IGERT PhD Fellowships in Watershed Science and Policy

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.

Application deadline is Jan. 15, 2012. For more information, please see http://www.igert.siuc.edu or contact igert@siu.edu.