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REU//Fordham U.//Ecology
Please:
1. Apply
2. Get accepted
3. Tell me about it
So I can live vicariously through you. Wow! What a treat.
Paid Summer Ecology Internships for Undergraduates - NSF REU=20
* The Calder Summer Undergraduate Research (CSUR) Program - 2008 *
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The Louis Calder Center - Biological Field Station of Fordham University =
has a select number of paid research opportunities for undergraduate =
students for our Calder Summer Undergraduate Research (CSUR) program. =
The CSUR program will run from May 28 through August 19, 2008. This is =
an NSF-REU Site.=20
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Students will work at a wooded field station with state-of-the-art =
research laboratories, less than an hour from New York City. This year =
we will offer approximately ten awards to qualified undergraduates =
interested in conducting independent research. Stipends of $4,800 plus =
a travel reimbursement will be awarded to successful applicants, and =
rent at the field station is free. Limited funds are available to =
support research and local travel. Applicants supported with NSF funds =
must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its =
possessions.
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A sample of some of the potential student projects for 2008 includes:
- Biological control of arthropods that transmit disease=20
- Bloom-forming cyanobacteria in lakes of Central Park, New York
- Costs of herbivory defense in the invasive plant Alliaria petiolata
- Evolutionary genetics and genomics of bacteria
- Evolutionary responses of an annual plant to climate change
- Fungal interactions
- Hemlock defoliation effects on soil processes and forest regeneration
- How does UV exposure affect microbial pathogens in a reservoir? =20
- Impact of an invasive species on local mosquito species.=20
- Plants in urban systems
- Surveying aquatic insect emergence patterns in Calder Lake
- Vocal identification of individual sub-oscine birds
- Variability in avian immune function
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Successful candidates will be matched with scientists with similar =
research interests. Core program activities include the design and =
execution of independent, closely mentored research projects, and =
participation in mini-courses and weekly seminars. Through these =
activities, students will learn the fundamentals of experimental design, =
use of the scientific literature, data collection and analysis, and oral =
presentation.
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- An application (which includes full details of potential research =
projects) can be requested by email from REUatCalder@xxxxxxxxxxx=20
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- For further details on the program and a list of research areas =
available this summer for students, see: =
http://www.fordham.edu/REUatCalder
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- You may also request information by phone from the CSUR office at: =
914-273-3078, ext. 10.
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** Applications are due by February 15, 2008 **
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Chris Hohnholt
Director of Recruiting & Advancement
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Michigan Technological University
906 487.2417
forest.mtu.edu