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Interested in researching land and water resources? Want a fully-paid research experience this summer?
This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) invites students to the key elements of research on land and water resources that are essential to improving management practices, with a focus on Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and diverse interdisciplinary research teams. Research teams are hosted main campus of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; on the Fond du Lac Reservation in Northern Minnesota; & at Salish Kootenai College on the Flathead Reservation in Montana, and projects are developed in collaboration with the tribes’ resource management divisions.
All students are encouraged to apply, including Native Americans, students from other groups underrepresented in the sciences, men and women, nontraditional students, parents, veterans, and students with disabilities. The students, faculty, graduate and post-doctoral mentors, tribal professionals, and other community members will be intimately engaged in community-based participatory research (CBPR). The protocols and methods for effective CBPR (and in particular with tribal entities) will be modeled and supported by literature and practice. Projects developed through CBPR for this REU will inherently support tribal resource management goals. Results will be disseminated to tribal authorities and community members as well as the broader scientific community.
How is the program structured?
- Summer Program: 9-weeks from June 10 to August 9, 2024.
- Requires additional 40 hours of self-directed activities and up to 2 one-hour meetings before the start of the program
- Orientation of Community-Based Research & Ethical Research on Tribals along wide additional team-building activities is mandatory on June 10th and is held in Glacier National Park, Montana.
- Participants then head to their assigned research location (at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, MT for Team SPA; in Minneapolis, MN for Team Stream; and in Duluth, MN for Team Zaaga’igan) on June 16th/
- Mandatory weekly video conferences will be held where participants share their research program
- Mentorship will be provided when participants write their ESRI story map and create a research poster
- Students will present their research poster at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in Minneapolis, MN at the end of the summer program,
- Opportunity to present their research at a national conference
What are the benefits?
- Stipend: $7000 for the entire summer (aprox. $778/week)
- Housing: Fully paid-for student dormitories at Salish Kootenai College, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, or University of Minnesota, Duluth. Dormitories either have a student food plan or cooking facilities.
- Transportation: Participants’ round-trip travel to their research site, travel to the orientation and All-Team Gathering is paid for. Tickets are purchased by the REU. Cars are not provided. However, transportation is arranged to provide for participants’ needs and varies by team. Some participants choose to drive their own car to their research location. In such cases, we can pay for mileage up to the cost of airline tickets. However, parking in Minneapolis can be expensive, and we do not pay for parking on campus.
- Research Expenses: All research expenses are covered by the REU.
- Conference Expenses: All students are encouraged to share their research at a professional conference. The REU pays up to $1000/participant to support this activity.
The program is open to undergraduate students majoring in Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences, Hydrology, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Sustainability, Mathematics, Natural Resources, Wildlife and Fisheries, Social Sciences and related disciplines.
Want to apply? Visit http://reuslawr.org for more information and application. The application deadline is on February 4, 2024, 11:59 PM AZ Time.
Are you a faculty member? We encourage you to nominate a student here that would be interested in this REU on Sustainable Land & Water Resources.
Questions? Please email Diana Dalbotten, Diversity Director, at dianad@umn.edu.