Dear Colleagues, The International Center for Tropical Botany at The Kampong is currently accepting applications for its Intensive Summer Tropical Botany Course. The course covers the taxonomy, systematics, and conservation of tropical plants and will take place from May 11–June 29, beginning in Miami and concluding in Costa Rica with a practical field component. Students will study over 1,400 species across more than 150 families with daily botanical garden collections in addition to field trips to the Florida Keys and Everglades. Students will then travel to Costa Rica where they will learn how to design and implement tropical plant diversity monitoring plots across a gradient of habitat types. They will process and analyze associated samples and contribute to peer-reviewed manuscripts and presentations.
The course has a 50-year legacy of collaboration with The Kampong, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Montgomery Botanical Center, and the Gifford Arboretum. The field portion in Costa Rica is in collaboration with NGO FUNDECOR, and is supported by funding from the US National Science Foundation IRES program and other generous donors. On-site student housing is located at The International Center for Tropical Botany at The Kampong, in Coconut Grove, FL. In Costa Rica, lodging is adjacent to forest sites around Braulio Carillo National Park. Open to both US and international graduate students. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but please apply ASAP, especially if requiring a US and/or Costa Rican visa. Scholarships are available for both US and international students. Please find details on how to apply here: https://environment.fiu.edu/ictb/tropical-botany-course/index.html Please email ictbkamp...@fiu.edu<mailto:ictbkamp...@fiu.edu> with any questions. ___________________________ Nichole M. Tiernan, PhD. Program Director Institute of Environment, Florida International University International Center for Tropical Botany at The Kampong 3959 South Douglas Road, Coconut Grove, FL, 33133 www.nicholetiernan.com <http://www.nicholetiernan.com > To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://community.esa.org/confirm/?u=RhPWqPxFwODKvbkiT32nkIqRrsiSgulp
