Dear colleagues, Please help advertise this wonderful opportunity for your students: Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water. This REU focuses on field- and lab-based research in areas including watershed management, biofuels, sustainability and more. Projects are supervised by UA Faculty and vary from year to year based on the most current work being conducted at UA. The University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, AR, will support the training of 10 degree-seeking undergraduate students for 10 weeks during the summer of 2017 (May 22 to July 28). Room and board will be provided as well as a $5500 stipend during the program.
This opportunity specifically welcomes Native American undergraduates from Native-serving two-year colleges, four-year universities, and research universities. However, all undergraduates are welcome and encouraged to apply. Students will participate in structured lectures combined with laboratory and field research, and cultural enrichment activities that emphasize the process of science, the ethic of sustainability, sustainability of food, water, and energy systems, and the cultural connections of ecology with tribal traditions. Students will develop and complete an independent research project with the aid of their mentor(s), attend and present at a professional meeting, and complete a manuscript. Students will participate in responsible conduct of research training and ethics modules interspersed throughout the program. TO APPLY please submit an online application (http://ecoreu.uark.edu/Application/index.htm). Two letters of recommendation need to be emailed or mailed directly from letter writers. Student participants will be selected by a committee composed of project principal investigators (PIs) and mentors. Women, minority, and disabled students are strongly encouraged to apply. More information about the program is available by visiting http://ecoreu.uark.edu<http://ecoreu.uark.edu/> , or by contacting the PI (Dr. Michelle Evans-White at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) or the co-PIs (Dr. Brian Haggard at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and Dr. Marty Matlock at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). -- Michelle A. Evans-White Associate Professor University of Arkansas Department of Biological Sciences 601 Science Engineering Fayetteville, AR 72701 Office Phone: 479-575-4706 Benjamin R. K. Runkle Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701 ENGR 231 Phone: 479-575-2878 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://wordpress.uark.edu/brrunkle/ http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SeZEXyoAAAAJ&hl=en https://twitter.com/DrBenRunkle
