Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program at BIOS

Number of positions: 8
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS)
Fall Semester: August 30-November 21
Application deadline: May 31st

BIOS has NSF REU funding to support 8 undergraduate student researchers at BIOS during the 2015 fall semester. Students will conduct independent projects under faculty and staff supervision within several research areas including: ·

Biology, chemistry, and physics of the open ocean ·
Biology, physiology, and biochemistry of reef building corals and reef ecosystems ·
Molecular biology of marine organisms ·
Environmental chemistry of Bermuda's atmosphere and inshore waters ·
Effects and consequences of global environmental change

Throughout the semester, REU students will give presentations that outline their research topic, methods, and results, including a final presentation to BIOS faculty, staff, and visiting students. REU students will also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of field excursions to learn about Bermuda's natural history, as well as workshops and seminars given by BIOS faculty. Visit http://www.bios.edu/education/reu/ or email [email protected] for an application and more information.

Number of positions: 3 internships
Location: The Center for Biodiversity at Joseph Pines Preserve, Sussex County, VA and Meadowview headquarters in Caroline County, VA
May 18 – July 31, 2015

Application Close Date: April 15, 2015

Please visit http://www.pitcherplant.org/About-Us/job-openings.html for full job description and job application

Compensation The internship comes with a monthly stipend of $250, free lodging at the Center or headquarters, and garden privileges from the intern vegetable garden.

Position Description & Requirements
The Restoration Ecologist Intern position is designed for a current biology student or a college graduate with a degree in the biological sciences. Minimum GPA requirement is 3.2.

The intent of the program is to train the individual in the five step process of Meadowview Biological Research Station including discovery, propagation, research, reintroduction, and education. The work for two interns will focus on Meadowview’s Center for Biodiversity and adjoining 232 acre Joseph Pines Preserve. The third intern will work at Meadowview headquarters, nursery, Central Virginia Preserve, and will participate in educational outreach with a local environmental non-profit (Downtown Greens in Fredericksburg, Virginia).

The intern must: be able to produce well written reports; be in excellent physical condition; lift 50 pounds; possess a valid driver’s license and have an insured motor vehicle; be familiar and proficient with scientific methods, techniques, and tools. A focus of intern activity in 2015 will be on research to test the hypothesis that “Healthy Pitcher Plants Mean Healthy Water”. Meadowview expects a well rounded individual who can work with the public and represent the organization in a professional manner.

Activities include, but are not limited to:

• Control hardwood competition in longleaf pine stands, map and census rare plant populations, assist with cordwood collection
• Collect data from monitoring wells on a daily basis and replace plastic pipes with fire resistant metal pipes, prepare biotic checklists, and perform seed bank analysis.
• Provide general oversight of the Center for Biodiversity and Joseph Pines Preserve.
• Assist in research projects, grant writing, newsletter production, intern manual, and research publications.
• Provide brochures to general public, answer their questions, and have visitors sign guestbook.
• Maintain center and intern living quarters by mopping, vacuuming, and dusting on a weekly basis.
• Maintain intern vegetable garden
• Assist horticulturist in plant sales and orders
• Groom plant collection and weed walkways
• Maintain greenhouse facilities and collection
• Maintain outside plant bed collection.

Meadowview Biological Research Station
8390 Fredericksburg Tnpk.
Woodford, VA 22580.
www.pitcherplant.or,
[email protected]
804-633-4336

Research Experiences for Undergraduates Ecology, Evolution & Behavior; a program funded by the National Science Foundation

A unique opportunity providing experience in field research in a dramatic mountain setting in the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies We are accepting applications for the Summer 2015 program, and will start to evaluate applications after February 27, 2015.

The Mountain Research Station Research Experiences for Undergraduates program provides students with the opportunity to participate in research projects in the beautiful Colorado Rockies. More information about the University of Colorado REU program, the faculty involved, the host site, and the application process can be found in the web link below. Student participants will be housed at the Mountain Research Station. Participants will live in cabins at the station through the summer, offering an opportunity for participation in a unique, focused, research program.

http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/index.html

• Meals and Housing are provided
• Participants will be paid a $5250 stipend for the 10 week program.