Undergraduate Internship in Tropical Ecology and Evolution – Summer 2009 University of Puerto Rico
The Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies is accepting applications for the Summer 2009 internship in Tropical Ecology and Evolution at El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico. The internship will run from June 1st to August 7th, 2009. Application deadline: 28 February 2009. The program will offer students the opportunity to have hands-on experience fields such as: - Plant Systematics and Population Biology. - Plant Community Dynamics and Forest Ecology. - Plant eco-physiology. - Terrestrial Arthropod Ecology. - Aquatic Insect Ecology. Students will receive a stipend of $4,000.00 for the ten weeks duration of the program. Round-trip plane ticket from home institution to Puerto Rico will be reimbursed, up to a maximum of $600.00. The program will cover housing at the University of Puerto Rico and El Verde Field Station. The National Science Foundation and the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus, fund the program. The program is limited to undergraduate students pursuing a bachelor degree at a college or university during summer 2009 and to US citizen or permanent resident. Application materials and further information can be found at http://ites.upr.edu/REU/
