The Southern Illinois University Center for Ecology (http://www.ecology.siu.edu/) is pleased to announce the availability of NSF-funded Graduate Fellowships for new, incoming MS and PhD students. Fellowships will fund students for two years of their program starting Summer 2009. Fellows will work with a Center for Ecology faculty advisor for their thesis/dissertation research and follow the graduate program of their home department. Fellowship responsibilities will include partnering with a local high school teacher in the Heartland Ecological/Environmental and Academic Research Training (HEART) program (http://www.heart.siu.edu/). The HEART GK12 program is a National Science Foundation funded fellowship program targeting primarily underrepresented minorities in science, but all qualified students are encouraged to apply.
Full details about the competitive stipends and application procedures are available from Scott Schuette ([email protected] address below). Applications are due mid-January so please apply ASAP as competition for these fellowships is likely to be keen. Students interested in entering the graduate program in plant ecology should contact David Gibson (plant population and community ecology, restoration ecology) or Sedonia Sipes (evolutionary ecology, reproductive ecology, plant-insect interactions) in the first instance ([email protected] or [email protected]). David Gibson (Co-PIs include: Karen Renzaglia [lead-PI], Harvey Henson, Frackson Mumba, Sedonia Sipes, David Gibson) -- Scott Schuette Research Associate, HEART Program Assistant Department of Plant Biology Life Science II - Rm. 459 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-6509 Phone: 618-453-3234 E-mail: [email protected] ************************************************** David Gibson, PhD FIBiol Professor of Plant Biology & University Distinguished Scholar, Editor, Journal of Ecology, Department of Plant Biology, Center for Ecology, 405 Life Science II, 1125 Lincoln Drive, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-6509, USA Tel: 618-453-3231. Fax: 618-453-3441. Cell: 618-534-0732 Work: [email protected], Home: [email protected] http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/faculty/gibson/index.html http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/publications/journals/ecology/ **************************************************
