*REU: From Genes to Ecosystems: Environmental Science in a Changing World*
*May 31 – August 5, 2011* Application deadline: March 1, 2011 Notification of acceptance: March 18, 2011 Once again, 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 interested students are encouraged to apply. * Faculty-mentored projects range from conservation genetics of fish and freshwater turtles to food web studies in either prairie or stream ecosystems to biogeochemistry. 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 $4800 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: [email protected] -- Stephanie N. Schmidt, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Saint Olaf College Department of Environmental Studies & Biology 1520 Saint Olaf Ave. Northfield, MN 55057 tel. 507.786.3984
