REU Site: Ocean Coastal Zone Sustainability through University of Southern California Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies

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项目编号	1559941
	REU Site: Ocean Coastal Zone Sustainability through University of Southern California Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
	Karla Heidelberg
主持机构	University of Southern California
项目开始年	2016
	2016-05-01
项目结束日期	2019-04-30
资助机构	US-NSF
项目类别	Continuing grant
项目经费	75290(USD)
国家	美国
语种	英语
英文摘要	The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Southern California (USC) will focus on coastal oceans sustainability and will provide 8 students with a 10-week active learning experience each summer for 3 years. Participants spend their first two weeks on the USC University Park Campus in orientation, training and project development and then move to the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center (WMSC) on Catalina Island for project implementation/completion over the following eight weeks. Support includes student housing and meals, student stipends and travel associated with participation in the program. Participants will conduct independent research on coastal ocean science topics that are related to sustainability. In the past student research topics included: nutrient biogeochemistry, marine organismal biology, the effectiveness of marine protected areas, applications of geographic information systems, marine microbial ecology, biology of invasive species, fisheries population ecology, trace element chemistry, land use impacts, predator/prey studies, population genetics, and environmental contamination and organism toxicity. The designed research opportunities, where students work individually and in teams with graduate students and their mentors, will help undergraduates gain confidence and see themselves as future STEM professionals. The USC REU students also will receive focused training in professional development activities that promote STEM readiness, i.e., science communication, research ethics, approaches for graduate school and professional application processes, networking, and non-academic career paths in marine and coastal science.
来源学科分类	Geosciences - Ocean Sciences
文献类型	项目
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/69461
专题	环境与发展全球科技态势
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Karla Heidelberg.REU Site: Ocean Coastal Zone Sustainability through University of Southern California Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.2016.