Harvard Forest - Harvard University Petersham, Massachusetts http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/
May 30 - August 18, 2006 Harvard Forest offers an exciting program for up to 30 undergraduate students and recent graduates to collaborate with scientists conducting ecological investigations for 12 weeks during the summer of 2006. Program Description: Each student will participate in an on‑going research project with a researcher from Harvard University, The Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole Research Center, University of New Hampshire or other institutions. Responsibilities may include field sampling, laboratory studies, data analysis and scientific writing. In addition, students attend weekly seminars and workshops given by nationally known scientists about their research, and about career planning, ecological ethics, and graduate school preparation. At the end of the summer, students will develop their research results, prepare an abstract, and present their findings at a student research symposium. Academic credit may be arranged with the students home institution. Research Projects: Harvard Forest research focuses on the effects of natural and human disturbances on forest ecosystems, including global warming, hurricanes, forest harvesting and invasive organisms. Researchers come from many disciplines and specific projects center on population and community ecology, paleoecology, land-use history, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology and atmosphere-biosphere exchanges. Summer 2006 project listings and researchers are detailed at the Harvard Forest website http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/education/reu/reu.html. Harvard Forest: The Forest is located in central Massachusetts about 70 miles west of Boston. The 3000-acre site lies in the Transition Hardwood‑White Pine‑Hemlock forest region, and includes a variety of forests and wetlands. Facilities include greenhouses, herbarium, computer laboratory, library, archives, the Fisher Museum of Forestry and laboratories for nutrient analysis, physiological and population ecology, tree-ring and pollen analysis. More information about the Forest is available at http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/ Compensation: Students are paid a stipend of $4560 for the 12‑week session which runs from May 30 through August 18, 2006. Excellent housing and a full meal plan are included as part of the program. Limited funding is available for travel to and from the Harvard Forest. Application process: Visit http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/education/reu/reu.html for our on-line application. Applications are due March 5, 2006.
