REU Site for Ecosystems in Transition:

The Role of Research in Assessing Ecosystem Responses to a Changing Environment:

This program will not be held in 2008.

We hope to resume the program in 2009.

Travel and Lodging:

The cost of travel to and from MTU for the REU Program was paid for by the program, up to a maximum of $400 per participant. The REU Director coordinated travel plans with the successful applicants after their acceptance into the program.

Travel to and from research locations was provided. The cost of meals during travel to field sites and all lodging costs were also provided.

While on campus, the REU students received a meal plan (19 meals per week) and lived in MTU dormitories, with two students per room. All REU students were on campus during the first half of the program, when most of the training and Case Study presentations occurred. During this period some students traveled to field sites for up to several days each week to conduct research and begin developing their independent projects. During the second half of the program, the students spent most of their effort conducting independent research projects. Many of the REU students were still housed on campus during these weeks, but several were located off-campus during the week at research locations such as Isle Royale National Park, MTU’s Ford Research Forest, the Michigan Gradient study sites, and the Aspen Free Atmosphere CO₂ Enrichment (FACE) Site in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Dormitory rooms and houses were available at the Ford Research Forest. Lodging facilities for researchers were also available on Isle Royale, although the needs of a specific research project could require camping at times. Lodging for other off-campus research locations was provided in local motels.