IGERT Fellowships in Watershed Science and Policy

Organization NSF’s Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training
(IGERT) program

Application Deadline Jan. 15, 2012.

Amount and Duration Fellowship benefits include
$30,000/year stipends, $10,500/year education allowances, student
laptops, annual international river basin tours (Panama, Costa Rica,
China, Brazil, Paraguay, and see below), and support for research,
conference travel, etc.

Funding Opportunity Description

Southern Illinois University (SIU) is offering 6-8 PhD fellowships as
part of NSF’s Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training
(IGERT) program. Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens and
permanent residents (only) in any water-, river- or watershed-related
field of study, including Geology, Hydrology, Geography, Engineering,
Plant Biology, Zoology, Ecology, and other areas.

Applicants should have a MS-level degree at the time of enrollment
(direct PhD possible in cases of exceptional merit) and should have
grades, test scores, and research records commensurate with one of
NSF’s most coveted fellowship awards. Fellowship benefits include
$30,000/year stipends, $10,500/year education allowances, student
laptops, annual international river basin tours (Panama, Costa Rica,
China, Brazil, Paraguay, and see below), and support for research,
conference travel, etc.

The 2012 entering IGERT class will have a particularly strong
international component, with a targeted research project in the
Tisza River Basin of Central Europe involving 4-6 months initial
fieldwork in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, and/or
Serbia.

More Information

For more information, please see http://www.igert.siuc.edu/
or contact [email protected]