Paid Summer Ecology Internships for Undergraduates - NSF REU=20 * The Calder Summer Undergraduate Research (CSUR) Program - 2008 *
=20 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 =20 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. =20 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 =20 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. =20 - An application (which includes full details of potential research = projects) can be requested by email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] =20 - For further details on the program and a list of research areas = available this summer for students, see: = http://www.fordham.edu/REUatCalder =20 - You may also request information by phone from the CSUR office at: = 914-273-3078, ext. 10. =20 ** Applications are due by February 15, 2008 **
