Opportunities
- US Department of Education: Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Grant
- Summer Internship Opportunity: Field Museum Summer Internships in Evolutionary Environmental Biology
Fellowship Opportunities
U.S. Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Grant
P200A060043: Graduate Training in Evolutionary Environmental Biology
08/15/06–08/14/09
5 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:
Summer Internship Opportunities for Students
Field Museum Summer Internships in Evolutionary Environmental Biology
Two internships per year are available for undergraduate or masters students to work directly with a CEB faculty member at the Field Museum in Chicago. These internships can help prepare students for graduate research and study in Evolutionary Environmental Sciences. Faculty mentors will be chosen from among trainers in our recently awarded Department of Education GAANN Training Grant (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need). Stipends are awarded for 10–12 weeks at $11.00 an hour. Applications will be reviewed once per year, and the deadline is February 1st. Normally, internships are funded for the summer months.
The Field Museum houses some of the world’s finest collections in anthropology, botany, geology and zoology. Curators and associates in the scientific departments have pursued research programs in over 50 countries.
This internship program is a part of our US Department of Education GAANN training grant in Evolutionary Environmental Biology. Our joint summer internship program is designed to help interest and train undergraduates in this field.
For more information, please or call (773) 702-8940.
- Internship Application (MS Word)
Revised: October 5, 2007