real-world problems in forestry, and (iii) develop methods and products to manage forests for resilience and to promote and strengthen them as a climate change solution. Leveraging the nearly 20 million forested acres in Mississippi, students will partner with faculty mentors to conduct a research project, from design and implementation to final presentation and/or publication, focused on at least one of the following areas: (i) climate change mitigation, (ii) forest health, or (iii) ecosystem function. Students and faculty mentors will participate in orientation and professional development seminars and workshops (for example, scientific writing and communication, data management and analysis, diversity in and philosophy in science, topics in forest science). Students will apply online and applicants will be interviewed and selected by research mentors. Program outcomes will be tracked using an online tool.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.

该 REU 场地授予位于密西西比州斯塔克维尔的密西西比州立大学林业系，将支持 2024 年至 2026 年夏季对 9 名学生进行为期 10 周的培训。预计总共 27 名学生，主要来自以下学校：有限的研究机会或林业代表性不足的群体将在该计划中接受培训。学生和导师将共同努力，确定管理弹性森林生态系统的最佳管理实践，这些生态系统在美国东南部提供多种生态系统服务。学生将在大学环境中进行高质量的跨学科研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。该计划的评估将通过在线工具完成。学生应使用 NSF ETAP（教育和培训申请：https://etap.nsf.gov）向 REU 网站申请。REU 网站位于密西西比州立大学林业系，旨在：(i) 欢迎，包括并为来自代表性不足群体的学生提供服务，以提高林业和职业机会的多样性和意识，(ii) 通过挑战林业的现实问题，培养有才华的本科生成为独立的、有科学素养的研究人员，以及(iii) 开发管理森林以增强复原力的方法和产品，并促进和加强森林作为气候变化解决方案。利用密西西比州近 2000 万英亩的森林，学生将与教师导师合作开展一个研究项目，从设计和实施到最终演示和/或出版，至少重点关注以下领域之一：(i) 减缓气候变化，(ii) 森林健康，或 (iii) 生态系统功能。学生和教师导师将参加定向和专业发展研讨会和讲习班（例如，科学写作和交流、数据管理和分析、科学多样性和哲学、森林科学主题）。学生将在线申请，申请人将接受研究导师的面试和选择。计划成果将使用在线工具进行跟踪。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。