Opportunities
Fellowship Opportunities
U.S. Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Grant
P200A090336: Graduate Training in Evolutionary Environmental Biology
08/15/09–08/14/12
3 GAANN Fellows/Year
The Committee on Evolutionary Biology has been awarded a Department of Education GAANN training grant in Evolutionary Environmental Biology. Trainees are selected based upon their research area and their demonstrated financial need. All successful CEB applicants will be considered for a position on this training grant—no special application is necessary.
Responses of natural and managed biotic systems to environmental change are among the most important issues facing the nation this century. Addressing these issues requires biologists and geologists trained to undertake research across a broad spectrum of spatial and temporal scales, to communicate their results to diverse audiences (including policy-makers), and to train future generations of scientists along this interface. Recent national reports show that few Ph.D.’s are being prepared to answer this national need. Meeting this challenge requires a multidisciplinary educational program that includes ecology, genetics, conservation biology, systematics, paleobiology, anthropology, and climatology. Our GAANN program engages outstanding faculty in all these disciplines. A comprehensive program to recruit, mentor, and graduate underrepresented minority and women students according to §648.40, and to evaluate success of the program, helps to ensure the Fellows’ success.
The GAANN Fellows train in a coordinated program including:- cross-disciplinary courses focused on evolutionary environmental biology,
- structured opportunities to learn from biologists, geologists, and policy-makers addressing applied ecological problems,
- intensive teaching and innovative internship opportunities, and
- group interactions at annual GAANN student-faculty retreats.
Meet some GAANN Fellows:
- Matthew Keirle
- Brandon Kilbourne
- Lucinda Lawson
- Susan Longest
- Joshua Miller
- Kara Nuss
- Rebecca Rundell
- David Wheatcroft
Revised: August 18, 2009