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fellowships
Please note: because of funding regulations of the National Science Foundation, only US citizens and permanent residents can receive financial support from the Biological Invasions IGERT. Graduate students, law students, postdoctoral scholars, and undergraduates interested in pursuing multidisciplinary research on biological invasions may be supported by IGERT fellowships and research awards. We describe categories of fellowships below and at the links indicated. For further information, contact our academic coordinator, Carole Hom, at clhom@ucdavis.edu.
 

short-term fellows

The Biological Inavsions IGERT will offer one- or two-quarter fellowships (spring and/or summer 2007) to students working on some aspect of biological invasions (economic, legal, sociological, mathematical, biological and/or other). We also will consider funding an internship for a student to work at an NGO or government agency for a quarter, or any other creative uses of fellowship money (including collaborative projects). Fellowships include a stipend of $7500 per quarter and fee waiver, or funds for research. This opportunity is open to all UC Davis graduate students, not just IGERT trainees.

Funds must be used by 31 August 2007.

Please submit:

to Carole Hom, Section of EVE, UC Davis.

Proposals that have an interdisciplinary focus or substantial outreach will be given preference over single discipline proposals, but all proposals will be seriously considered.

Applications will be accepted through 5 January 2007. Contact Carole Hom, clhom@ucdavis.edu, for additional information.

internships

Current UC Davis masters' or doctoral students interested in doing non-academic internships in biological invasions may apply for support from the Biological Invasions IGERT under the short-term fellows program.



IGERT short-term fellow Emma Underwood

IGERT short-term fellow Emma Underwood uses hyperspectral satellite imagery to map invasive plants, including the pampas grass visible in the background.

long-term fellows

Because we are approaching the end of our funding, we no longer are accepting students for long-term fellowships. We encourage you to contact faculty who could be potential advisors at UC Davis if your primary goal is to enter a graduate program at Davis, and the national IGERT recruiting office (www.igert.org) if you seek an interdisciplinary graduate training program.

Please note that because of the nature of the curriculum for UC Davis' King Hall School of Law, we encourage law students to apply to the IGERT as short-term fellows, rather than as long-term fellows.

postdoctoral fellows

All our postdoctoral positions have been filled. See postdocs for information on potential future positions.

undergraduates

Undergraduates may participate in the BioInv IGERT as juniors and/or seniors.

IGERT undergraduate Marie Nydam
IGERT undergraduate Marie Nydam assesses tunicate settlement and recruitment as part of a study of an invasive marine bryozoan. Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Vu.

other forms of support

In addition, students and postdoctoral fellows admitted to the IGERT may apply for funds for travel to conferences , and to facilitate international collaborations.