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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephanie Schmidt
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 11:12 AM
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Summer REU program in Environmental Science
*REU: From Genes to Ecosystems: Environmental Science in a Changing World
June 1 - August 6, 2010*
Application deadline: April 16th, 2010
St. Olaf College is excited to offer an NSF-REU (Research Experience for
Undergraduates) opportunity for up to 10 undergraduate students to conduct
faculty-mentored research on a wide range of environmental science projects.
Any undergraduate interested in biology, chemistry, or environmental science
may apply, including students enrolled in Tribal Colleges or 2-year
Community Colleges. **Students from underrepresented groups or institutions
lacking research facilities or research opportunities are especially
encouraged to apply. *However, all other interested students are encouraged
to apply. *
Faculty-mentored projects range from conservation genetics of fish and
freshwater turtles to green chemistry, paleoecological study of climate
change, and food web studies in either prairie or stream ecosystems. For a
*complete* list of projects, please visit:
http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/biology/reu/.
Students involved in the St. Olaf REU program will receive the intensive
one-on-one mentoring of a small, liberal arts college while having access to
state-of-the-art technology typically found at large research universities.
Several of the proposed projects will utilize stable isotope analysis and
students will gain valuable experience using our newly acquired stable
isotope ratio mass spectrometer.
The program will provide each student $4600 for the 10-week program,
including free housing on campus, and costs for travel to/from St. Olaf at
the beginning/end of the program.
*St. Olaf College is committed to creating an opportunity available to a
wide-range of students, including students with families. As such, we are
pleased to offer a family housing option in houses located on St. Olaf's
campus for students that need it (please be sure to indicate on application
form).*
*Application materials and more information can be found at:
http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/biology/reu/*
St. Olaf College is a liberal-arts college located approximately 45 minutes
south of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Students will have access to natural lands
(restored and remnant ecosystems) at St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges, and the
St. Olaf College Field Station at Weaver
Dunes<http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/biology/weaver_dunes/index.html>- a
Nature Conservancy Field Site. These sites include a unique series of
wetland, forest, and prairie restoration sites that provide a field
laboratory for research questions ranging from soil biogeochemistry to
population dynamics of small mammals to genetics and evolutionary ecology of
trees and reptiles.
For more information, please contact:
Stephanie Schmidt
REU Program Coordinator
St. Olaf College
Dept. of Environmental Studies
1520 Saint Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
Phone: 507.786.3984
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Stephanie N. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
REU Program Coordinator
Saint Olaf College
Department of Environmental Studies & Biology
1520 Saint Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
tel. 507.786.3984
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