Jan 29, 2008

Summer school in Dublin

Dear all,

We would be very grateful if you could circulate this notice to your colleagues who may be in contact with potential undergraduate students (3rd years), as well as to any relevent listservs. Note the closing date for applications is March 30th 2008.

Summer Research in Dublin

Collections- Based Biology in Dublin (CoBiD) Undergraduate Research Experience & Knowledge Award

This summer programme offers research projects and activities for students in organismal biology using biological collections

Research Projects

extreme environments | fire ecology | DNA barcoding | freshwater ecology | biocontrol | environmental epigenomics | terrestrial ecology | invasive species | plant evolution and extinction | life history | genomic imprinting

Requirements

completion of the third (junior) year of an undergraduate biosciences degree | ability to work independently | strong interest in the

project of choice | career goals in organismal biology Full funding for the 10-week programme will be provided for 10 successful candidates, including assistance with air transportation to and from Dublin, accommodation in Dublin, and a small weekly allowance, as well as project expenses. Prior experience with museum collections is not required - one of the goals of the programme is to expose students to new research skills. The programme is open to all international as well as Irish and EU students.

Term dates: June 16th to August 22nd 2008

For application instructions and more information: http://www.ucd. ie/ureka/

Applications must be received by 30 March 2008

Kind regards,

The UREKA Team

Collections- based Biology in Dublin

Undergraduate Research Experience & Knowledge Award www.ucd.ie/ureka

Alexandr Goncearenco
CBU, BCCS, University of Bergen

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