Accessible Sharks: A Summer Research Experience for Disabled Undergraduates

UConn Student Grant Opportunity: Environmental and Social Sustainability Grants Program

The Office of Sustainability and the Institute of the Environment are hosting a funding program to support collaborative student-faculty projects that enhance environmental sustainability and campus-wide engagement with sustainability issues at the University of Connecticut or in Connecticut communities. Projects should do so through research, authentic community engagement, campus operations, or education. Projects must increase both environmental and social sustainability at UConn, and address one or more of UConn’s strategic sustainability goal areas (climate change, energy and buildings, waste, outreach and engagement, water resources, food and dining, purchasing, transportation, or grounds, open space and conservation areas) and one or more related social challenges (fostering inclusion of diverse perspectives, addressing systematic inequalities, environmental justice, social and health inequity, community development, etc.). Project activities can occur at any campus of UConn and extend to Connecticut communities anywhere in the state. Special consideration will be given to interdisciplinary projects that advance equity and justice or incorporate the arts and humanities. Awards may be up to $10,000.

Spring 2024 Call for Proposals

Eligibility: All currently enrolled University of Connecticut undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply. Students must be full-time during the time period of the grant (Spring ’24 through Fall ’24). Applications can be submitted by a single student or by teams of students. Students can be the lead only one proposal, but can participate in no more than three proposals regardless of the status as a lead or collaborator).

Faculty/Staff Mentor Requirements: Each project must have at least one faculty or staff mentor who submits a support form with the application and will actively participate in the project. Mentors must be able to accept and manage grant funds on the students’ behalf. This includes responsibility for student hiring. The mentor is responsible for ensuring the project budget is executed according to UConn policies and procedures, adheres to the guidelines outlined in this application, and is expended by the end of the grant period (December 31, 2024). Faculty/staff members can collaborate on no more than three proposals.

Funding: Limited funding is available for proposed projects with budgets up to $10,000. Proposals should provide strong justification for all budgetary items. Awards will be announced by April 1, 2024. Funds will transfer early April 2024 and should be fully spent by December 31, 2024.

Deadlines: For full consideration, all proposal documents must be submitted by March 1, 2024 at 4:00pm. Students are responsible for ensuring that faculty/staff mentors submit support forms in a timely fashion. Projects should not extend past December 31, 2024.

How to Apply: 

1. Complete the Student Grant Application Form (questions are previewed on our website).
2. Submit your itemized budget within the Form.
3. Ensure that your faculty/staff mentor(s) submit a mentor support form.

Learn more and find application materials at https://sustainability.uconn.edu/environmental-social-sustainability-grants-program/ 

 

 

I am thrilled to share information about the UConn RaMP (Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates) Program; a year-long, paid NSF- funded postbaccalaureate research training program based at the University of Connecticut. The purpose of the program is to offer a mentored research experience and professional development opportunities to individuals historically underrepresented in STEM (including underrepresented ethic groups, people with disabilities, veterans, and first-generation college
students) or those who did not have sufficient access to research during their undergraduate careers (college graduates of lower-resourced institutions). RaMP provides an intensive research experience, with salaries comparable to an entry level job.

Scholars will conduct original research under the mentorship a faculty members and graduate student mentor, participate in professional development activities, and expand high demand technical skills in preparation for a diverse array of STEM careers and/or graduate school.

Our website and application information can be found here:
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgenome-postbac.biology.clas.uconn.edu%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmiranda.l.davis%40uconn.edu%7Cf09bb94dc19a41da0b9108dbfc94d6a6%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638381488411126597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PoXkr0qBzYy92YJaNa56ZxTt0SrJz%2F98kbEyXtOeGuM%3D&reserved=0. Applicants are encouraged to visit the website to learn more about the program and review potential research projects/mentors. The application deadline for the 2024 cohort is March 1st.

Feel free to reach out to me at Teisha.king@uconn.edu if you have any questions.

Job title

Mobile App Developer (Flutter) Internship

Employer

Planter: https://planter.garden/

Position type

Internship

Job description

Position Summary

Do you want to utilize your coding knowledge to make a big impact on a very small business? Apply for this summer internship to work on Planter, the #1 garden planning app on iOS and Android! Planter helps gardeners plan and manage their veggie gardens. As the developer intern, you will write exciting new features for the app.

Internship Details

• Dates: Summer 2024, start and end dates flexible
• Hours: 20-40 hours/week
• Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Develop new features for the app (see our feature requests)
• Write tests for newly added code
• Investigate and fix any bugs

Qualifications

• Experience developing mobile applications using Flutter and Dart OR willing to learn
• Familiar with Firebase products, particularly Database, Firestore, and Functions
• Proficient in interacting with JSON Restful APIs
• Experience writing tests
• Experience with Git version control

Bonus Points (not required but please mention if you have these skills)

• Have an interest in vegetable gardening 🌱
• Experience with web development
• Experience with native iOS or Android app development

Why Work For Planter?

• Fully remote
• Small, close-knit team (5 people)
• Work with fellow garden nerds!

Inclusive workplace ✊🏾🏳️‍🌈

How to Apply

1. Send us an email at jobs@planter.garden
2. Resumes encouraged but not required.
3. Please tell us about your interest in veggie gardening. Make sure to send us a photo of your garden 🖼️!
4. Please include links to prior work or write a sample article.

The Palmquist Lab at Marshall University is recruiting for a funded MS position focused on evaluating climate change effects on dryland plant communities. Our research focuses on quantifying vegetation dynamics over space and time and identifying how the relative importance of ecological processes structuring plant communities changes with spatial and temporal scale. In addition, a key goal of our research is to understand how pattern and process in plant communities will be altered in the face of global environmental change. An important motivation for our work is to address ecological questions at large spatial scales to inform landscape conservation. We collect field data, use existing large observational data sets, and implement simulation modeling to address these goals in temperate shrublands, wetlands, woodlands, and forests. Additional information about the lab can be found at http://www.kylepalmquist.org/

RESEARCH FOCUS: The successful candidate will broadly explore the interacting effects of climate change, wildfire, and livestock grazing intensity on big sagebrush plant communities throughout their spatial extent in the western US. These water-limited ecosystems are undergoing rapid environmental change due to multiple stressors (climate change, increases in wildfire activity, species invasions) and represent some of the most threatened systems in North America. This project will use an individual-based plant simulation model to quantify the impacts of climate change and livestock grazing management on plant community composition and the balance between native and non-native species. In particular, we are interested in assessing how livestock grazing can be used as a tool to prevent the spread of invasive species and decrease wildfire risk under a future climate. This is a collaborative project between ecologists at Marshall University, the US Geological Survey, Yale University, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: A background, including relevant course work, in ecology and statistics, knowledge of the ecosystems of the western U.S., strong communication skills, and strong quantitative skills. Experience in ecological modeling and computer programming is highly desirable.

EXPECTATIONS: The successful candidate will be expected to conduct high-quality research, serve as a teaching assistant within the Department of Biological Sciences, present their research to the scientific community at regional and national meetings, and publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

TIMELINE: The position is available in August 2024.

FUNDING: Funding will consist of a combination of research and teaching assistantships for two years. A 12-month competitive stipend ($19,000), and full tuition waiver will be provided.

HOW TO APPLY: Interested students should apply by submitting the following to Dr. Kyle Palmquist (palmquist@marshall.edu): 1) short statement of research interests and career goals (no longer than 1 page), 2) CV, 3) unofficial transcripts, 4) GRE scores (if available), and 5) contact information for three professional references. Please include: “evaluating climate change effects on dryland plant communities” and your name in the email subject.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a candidate is selected. I will contact you to discuss your research interests and goals for graduate school to determine if you would be a good fit for the lab. If selected, a full application must be submitted to the Department of Biological Sciences at Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences have expertise in a variety of biological fields, including but not limited to ecology, evolution, herpetology, and physiology. More information about the Department and its programs can be found here: https://www.marshall.edu/biology/

Application requirements for admission to the DBS graduate program can be found here: https://www.marshall.edu/biology/admission/

Marshall University is located in Huntington, an affordable college town located on the Ohio River in the beautiful state of West Virginia. The town is small enough to get around on foot and bike, but large enough to support a variety of restaurants and other cultural activities. Huntington and the surrounding area offer ample recreational opportunities (hiking, skiing, rafting), along with proximity to larger cities, including Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, OH, and Columbus, OH. In the Palmquist Lab, we highly value and encourage work-life balance.

I strongly encourage students from diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. Feel free to contact me with questions at any time.

M.S. Research assistantships – Lake Champlain Research Institute at SUNY Plattsburgh

two positions: 1 ) Plankton Limnology/Ecology and 2) Microplastics in Lake Champlain

(starting Summer 2024)

Position description:

The graduate assistant will work one of the two projects listed:

1) Limnology/Ecology of Lake Champlain plankton or

2) Microplastics in Lake Champlain

As part of the MS Natural Resources and Ecology program students will conduct MS thesis research with the Lake Champlain Research Institute at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. The research will focus on either 1) Ecology and vertical structure of zooplankton communities as influenced by climate change in Lake Champlain or 2) Microplastic distribution and abundance in beaches, rivers and Lake Champlain as part of a lake-wide study of plastic sources and sinks. Both studies are part of new research grants funded at the Institute and will involve collaboration with Institute staff and students. Each position includes a stipend for academic year salary with in-state NY tuition waiver as well as summer salary to support the funded research project.

Assistantship selection is dependent upon acceptance to the MS Natural Resources and Ecology program at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Education requirements (Bachelor’s degree in the sciences, e.g., biology, environmental science, ecology, water resources, etc.).

Deadline to submit applications: February 15, 2024

Link to SUNY Plattsburgh’s MS Natural Resources and Ecology program: https://www.plattsburgh.edu/programs/natural-resources-ecology-masters.html

Application: Submit a cover letter, resume, transcript of undergraduate work, and statement of research interests to Dr. Tim Mihuc at mihuctb@plattsburgh.edu. The cover letter must identify which of the two assistantships applicants are applying for.

Morris Doctoral Fellowship- Applied Quantitative Ecology using Bioacoustics

A five-year Doctoral Fellowship is available at Southern Illinois University starting Fall 2024 to support new doctoral students of the highest quality. The Graduate School provides a 12-month 50% research fellowship award for the first three years, with an annual $1,000 ($500 fall/spring) book/travel allowance for the first three years while on fellowship. The academic program provides a 12-month 50% research or teaching assistantship for the years four and five. This is a competitive fellowship and financial support is not guaranteed to all applicants, only the selected individual. The position is open to students currently holding a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, though preference is for those not previously enrolled in a graduate program (direct post-baccalaureate entry).

The successful applicant will be in the PEASE Lab (Population Estimation and Spatial Ecology; peaselab.com) at Southern Illinois University where the student will work on developing false-positive hierarchical community models to be applied to avian ecology and conservation in forested environments. The student will have access to data from 100s of Autonomous Recording Unit (ARU) throughout Midwestern United States, and will be encouraged to develop research ideas supporting at-risk species recovery. Students with an interest in bioacoustics and machine learning are particularly encouraged to apply.

Eligibility Criteria include:

1. Must have an overall undergraduate grade-point average of at least 3.25, or a grade point average for the last two years in the bachelor’s degree of 3.5 (A= 4.0); and

2. If prior graduate study has been undertaken, must have an overall graduate grade point average of at least 3.7 (A = 4.0); and

3. Must have a score in the 75th percentile or higher on a standard test such as the GRE, MAT, or GMAT; and

4. May not already be enrolled in a doctoral program and may have no previous enrollment at SIUC.

In the competition for Morris Doctoral Fellowships, the nominees must be U.S. citizens, or permanent residents of the USA. In addition, preference will be given to those who have not previously enrolled in a graduate program (direct post-baccalaureate entry).

Students already enrolled at or having previous enrollment at SIU are not eligible for the Morris Doctoral Fellowship.

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Applications are due by Jan 12, 2024, 4pm CST. Fellowship offers are announced by Feb 2, with acceptance decision by April 15.

To apply, students should first email their Curriculum Vitae and a general research interest statement to Dr. Brent Pease (bpease1@siu.edu); the email subject should be “Morris Fellowship Application”. Following review, students may be encouraged to continue with the full Fellowship application through Southern Illinois University’s Graduate School. For full consideration, material from interested applicants must be received by Dec 15,2023 to ensure full fellowship application submission by Jan 12, 2024.

Interested applicants should read the full guidelines of the fellowship here: https://gradschool.siu.edu/_common/documents/cost-and-financial-assistance/2024-morris-fellowship-guidelines.pdf

The application packet can be found here: https://gradschool.siu.edu/_common/documents/cost-and-financial-assistance/2024-morris-fellowship-pkt.pdf

The Zee Lab at the University of Mississippi is seeking motivated and curious students with interests in evolutionary ecology for enrollment in the Fall 2024 semester.

We are interested in research topics at the intersection of community ecology and evolutionary biology, such as the evolution of species interations and evolution in multispecies communities. We approach our research using both laboratory experimental evolution with microbes and modeling approaches. Candidates will encouraged to develop their own independent research interests.

The Department of Biology is a broad department with faculty research foci spanning the levels of biological organization and the taxonomic tree of life. The University of Mississippi is located Oxford, MS, a college town in northwest Mississippi.

Interested candidates should email Peter Zee (zee@olemiss.edu).

Peter Zee
zee@olemiss.edu

Graduate position: Mississippi State University

The Smith lab at Mississippi State University is recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2024! We develop methods for studying diversification using genomic data, and apply these methods to study diversification in terrestrial snails and slugs. We are looking for students interested in methods development in population genetics and phylogenetics and/or studying diversification in terrestrial slugs. Ongoing projects include the development of machine learning approaches to investigate species’ evolutionary histories and investigations into the evolutionary histories of invasive slugs. Our lab combines fieldwork, wet lab work, and computational work, and thus there are varied opportunities depending on student interests. Additional information on the lab can be found at https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meganlsmith.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cmiranda.l.davis%40uconn.edu%7Cf6715a1a541a4a8b139808dbe1ddd96d%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638352115192649317%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fFCI3hOSPc1FueEruZlnP21xrruyzDj%2FMNXoaZpB7OM%3D&reserved=0.

Those interested should contact me directly by email
(msmith@biology.msstate.edu) before applying with an attached CV and a brief description of your research interests. Our graduate admissions deadlines are flexible but applications before February 1, 2024 are preferred. Our department no longer requires the GRE. Mississippi State is located in Starkville, Mississippi, a half-hour drive from excellent outdoor recreation opportunities in the Noxubee Wildlife Refuge and the Tombigbee National Forest. We are 1.5 hours from Tuscaloosa, 3 hours from Memphis, and 4.5 hours from New Orleans. Additional departmental details can be found at: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biology.msstate.edu%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cmiranda.l.davis%40uconn.edu%7Cf6715a1a541a4a8b139808dbe1ddd96d%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638352115192649317%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=B6JN9QNMCtWwQacqixs5bLq661CKSJjmBJu8c3g8qJY%3D&reserved=0.



“Smith, Megan” <msmith@biology.msstate.edu>