Harvard Forest offers an exciting program for up to 30 undergraduate
students from institutions across the country to collaborate with
scientists conducting ecological research for 12 weeks during the summer
of 2010.
Program Description: Each student will participate in an on going study
with senior researchers from
Harvard University, Marine Biological Lab-
Ecosystems Center, University of New Hampshire,
University of
Massachusetts and other collaborators. Responsibilities generally
include
field and laboratory studies, data analysis and
scientific writing. In
addition, students attend weekly seminars given by nationally known
scientists about their research and workshops on ethics and career and
graduate school planning. At the end of the summer, students will develop
their research results and present their findings at a student research
symposium.
Research Projects:
Harvard Forest research focuses on the dynamics of
forest ecosystems and their response to natural and human disturbances.
Researchers come from many disciplines and specific projects center on
population and community ecology, paleoecology, land-use history, aquatic
ecology, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, and atmosphere-biosphere
exchanges. Projects in summer 2010 will focus on:
Invasive Plants, Pests & Pathogens
Plant Biology, Population and Community Ecology
Large Ecosystem Experiments and Permanent Plot Studies
Conservation Biology and
Biodiversity
Forest Ecosystem Response to
Global Change
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen
Dynamics
Reading and Conserving the
New England Landscape
Compensation: Students are paid a stipend of $5520 for the 12 week session
which runs from May 24 through August 13, 2010. Excellent on-site housing
and a full meal plan are included as part of the program. Assistance with
travel costs to and from Harvard Forest is also provided.
Who Should Apply: We seek a diverse group of students from a variety of
undergraduate programs across the country. Students should have a
demonstrated interest in ecology but are not required to have previous
field/lab experience and there is no minimum GPA required. We accept
students from all class years, and are particularly interested in
recruiting students from community
colleges, small teaching schools as
well as larger research
institutions.
To Apply: Visit
for our
on-
line application.
Applications are due February 5, 2010.