National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate
fellowships ($30,000 per year,
for up to two years) are available starting in the
2010-2011 academic year
for Amazon-PIRE (Partnership
for International Research and Education) for
ecology and earth-system science students to study
vegetation-climate
interactions in the
Amazon basin (Brazil).
Amazon-PIRE fellows must be admitted to a participating
Ph.D. program at the
University
of Arizona or
Harvard University. Fellowships support
United
States citizens or
permanent
residents, and include an annual stipend,
tuition, health insurance, and travel to Brazilian field
sites and
collaborating institutions.
Amazon-PIRE is a U.S.-Brazilian partnership addressing
the question, “What
is the future of
Amazon
forests under
climate
change?" and promoting
international education, collaboration, and exchange.
Research focii
include long term observations (via eddy flux
measurements, forest plot
surveys, physiological measurements, remote sensing, and
aircraft sampling),
experimental manipulations (in the
Tropical
Forest Biome of
Biosphere 2),
and modeling.
Amazon-PIRE is committed to diversity in education, and
encourages the
application of women and underrepresented minorities.
Key Application deadlines for relevant academic programs
begin on Dec 8, 2009.
See the program website ()
for
deadlines and details, or email
.