Advancing the training of graduate and undergraduate students is a major goal of the project. Both Ph.D. students and undergraduates are directly involved in the field research each summer at the Lake Hövsgöl ILTER site. The site is very remote, requiring 2-3 days travel from Ulaanbaatar, and does not have running water or electricity. Housing is in gers - traditional Mongolian structures, which are warm and weatherproof. Due to site limitations, students must be in good health and adaptable. See our past and present student participants.
Undergraduates
Applications OPEN for summer 2010. Applications for the 2010 field season will be due on 15 January 2010.
Each summer a small group of Penn undergraduate students will accompany US researchers to the ILTER field site at Lake Hövsgöl. Funds from the project cover students' travel, living expenses, and emergency evacuation insurance (International SOS). Stipends are not provided.
The CURF (Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowship) handles undergraduate project applications. Please visit the CURF Research site for more details and application instructions.
Please direct inquiries to Jennifer Mortensen, jmorte AT sas.upenn.edu
Graduate Students
The Ecology and Evolution graduate group in the Department of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications from students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in association with this 5-year grant on global climate change. Graduate students associated with the project will be eligible for support through a combination of PIRE fellowship and teaching assistantship funds, and will conduct field-based Ph.D. research in Mongolia with Penn faculty and members of the collaborating institutions.
For further information about the graduate program at Penn, please visit the Department of Biology graduate website. In addition, here is an overview of the ecology and evolution group at Penn, graduate education, and what you can expect to happen if you apply (PDF). For further information, please contact Peter Petraitis ppetrait AT sas.upenn.edu or Brenda Casper bcasper AT sas.upenn.edu.
