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A Field for the Futurein 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:

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PhD Assistantship in Soil Biogeochemistry

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PhD Assistantship in Entomology and Landscape Genetics

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PhD Assistantship in Conservation/Restoration Plant Ecology

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PhD Assistantship in Rural and Community Economics

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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:

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PhD Assistantship in Entomology and Landscape Ecology

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PhD Assistantship in Hydrology and Watershed Management

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PhD Assistantship in Sustainable Rural Livelihoods

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PhD Assistantship in Natural Resource Economics

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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:

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PhD Assistantship in sustainable rural livelihoods of small farmers and agricultural workers in a major Mesoamerican biological corridor 

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PhD Assistantship in ecology and conservation genetics of pollination and seed dispersal mutualisms involving bats and trees

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PhD Assistantship in reproductive ecology of bat-pollinated and bat-dispersed tree species

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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.

 

National Science FoundationResearch Experiences for Undergraduates Program (REU)

  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.

 

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