The Organization for Tropical Studies is seeking volunteer Research Mentors (ABD or PhD only) to guide Native American and Pacific Islander undergraduate students in tropical ecological research. This is an exciting and highly rewarding research internship program for minority undergraduate students enrolled in accredited institutions in the United States (and Pacific Island Territories).
Transportation to and from Costa Rica, as well as room, board, station use, research permits, in-country transportation, and some funding for equipment and supplies are available through the NSF-funded NAPIRE program. The NAPIRE 2014 Research Experience will take place at the OTS Biological Research Station and Wilson Botanical Gardens, Costa Rica. The OTS station offers excellent installations, logistics, and other conditions for long-term research projects in forest ecology, climate change, ecological restoration, habitat fragmentation, and other similar studies. NAPIRE research-mentors will live on the OTS Las Cruces Biological Station where whey will provide personal, direct guidance for 1 to 3 undergraduate students in ecological field research at the station. This includes hands-on participation in helping students develop an answerable research question, appropriate research design, data collection methods, statistical analysis of the results, and write the scientific paper and presentation of the research. In addition, Research Mentors will also participate in symposia, evaluations, and ethics discussions. NAPIRE Research Mentors are most needed from June 24th through August 5th 2014. Research Mentors would need to make themselves available occasionally at pre-arranged times by Internet from March 2014 forward. Interested persons please see web page www.ots.ac.cr, and contact the Program Coordinator, Barbara Dugelby at [email protected]. -- _______________________________ *Barbara L. Dugelby, Ph.D. *NAPIRE Program Coordinator Organization for Tropical Studies Cell: 830-965-6869 Skype: 830-392-0958 [email protected] ots.ac.cr/napir <http://ots.ac.cr/napire>
