Resilience and Response of Marine Organisms to Environmental Change - Summer 2018. Grice Marine Lab, College of Charleston.
The Fort Johnson Summer Undergraduate Research Program offers a 10-week experience of independent research, science communication and career-development activities focused on the multidisciplinary theme of Marine Organism Health: Resilience and Response to Environmental Change. Through mentored research projects, interns will investigate impacts of anthropogenic and natural environmental perturbations on marine organisms, from the molecular to ecosystem level, using a variety of lab and field techniques. Up to 10 interns are supported each year, with opportunities to work on research projects at the Fort Johnson campus.
Contributing Partners:
Mentors and instructors are drawn from five partner institutions situated at Fort Johnson, a consortium devoted cooperatively to marine science:
- Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston (CofC)
- Marine Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Program, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service (NOAA/NOS)
- Marine Resources Research Institute, SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)
Science Communication and Career Development:
Our SCICOM workshop series engages REU interns in learning new skills to better relate their research to societal issues and to publicize their findings, using both traditional media and the rapidly evolving tools of social media. Through structured exercises interns also develop professional skills in scientific writing, research proposal preparation, oral presentation, and scientific ethics. Field experiences and social events provide numerous opportunities for interns to network with other Fort Johnson scientists, graduate and undergraduate students, and interns from other summer research programs.
College of Charleston
Grice Marine Laboratory
For information about eligibility, dates and application materials: http://reu.cofc.edu