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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Christina M. Grozinger [mailto:<a href="mailto:cmgrozinger@psu.edu">cmgrozinger@psu.edu</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:57 AM<br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Fellowships from Penn State’s Insect Biodiversity Center </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Penn State’s newly formed Insect Biodiversity Center will support up to three fellowships for MSc or PhD students for 2020. These fellowships will provide four semesters of support (salary, fringe, tuition). </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The Fellowships will be structured similarly to our Integrative Pollinator Ecology Fellowships, to support transdisciplinary training and research. Fellows must have two co-mentors whose expertise is from different disciplines. Co-mentors from different departments or Colleges are preferred; for example, research programs can span entomology, plant science, chemistry, engineering, economics, geography, climate science, sociology, or communication science. Possible research areas include elucidating and modeling the physiological, behavioral, landscape and climate level drivers of insect population distributions and declines, and strategies for engaging communities of stakeholders, policymakers and the public in managing these populations. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Interested students can apply through any program within the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. More information on the Entomology Graduate Program can be found on their website. Prospective students are strongly encouraged to contact prospective mentors in advance of submitting an application. Students who apply to Entomology by 15 December 2019 and are highly ranked may be invited to the Departmental invitation-only Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend in early Feb 2020. Students that enroll will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">For more information, please contact the Director of the Insect Biodiversity Center, Dr. Christina Grozinger, <a href="mailto:cmg25@psu.edu">cmg25@psu.edu</a> and/or the Program Coordinator, Dr. Natalie Boyle, <a href="mailto:nmb5846@psu.edu">nmb5846@psu.edu</a>.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>