REU now seeks applications from motivated junior-year students to join their program for Summer 2010. Students will formulate their own research questions and carry out the associated fieldwork during a five week field program on Svalbard. Students will complete their projects at their home institution during their senior year. The program will run from approximately 6 July to 21 August 2010. More information can be found at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/svalbard
Students from under-represented minority groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Students selected for the Svalbard REU Project will have all of their expenses paid (air fare, room/board, and research costs) and will receive a summer stipend. The Svalbard REU is supported by the Arctic Natural Sciences Division of the National Science Foundation (NSF - Award Number 0649006). The NSF requires participating students to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Application Deadline: Friday, 15 January 2010.
For information and application specifics, please go to:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/svalbard
Or contact:
Steve Roof
Email: sroof@hampshire.edu
Al Werner
Email: awerner@mtholyoke.edu
Applications Solicited Arctic Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students The Svalbard REU Project, Summer 2010
Mon, Dec 21, 2009
The Svalbard Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Project continues to offer exciting opportunities for students to participate in polar science research projects on the arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Since 2003, REU has been calibrating the record of Holocene climate change contained in glacial-fed Lake Linne by studying the modern glacial, fluvial, and lacustrine systems and their sediment archives.