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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] REU opportunity: Plum Island Ecosystem Long-Term
Ecological Research program

Position: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) - PIE LTER


Position Summary:

The MBL Ecosystems Center is seeking undergraduate applicants for 
summer research fellowships (REU) in watershed and estuarine 
ecosystems in Massachusetts. Fellowships are sponsored by the Plum 
Island Ecosystem Long-Term Ecological Research program 
(http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/pie). REU positions are available to U.S. 
citizens or permanent residents who are currently enrolled as 
undergraduates at U.S. colleges or universities (no graduating 
college seniors). REU participants are expected to start the program 
in early June and work full-time for 10-12 weeks during the summer of 2010.

Additional Information:

Successful candidates will conduct independent research projects that 
are linked to larger studies of watersheds, streams, estuary, 
marshes, or tidal creeks. In addition, participants are expected to 
assist principal investigators, research assistants, and graduate 
students with ongoing projects and gain experience in a variety of 
research areas related to coastal science. REU participants are 
expected to collect and analyze data and present their research 
results in oral presentations and in poster and written formats by 
the end of their fellowship.

Basic Qualifications:

Applicants should have completed basic coursework in biology, 
chemistry and ideally ecology or environmental science. 
Undergraduates with strong backgrounds in mathematics, computer 
science, statistics or physics are strongly encouraged to apply. 
Attention to detail, the ability to work as a member of a team, and a 
desire to learn new laboratory and field techniques are essential.

Physical Requirements

Applicants must be willing to conduct moderately strenuous fieldwork 
in marine environments, primarily intertidal setting under variable 
weather conditions. Successful candidates will be expected to spend 
extended time at the field site in Plum Island Sound (3 hours from 
Woods Hole).

Required Applicant Documents:

Resume/CV
Cover Letter
Unoffical Transcripts


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