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Summer REU Internship
Program
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CRISSP, the
University of Idaho, and the
National Science Foundation are pleased to announced the
2012 Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Internship Program.
CRISSP will host 11 undergraduate internships at the
University of Idaho in Moscow each summer through 2014.
Summer activities will span a 9-week period from
June 11 - August 10, 2012.
Summer Interns will conduct research with faculty and graduate
students, as well as participate in activities designed to help
prepare them for graduate school and a career in
science. Interns will receive a salary of $500 per
week for
the 9-week internship. Summer interns also will be
provided with University housing, a $400 food allowance, identification cards, access
to the library and student recreation facilities, and email and
internet privileges. A
weekend team-building raft trip on the wild and scenic
Salmon River for summer interns
and faculty members will also be offered as a part of a
science ethics component. Travel funds up to $500 are also
available.
2009-2011 REU Programs
2011 CRISSP REU Program and UI Campus
Recreation Program
on the Salmon River Trip, Idaho
2010 CRISSP REU interns at the University of Idaho.
Photo by Marijka Haverhals.
2009 CRISSP REU interns on the Salmon River. Photo by
Mike Beiser.
Undergraduate students will gain valuable field and
laboratory experience aimed at important natural resource
issues. The students will work as members of active
research teams, will receive training in science, ethics,
and graduate school preparation, and will be encouraged and
supported to attend professional meetings.
2009 CRISSP REU intern, Wilfredo Falcón-Linero,
analyzed DNA extractions to determine multiple paternity in
pygmy rabbits.
GOALS
The primary focus of the
CRISSP Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Internship Program is mentor-guided research.
Participants will work as members of research teams (field
or lab groups), will share authorship in publication of
research results, and will be encouraged to present results
at professional meetings. In addition, students will explore
ethics in science and the environment, graduate school
preparation, and application of the scientific methods to
natural resource issues.
The goals of the CRISSP
Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Internship Program are two-fold. First, we aim to
involve undergraduate students, especially those from
underrepresented groups (i.e. Native Americans, ethnic
minorities, and women), in innovative and interdisciplinary
research addressing regional and global natural resource
issues. Second, we will foster development of skills,
knowledge, and enthusiasm for successful completion of
graduate study and preparation for careers in the natural
resource sciences.
ACTIVITES
Proposed activities that
support CRISSP objectives include:
1) team-centered
professional research under the close guidance of faculty
mentors;
2) access to
state-of-the-art research facilities for natural resource
and biotechnology
training;
3) seminars addressing
scientific methodology, graduate school preparation, and
skills for
successful completion of
graduate studies;
4) recreational
opportunities aimed at building team skills and a shared
sense of
community;
5) exploration of ethics
in science and the environment; and
6) opportunities to
participate in presentation of scientific results in
professional outlets
(conferences and
publications)
HOW TO
APPLY
We are no longer accepting applications
for the 2012 CRISSP REU Program. If you are interested
in the program, please visit this website to apply in 2013
or 2014.
Please read the
CRISSP REU Program Packet (download
here) for
detailed information about the program and a description of
the research projects. The CRISSP Summer
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Internship Program is accepting
electronic applications.
You must be a US Citizen or permanent resident to apply. CRISSP seeks applicants from underrepresented groups (i.e.
Native Americans, ethnic minorities, and women).
To apply, please submit
electronically:
CRISSP REU Application Form & 3 references (download
here)
**To save this form, please fill out this form in
Adobe Reader only!
Letter of interest indicating your top 3 choices for Research Projects, previous research experience, and
career goals.
Curriculum Vitae (or Resume)
Two Letters of Recommendation
**References and recommendations can come from the
same people.
You will receive a
confirmation Email once all of your application
materials above are received.
Please send your
electronic applications
to:
Marijka Haverhals
CRISSP REU Coordinator
Email: marijka@uidaho.edu
Applications will be
evaluated by the CRISSP Summer Internship Committee on their strengths across the criteria listed
above, and the best applications will be forwarded to
faculty mentors. Each mentor will contact interested
students from the pool and conduct phone interviews;
selected students will be notified electronically by the Principle
Investigator, Dr. Janet Rachlow.
TIMELINE
March 23
Electronic Applications Due by 5:00pm Pacific Time
April 15
Selected interns will be notified via email
June 11
Internships will begin (unless other arrangements are made
with PI)
Download the CRISSP REU Summer Schedule here
RESEARCH
PROJECTS
CRISSP undergraduate summer interns will find themselves in an energizing intellectual
environment generated by faculty members from several
disciplines, graduate students, and student teams all
tackling field and laboratory projects designed to address
important resource conservation and management issues. It is
a dynamic atmosphere where an undergraduate student will
learn, grow, and ultimately, share hypotheses and research
findings with a team of co-researchers in the field of his
or her choice. Research topics illustrate the breadth and
interdisciplinary natures of research addressed by CRISSP
faculty and are grouped under the two unifying themes of the
CRISSP mission: ecology of invasive species and conservation
of small populations.
The
2012 CRISSP REU Research
Projects are listed below. For more details
on each research project download the
CRISSP REU Program Packet here.
PALOUSE PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEM:
Genetic Diversity and Connectivity of Insect and Plant
Populations in Palouse Patches
Use of Pore Linings and Casts to Identify Earthworm Species
in Palouse Prairie
Host Plant Resistance and Rapid Evolution of Genotypes of
the Invasive Plant Chondrilla juncea and its
Biological Control Rust (Puccinia chondrillina)
MIXED CONIFER FOREST ECOSYSTEM:
Establishing Risk Maps for Balsam Woolly Adelgid, an
Invasive Pest of True Firs, Under Varying Climate Scenarios
Endophyte Communities of Prairie and Forest Plants
Interactions Between the Invasive Eurasian Cynoglossum
officinale and two insect herbivores, the threatened
and endangered seed-mining weevil Mogulones borraginis
and the sibling root-mining species Mogulones
crucifer
FRESHWATER AQUATIC
ECOSYSTEM:
Effects
of Hydrologic Alterations on Stream Ecosystems: Direct and
Indirect Impacts on Juvenile Steelhead (Oncorhynchus
mykiss) Growth and Survival
The Ecology of Mysis diluviana, a Non-Native Shrimp
in the Lake Pend Oreille Ecosystem and the Public
Understanding of the Ecosystem
Control Measures for Invasive Aquatic Invertebrates in Large
and Small Ships
Increasing Survival of Captive Reared Burbot for Recovery
Efforts in Idaho's Kootenai River
Genetic Diversity of American Licorice (Glycyrrhiza
lepidota Pursh) Along the Snake River in Washington
QUESTIONS?
REU Coordinator,
Marijka Haverhals
Principle Investigator,
Dr.
Janet Rachlow
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