Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce the Research Experience for Undergraduates program (REU) at Montclair State University (MSU) has begun accepting applications for the summer 2013 program. This program brings 10 selected U.S. undergraduate students to MSU's field station, New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC), for an 8-week field-immersion research experience in multidisciplinary environmental research in forest lakes and streams on the Kittatinny Mountains of Northwest New Jersey. The objective of this program is to cultivate highly motivated undergraduate students in multidisciplinary environmental research and to prepare them for careers and/or graduate education in environmental science.
During the summer, participants will be housed in cabins at NJSOC located within 30,000 acres of mature forest, mountain ridges and freshwater streams and lakes. Participating MSU faculty have a strong interest in mentoring young scientists as an integral part of their academic experience. Each student accepted into this program will be matched to one of these faculty mentors. Working with faculty mentors, participants will gain scientific research experience by focusing on and rotating among the following research areas: 1) hydrology 2) erosion and sedimentation 3) biodiversity/ecology 4) environmental chemistry Each participant will receive a stipend of $4,000, with lodging and meals provided. The REU program will also cover travel expenses for participants to attend professional conferences to present studies. For more information and an online application form, you may access the program website at http://www.montclair.edu/csam/reu/ or contact Passaic River Institute at [email protected]. Please consider placing a link to our program in the appropriate departmental websites and to forward this information to a career services/internship office at your institution. If you are aware of undergraduates who would benefit from this REU program, please forward the program information to them. Thank you very much for your assistance. Sincerely yours, Meiyin Wu, Ph.D. Director, Passaic River Institute Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Molecular Biology Montclair State University 1 Normal Ave Montclair, NJ 07043 TEL: 973-655-5423 FAX: 973-655-6810 WEBSITE: http://msuweb.montclair.edu/~wum
