Award Abstract #0552554
REU Site: Terrestrial and Aquatic Environmental Research at Ursinus College

NSF Org:	DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure
Initial Amendment Date:	April 19, 2006
Latest Amendment Date:	June 21, 2007
Award Number:	0552554
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Sally E. O'Connor DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure BIO Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:	May 1, 2006
Expires:	April 30, 2009 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$120280
Investigator(s):	Kathryn Goddard KGODDARD@YRSUBYS.BITNET (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Ursinus College PO Box 1000 Collegeville, PA 19426 610/409-3000
NSF Program(s):	HUMAN RESOURCES, RSCH EXPER FOR UNDERGRAD SITES
Field Application(s):	0116000 Human Subjects
Program Reference Code(s):	SMET, 9250, 9178
Program Element Code(s):	7226, 1139

ABSTRACT

The NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates site at Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA) offers paid summer research opportunities in environmental science in the areas of microbiology, climate change, ecology of mammals, and watershed management. Interested students, particularly minority students and students with limited research opportunities at their home institutions, are invited to apply. All students receive a stipend, housing, research supply money, and funds to travel to and from the lab. REU students will become part of a thriving multidisciplinary summer research community. The 10-week program begins in mid-May with a mini-course that gives all students an introduction to environmental science including research methods and ethics. Students design and carry out research projects tailored to add to existing knowledge in environmental science and to prepare them for careers in this discipline. Students work closely with a professor and will join Ursinus College's summer undergraduate research community. The community is bound together by lunch seminars, celebration of student achievement through the end-of-the summer research symposium, and recreational activities. Students write a scientific research paper, and present their research at an on-campus symposium. Students acquire skills that should help them enter research careers or graduate school. Ursinus College is located in southeastern Pennsylvania, 30 miles from Philadelphia. Summer research students have the opportunity to visit the Liberty Bell, Valley Forge National Park and other educational attractions. More information are available at http://academic.ursinus.edu/reu, or by contacting Dr. Kate Goddard at 610-489-4111 x2327 or kgoddard-doms@ursinus.edu.

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