Colleagues,
I’m writing to ask for your help in recruiting students to our interdisciplinary PhD program at Portland State University (PSU): Ecosystem Services supporting Urbanizing Regions. With support from the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, we are seeking prospective PhD applicants for our fifth cohort to begin Fall 2015.
The substantive focus of this program is the science and management of ecosystem services (terrestrial and marine) to support urbanizing regions (ESUR IGERT). We aim to recruit at least 5 PhD students for our fifth cohort. Of particular interest are underrepresented candidates who are permanent residents or US Citizens. For information about this IGERT program, including current students, the application process, community partners, and participating faculty and departments, please see our website:
Participants in the IGERT PhD program will receive multiple benefits. Aside from alleviating many of the financial woes of graduate school (two year traineeship with annual stipend of $30K, tuition remission, up to $10,500 in research funding, national and international conference travel, etc.), the IGERT program offers extensive opportunities for PhD trainees to engage faculty from a broad array of disciplines, community partners in local, national, and international organizations and agencies, and involvement in team-based research in an emerging area of scholarship.
Please forward this note to prospective applicants, and those responsible for advising graduate students. Our program brochure is attached.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Sincerely,
Elise Granek, Ph.D. Associate Professor Environmental Science and Management School of the Environment Portland State University PO Box 751 Portland, OR 97207 503-725-4241 graneke@pdx.edu
