REU Site: Summer Research Program in Ecology at Harvard Forest

REU 站点：哈佛森林生态学夏季研究项目

• 批准号: 2348924
• 负责人: Audrey Barker-Plotkin
• 金额: $ 50.42万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 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: 2024-03-15 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2348924&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Research; Program

This REU Site award to Harvard University’s Harvard Forest, located in Petersham, MA, will support the training of 10 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2024- 2026. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. The program prioritizes creating an inclusive community in which students can envision themselves having a place in science. Linking students with colleagues from scientific networks will help students develop professional contacts before they join the nation’s workforce. An array of activities (e.g., seminars, data analysis and management workshops, campus visits, career forum) give students myriad opportunities for professional development. 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).The goal of the program is to inspire and empower the next generation of ecologists and environmental scientists who will work in diverse, interdisciplinary teams to understand and find equitable solutions to pressing long-term ecological challenges. The intellectual focus is to engage students in the long-term, place-based nature of ecological research. Students join research teams who think critically across temporal, socioecological, and observational scales. They learn about diverse methods of ecological inquiry and engage with the ethical and social justice contexts of the endeavor of science. Projects range from investigating interactions among plant roots and soil microbes, co-developing research with the local Nipmuc tribe to address land stewardship challenges, understanding the impacts of invasive insects on forest biodiversity, and connecting long-term measurements and near-term forecasts of the carbon cycle. Harvard Forest has the distinction of being part of multiple networks including LTER, ForestGEO, Ameriflux, and NEON, so student researchers have rich opportunities to connect site-based work to cross-site and macrosystems scales.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 授予位于马萨诸塞州彼得舍姆的哈佛大学哈佛森林的这一场地奖励将支持 10 名学生在 2024 年至 2026 年夏季进行为期 11 周的培训。预计总共 30 名学生，主要来自研究有限的学校该计划优先考虑创建一个包容性的社区，让学生可以想象自己在科学领域占有一席之地，将学生与来自科学网络的同事联系起来。帮助学生在加入国家劳动力队伍之前建立专业联系。一系列活动（例如研讨会、数据分析和管理研讨会、校园参观、职业论坛）为学生提供了无数的专业发展机会。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进行。学生应使用 NSF ETAP 向 REU 网站进行申请（教育和培训申请：https://etap.nsf.gov）。 .该计划的目标旨在激励和授权下一代生态学家和环境科学家，他们将在多元化、跨学科的团队中工作，以了解并找到应对紧迫的长期生态挑战的公平解决方案。学生加入研究团队，在时间、社会生态和观察尺度上进行批判性思考，他们学习生态探究的多种方法，并参与科学事业的伦理和社会正义背景。在植物根系和土壤微生物中，与当地 Nipmuc 部落共同开展研究，以应对土地管理挑战，了解入侵昆虫对森林生物多样性的影响，并将碳循环的长期测量和近期预测联系起来，这些都是哈佛森林的一部分。包括LTER、ForestGEO、Ameriflux和NEON在内的多个网络，因此学生研究人员有丰富的机会将基于站点的工作连接到跨站点和宏观系统尺度。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过评估认为值得支持利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准。