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NEW!
IGERT Interdisciplinary Doctoral
Assistantships are available starting in 2010.
The University of Idaho
has been awarded a $3.2 million grant by the National
Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Traineeship Program. The project
IGERT: Evaluating resilience of ecological and social
systems in changing landscapes: a doctoral research and
education program in Idaho and Costa Rica will
support 24 doctoral students that will work in
interdisciplinary teams. The project is being
implemented jointly with the
Tropical Agricultural Research
and
Higher Education Center (CATIE) in Costa Rica.
Students from the following
subject areas are being recruited for the project:
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entomology • soil science • agricultural ecology •
restoration plant ecology • forest resources • forest
ecology • fire ecology • conservation biology • landscape
genetics • wildlife ecology • landscape ecology • plant
virus ecology • invasive species ecology • conservation
social sciences • rural sociology • environmental sociology
• rural and community economics • resource economics •
hydrology and watershed management • environmental science •
for more information on how to apply
for assistantships starting in 2010.
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The
University of Idaho (UI) in collaboration with the Tropical
Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE),
in Costa
Rica has established an interdisciplinary, multi-institution
graduate research and education program in conservation biology
and sustainability of agricultural and forest systems funded
by the National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program. This effort recognizes
the urgent need for better disciplinary integration to achieve
biodiversity conservation and sustainable production in anthropogenically
fragmented landscapes.
Doctoral
students work in interdisciplinary teams conducting studies
in distinct geographic regions in Northern Idaho and
Costa Rica. They conduct research in four major
research areas:
- Conservation
Biology and Ecological Genetics
- Agricultural
and Forest Ecology, and Agroforestry
- Soil
and Watershed Sciences
- Sociology
and Environmental Economics
This unique
graduate education program provides students:
- Broad-based
interdisciplinary education
- International
perspective
- Broad
geographic and ecological exposure
- Participation
in integrated interdisciplinary research teams
- Cross-cultural
experience
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