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From the beemonitoring list:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi Everyone, <br><br>
I bet many of you know smart undergraduates interested in pollination
biology. Here's a NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program to
study both honey bees and solitary bees in Turkey! Expenses
paid!<br><br>
Here's the link:
<a href="http://www.uco.edu/cms/reu/index.asp">
http://www.uco.edu/cms/reu/index.asp</a> (application due March
14th).<br><br>
From the website (bolding is my own!):<br><br>
"An eight-week program (June 2 - July 25, 2014) is sponsored by the
University of Central Oklahoma. This program is funded by the National
Science Foundation. The first week will consider aspects of the
scientific process and experimental design before spending<b> seven weeks
in the country of Turkey (based at Uludag University in Bursa) to study
aspects of the foraging ecology of solitary bees and honey bees in their
native region of the world</b>. These pollinator species are invasive in
the United States but have potentially positive impacts on agriculture in
both the US and Turkey. Understanding the link between organisms and
their history in other regions of the world is a major goal of this
program. In addition, undergraduates will be shown the importance of
international scientific collaboration as they participate in research
objectives (described below) with a multinational team of scientists from
the US, Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria.<br><br>
<b>TRAVEL, HOUSING, AND MEALS WILL BE COVERED FOR THE PARTICIPANTS. A
$4,000 STIPEND WILL BE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS. Cost of the Turkish visa
(about $25) will be subtracted from the stipend. Course credit is
optional.</b><br><br>
Research Information: Three broad areas of investigation will be included
in the project. These include: <b>1) biogeographical comparisons of
pollination systems in native and non-native settings that explore
mechanisms of biological invasion; 2) foraging dynamics of bees as
mediated by visual clues and/or handling time at flowerws; and 3)
behavioral assays to test effects of food quality and conditioning to
various stimuli</b>. Within these areas we test hypotheses that are
ecological, behavioral, physiological, and genetic in nature. The PI and
Senior Personnel links below, allow you to see the nature of the
investigators' work in these and other areas."<br><br>
I did two REUs as an undergraduate and they're a wonderful experience --
a great chance to learn something new about another part of the world and
learn research skills while still making a little money. <br><br>
I thought I would share!<br><br>
Cheers,<br>
Colin<br><br>
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Colin Phifer, PhD Student<br>
School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science<br>
Michigan Tech University<br>
1400 Townsend Drive<br>
Houghton, MI 49931-1295<br>
Phone: (808)-315-2830<br>
Email:
<a href="mailto:ccphifer@mtu.edu">ccphifer@mtu.edu</a></blockquote></body>
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