|
| |
The quality of life
 in tomorrow’s world hinges on our
ability to resolve some very complex environmental issues. You can make a
difference
in that world by pursuing a degree
in Environmental Science, a
field
for the future.
The University of Idaho Environmental
Science Program emphasizes an integrated approach for students committed
to studying and solving environmental issues. Faculty from throughout the
university, including soil scientists, engineers, biologists, ecologists,
geographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists, chemists and
hydrologists, work across traditional disciplines to provide you with a
comprehensive education in the hows and whys of environmental
problem-solving.
|
IGERT
INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL ASSISTANTSHIPS
The following PhD
assistantships are available in the Palouse and Costa Rica through
the National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and
Research Traineeship program (IGERT).
IGERT PALOUSE TEAM ASSISTANTSHIPS
Up to five Ph.D. research assistantships will be available to join a
collaborative team working on aspects of conservation of the
endangered Palouse Prairie ecosystem in the context of bioregional
planning in southeastern Washington State and Northern Idaho.
Positions include:
 |
PhD
Assistantship in Soil Biogeochemistry |
|
PhD
Assistantship in Entomology and Landscape Genetics
|
|
PhD
Assistantship in Conservation/Restoration Plant Ecology
|
|
PhD
Assistantship in Rural and Community Economics
|
|
PhD
Assistantship in Virus Ecology and Virology |
Click
here for the full IGERT Palouse
Team Announcement.
IGERT TURRIALBA, COSTA RICA TEAM ASSISTANTSHIPS
Up to
five Ph.D. research assistantships will be available to join a
collaborative team working on aspects of sustainable production,
conservation, and sustainable rural livelihoods within the Volcánica
Central-Talamanca Biological Corridor in Turrialba, Costa
Rica. Positions include:
|
PhD
Assistantship in Entomology and Landscape Ecology
|
|
PhD
Assistantship in Hydrology and Watershed Management
|
|
PhD
Assistantship in Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
|
|
PhD
Assistantship in
Natural Resource
Economics
|
|
PhD
Assistantship in
Soil Science |
Click
here for the full IGERT
Turrialba, Costa Rica Team Announcement.
IGERT SAN JUAN-LA SELVA, COSTA RICA TEAM ASSISTANTSHIPS
Four Ph.D. research
assistantships will be available to join a collaborative team
working on aspects of conservation and sustainable rural livelihoods
in the San Juan – La Selva Biological Corridor, a crucially
important human-dominated landscape managed to provide ecological
connectivity between the protected areas of southeastern Nicaragua
and those of Costa Rica´s Central Volcanic Cordillera. Positions
include:
|
PhD
Assistantship in sustainable rural livelihoods of small farmers
and agricultural workers in a major Mesoamerican biological
corridor |
|
PhD
Assistantship in ecology and conservation genetics of
pollination and seed dispersal mutualisms involving bats and
trees |
|
PhD
Assistantship in reproductive ecology of bat-pollinated and
bat-dispersed tree species |
|
PhD
Assistantship in ecology of community reassembly of logged and
fragmented lowland rainforest in a major Mesoamerican biological
corridor |
Click
here for the full IGERT San
Juan-La Selva, Costa Rica Team Announcement.
Applicants must be American citizens
or permanent residents of the USA. Successful applicants must have
obtained an M.S. degree in a discipline of relevance to the project.
Application deadline for students
interested in joining the program in 2010 is December 1, 2009
(earlier applications are encouraged). Interviews of top applicants
will be conducted at the University of Idaho campus in spring 2010.
|
 
Summer Research
Experience for Undergraduates in Sustainable Water Resources
The
Environmental Science Program has been awarded a grant to offer this
experience for three years beginning summer 2008. Deadline date for
applications for Summer 2009 is February 25, 2009. Click
here for details.
|
What Our
Graduates Say...
.
|
| The Environmental Science Update |
| A newsletter of the University of Idaho
Environmental Science Program
|
Donations
Interested in making a donation to the Environmental Science Program?
Click here and
be sure to specify Environmental Science in the "Please specify" box.
|
