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Participating faculty in ten departments at Texas A&M University would like to encourage prospective doctoral students to apply to the Integrated Graduate Education and Research (IGERT) Traineeship "Applied Biodiversity Science: Bridging Ecology, Culture and Governance."

The vision of Applied Biodiversity Science (ABS) is to achieve integration between biodiversity research and on-the-ground conservation practices. Three pillars support the program:

(1) integrated research in biological and social sciences;

(2) cross-disciplinary research and collaboration with conservation institutions and actors in the field;

(3) application of conservation theory to practice.

Research teams of faculty mentors and students, in collaboration with partners at sites in Latin American and the US Southwest, will develop complementary dissertations related to two research themes:

(A) Communities and Governance;
(B) Ecological Functions and Biodiversity.

It is the primary goal of the ABS-IGERT to produce scientists prepared to understand ecological functions of local ecosystems, and also the activities and needs of surrounding communities in wider social, economic, and political contexts.

The NSF-IGERT Program Traineeships include a $30,000 annual stipend plus $10,500 toward cost of education (tuition, fees, health insurance, and other benefits).

THE NSF-IGERT TRAINEESHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 14, 2009

Applicants must first apply to the Texas A&M department of the associated faculty member they plan to work with. Departmental admission deadlines vary.

See the ABS website (http://biodiversity.tamu.edu) for information. Please also feel free to contact the program coordinator or any of the associated faculty with more specific queries.

Contact:
Elizabeth Shapiro
Program Coordinator
Applied Biodiversity Science, NSF-IGERT
210 Nagle Hall, 2258 TAMU
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2258
(979) 845-7494 (tel)
eshapiro@tamu.edu http://biodiversity.tamu.edu/