Submission navigation links for UROP Project Proposal Portal ‹ Previous submission Next submission › Submission information Submission Number: 464 Submission ID: 8591 Submission UUID: a1bd7aa7-1b7c-4e9e-b281-e94536611fd6 Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal Submission Update: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=NPAHoYls7iMaW82rqLtVcKOO3Hg0ucsT-yd5Q4wLN_k Created: Wed, 08/16/2023 - 05:32 PM Completed: Wed, 08/16/2023 - 06:12 PM Changed: Wed, 10/11/2023 - 02:20 PM Remote IP address: 71.220.146.156 Submitted by: Anonymous Language: English Is draft: No Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal * The submission deadline is Monday, August 19, 2024 UROP Research Project Submission Form Information Thank you for your interest in submitting a UROP research project. To help guide your UROP project submission, you can view UROP projects from previous years here (you do not submit projects at the link below; you have to use the form below this year). Please refer to the UROP Research Mentor FAQs if you have any questions. 2022-2023 UROP Projects: https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-projects 2021-2022 UROP Projects:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xXghCi683JcbssfYl6UPtxf9mAwDqdtlWk7kmu2B81M/edit?usp=sharing 2020-2021 UROP Projects: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xjcxB3H-Ejmr8HsJp7C5brtQSgMOkUsV/view?usp=sharing 2019-2020 UROP Projects: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fniI_IZjWFi63pnlAYJfE5wdtimxgK28Y5wbzPUWnwA/edit?usp=sharing 2018-2019 UROP Projects: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YsImQOQZr6qotqSiPa4QtHv4UdwqB6pgYOPf2EO44dg/edit?usp=sharing Below you will enter information about your research project. Please note: - UROP is a program for 1st- and 2nd- year and transfer students at FSU. - Students accepted via a competitive admissions process into UROP will have access to the database of UROP projects at the start of the fall semester in late August/early September. - Students interested in working on your project will contact you in the early Fall semester. You may select the students with whom you would like to work. You do NOT have to select a UROP student if you do not find a suitable candidate, so there is no risk to upload a project to the UROP database. - Students have until October 7th to secure a UROP research position. Once you select the UROP student, you have to sign the student's contract form (deadline October 7th). Students will work with you in Fall and subsequent Spring to meet one of the UROP requirements (assistantship). Students typically work between 5 to 10 hours per week on their assistantship, so please keep this in mind while submitting your project. - If you are an FSU faculty/grad student/postdoc/campus partner participating as a UROP mentor, you are eligible to apply for the UROP Materials Grant. Community research mentors are not eligible at this time to receive the UROP Materials Grant. Material grant applications will be accepted in late fall and funds disbursed during the spring semester. -You must complete an evaluation survey in order to help us grade (S/U) the student for Fall and Spring UROP colloquium classes. -Graduate students may serve as the sole PI on a project and do not need to have their research listed under a faculty member's project. -You may submit multiple projects. Please do not submit multiple versions of the same project. If you have any questions, please contact CRE Senior Associate Director, Alicia Batailles, at alicia.batailles@fsu.edu or 850-645-0987. UROP Research Mentor Info Sessions Please join us for our virtual UROP Research Mentor Info Sessions. Click the date to register for the zoom meeting. Wednesday, July 17 from 11:00-12:00 PM Wednesday, August 14 from 10:30-11:30 AM If you are interested in requesting a presentation about UROP with potential research mentors you can use this link to request a presentation: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cTOz2mk839ZmxY9 Research Mentor Information Primary Research Mentor Name Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? Examples: Dr., Prof., Mx., Mr., Ms., etc. Please leave blank if you do not have a preferred honorific. Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) Position Title Please note: All graduate students must have the approval of their Faculty Advisor to be a UROP research mentor and must include their Faculty Advisor's name and email below. These options will appear if "Graduate Student" is selected. - Select -FacultyPost DocGraduate StudentFSU Staff/Campus PartnerCommunity/Industry Research Mentor Faculty Advisor Name Graduate students submitting a UROP Project Proposal are required to enter their Faculty Advisor's name. Faculty Advisor's FSU Email Graduate students submitting a UROP Project Proposal are required to enter their Faculty Advisor's email. FSU College (if applicable) - Select -Applied StudiesArts and SciencesBusinessCommunication and InformationCriminology and Criminal JusticeDedman College of HospitalityEducation, Health, and Human SciencesFAMU-FSU College of EngineeringFine ArtsJim Moran College of EntrepreneurshipLawMedicineMotion Picture ArtsMusicNursingSocial Sciences and Public PolicySocial WorkUndergraduate StudiesN/A FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Headshot (optional) beerli_2020.jpeg4.21 MB Remove Please provide a photo of yourself or something representing your research (optional) Upload requirementsOne file only.256 MB limit.Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png. Additional Research Mentor(s) Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above) Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific? Examples: Dr., Prof., Mx., Mr., Ms., etc. Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable) Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Pronouns Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Honorific? Examples: Dr., Prof., Mx., Mr., Ms., etc. Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) Overall Project Details Title of the Project Project Keywords Are you currently looking for research assistants? When submitting your project, please select "Yes." When you have signed contracts with close to the number of research assistants required for your project, you can change your selection to "Maybe one more." Once you are no longer looking for research assistants selecting "No" will hide your project from potential research assistants searching the database. - Select -YesMaybe one moreNo Number of Research Assistants Needed Faculty/Postdoc: Max - 6, Graduate student: Max- 2, Community Partners: to be discussed with CRE staff Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) If there is no preference for certain majors, please put "Open to all majors." STEM sciences Project Location: On FSU Main Campus Off of FSU Main Campus (please provide address) Enter other… If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? Yes No, the project is remote No, there is a public transportation option (please list below) Enter other… Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): In-person Partially Remote Fully Remote Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? Please keep in mind that the recommended number of hours for UROP is 5-10 hours a week. The final number of hours will be agreed upon during the contract signing. Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? During business hours Outside of business hours Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.) Overall Research Project Description Curbing the effects of pathogens and securing the survival of endangered or commercially exploited species is of national interest. Collecting genetic data on these species has become standard over the last decade. Unfortunately, these types of data need translation and statistical analyses to be useful for policy decisions. It is common practice to use the data to calculate probabilities for particular models that describe the recent and ancient history of the species or population of interest. These models are founded on theoretical population genetics and are often not very flexible. A particular aspect addressed in this research is the assumption that the populations under study have a relatively constant number of offspring per generation. From observation, we know that this assumption is incorrect. For example, some SARS-CoV-2 strains are more successful in infecting people than others, suggesting that the ancestor with a new mutation has many more 'offspring' than others. This research is generalizing this common assumption and constructs a framework that allows improving the analysis of population models with better accuracy and less bias. A product of this research is a software tool. This tool uses genomic sequence data of a sample of individuals of the populations or species of interest to statistically compare different population models allowing the reconstruction of the history of the samples. Researchers will use this software to establish more accurate population size and genetic diversity estimates of species of interest. Accurate estimates will lead to better regulation of catch quota for commercial fishing, improved maintenance of endangered species, or better control of pathogen outbreaks. Natural populations live in heterogeneous environments, and individuals in these populations have different chances to produce offspring. In contrast, current inferences of population genomic data are coalescence-based and assume environmental homogeneity within a population. Additionally, the commonly used coalescent framework assumes a variance of relatively narrow offspring numbers because it is derived from the Wright-Fisher or Moran population model. Heterogeneity can occur at very different scales: small, for example, different cell types in a human can lead to the differential success of a virus, or large, such as changes in microhabitats for a vertebrate species on a regional or even continental scale. This research explores the effect of heterogeneity of offspring production on the genealogy of individuals using (1) a theoretical framework that can handle heterogeneity and the development of software to infer this heterogeneity from genomic data. This framework is based on the fractional coalescent expanded to multiple, structured populations. The research extends a single-population derivation of the fractional coalescent that incorporates offspring variability as a random variable. This change will be well suited to tackle the variability of offspring numbers induced by environmental heterogeneity within and among different locations. These new methods will be incorporated into the widely-used open-source computer software MIGRATE. The new approach will then be compared with multi-merger coalescent methods using artificial data. These data are generated using (2) a simulator taking into account environmental quality changes within and among populations affecting the number of offspring an individual can have. A preliminary single-population simulator suggests that heterogeneity affects the time to the most recent common ancestor in a way that renders analyses with the standard coalescent questionable. The simulator will be used to generate large numbers of diverse scenarios that will be analyzed using standard summary statistics and complete probabilistic coalescence-based inference methods. (3) Analyses of the effect of heterogeneity for many biological datasets over a broad range of species with different life histories: from viruses to humpback whales and from small geographic scale to large scales. These datasets will be analyzed in collaboration with practical scientists. Software and tutorials will be reported on http://popgen.sc.fsu.edu and https://peterbeerli.com. Research Tasks Examples of tasks: literature review, data collection, data analysis, conducting interviews, etc. The task for the UROP students are a small part of the large project and include to run simulation studies coded in python and run on UNIX machines so that we can test whether our software works and how sensitive the programs are to estimate parameters from data that looks like real data. Since we simulate these data we will know the truth and can therefore establish how accurate our inferences will be. We will provide guidance on the underlying population genetics theory, and relevant Python coding, and also help on running the software on the High-performance computing facilities of FSU. Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Please specify "required" or "recommended." We require some knowledge of Python and some basic knowledge of UNIX command line use. Mentoring Philosophy Please include your mentoring philosophy. We hope this helps expedite the matching process. Your mentoring philosophy is a statement that explains and justifies the way you approach personal and professional relationships with mentees as you guide their increasing development. Common Themes of Mentoring Philosophies Identifying mentees’ goals * Evaluating mentees’ understanding *Evaluating mentees’ talents and building on them * Developing a relationship founded on mutual respect * Giving mentees’ ownership of their work and promoting accountability * Sharing your own experience * Creating an interactive environment for learning * Identifying what motivates each mentee * Balancing belief with action and experience * Creating a safe environment in which mentees feel that is acceptable to fail and learn from their mistakes * Encouraging growth through challenges * Promoting learning through inquiry Mentoring Philosophy Resources University of Colorado Boulder: Developing a Mentoring Philosophy Oregon Health and Science University: Creating a Mentoring Philosophy Harvard University: Developing your Mentoring Philosophy Workshop Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis: Developing a Mentoring Philosophy Worksheet I would hope that you are honest and hard-working. I hope to give an environment that allows exploration, growth, and, most importantly, has open communication. I do not expect that you know all details of the project or the programming language when you start the project, but I hope that you will ask about the missing information, and together we will achieve not only the goal of the project but also we will help you to become a student researcher. Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): Please add any additional information here (if applicable): https://peterbeerli.com https://artsandsciences.fsu.edu/article/faculty-spotlight-peter-beerli Roundtable times and Zoom links? Wednesday, September 6, 1-2pm (https://fsu.zoom.us/j/8299094363, Meeting ID: 829 909 4363) Please add the day(s) and time(s) and zoom link(s) for your roundtable meeting(s) between the times of 12 and 8 PM on a day(s) between Tuesday Sept. 5 through Friday, Sept. 8. We recommend scheduling between one and three 30-minute zoom meetings during the timeframe of the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable. Ideally, we envision your zoom meetings starting at the top of the hour (0:00) or half hour (0:30). The goal of the Roundtable is for students to explore and learn about different research projects. This is not an interview opportunity. All students are expected to attend at least one zoom session and review five different projects as part of the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable assignment. Students should not start reaching out until after the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable on September 8 at 8 pm. Roundtable Information The UROP Research Mentor Roundtable event will occur virtually in early September. This is an opportunity to speak with students directly about your UROP project. In August, we will open a space here to include your zoom meeting links and times for the Roundtable event. We will resend the link to edit your project so you can add roundtable meeting information if you want to participate. Thanks! UROP Program Elements Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication By checking this box I confirm that I have read and understood the UROP Research UROP Research Mentor Handbook as well as the UROP Research Mentor Frequently Asked Questions. The UROP Project I am proposing will be available for both the fall and spring semesters (Oct 7 is the deadline to secure a position and submit the UROP Assistantship compact). Per the Handbook, I plan to meet with the research assistant(s) at least every other week and will create a communication plan with the research assistant(s). UROP Performance Evaluation By checking this box I understand that it is mandatory for me to complete a performance evaluation in the Fall and Spring in order for the CRE to assign the research assistant(s) a grade for the colloquium class. If necessary, the evaluation will be used to help develop an improvement plan for the research assistant(s). Materials Grant By checking this box I understand that I can apply for the UROP Materials Grant once I accept the UROP research assistant(s), sign the contract form, and submit the fall evaluation (late November/early December; deadline TBD) for all of my UROP research assistants. Materials grant applications will be due in the early spring semester and funds disbursed by mid-spring semester. I understand that community research mentors are not eligible to receive the Materials Grant at this time. UROP Poster Presentation By checking this box I understand that it is mandatory that my UROP research assistant(s) present their work at the FSU Undergraduate Research Symposium in the spring (early April). A member of my research team will assist my UROP research assistant(s) with the creation of a poster presentation, and I will review and approve the poster presentation for the FSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. An pdf of the poster and abstract of the project will be shared online via the Symposium program. Faculty Advisor Confirmation By checking this box I am confirming that my Faculty Advisor is aware that I have submitted a UROP Project Proposal and is supportive of me serving as a UROP Research Mentor. Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series? We have developed a virtual UROP Research Mentor workshop for graduate students! The workshop will cover salient practices that help develop strong and supportive mentoring relationships. Workshops are limited to 30 participants. The virtual UROP Graduate Student Mentoring workshop will offered twice over the summer in June (3, 4, & 5) and July (22, 23, & 24). Each workshop will meet for ~8.5 hours. Monday and Tuesday, the workshop session will be held from 10 am -12 pm and 2 pm - 3:30 pm, with a final session on Wednesday from 2 pm - 3:30 pm. June Workshop Registration Link. Registration will close on May 29. July Workshop Registration Link. Registration will close on July 17. If you are unavailable to participate in the summer workshop series, you can also sign up to learn about future offerings here: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4MUxhWmNHXwKb2K. Thanks! Yes No Submitting your UROP Project Proposal: When you click the submit button below, you and the research assistant supervisor (if applicable) will receive an email with a link to edit your project proposal. Please do not submit multiple versions of the same project. If you submit more than one project proposal, you will get an individual link for each project. This email may end up in your spam folder, so please keep an eye out for the submission confirmation email. 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