If anybody wants to host undergraduates next summer on
environmentally-related topics, send a paragraph about the project you
would like to do to Steven. He will collect them and then send to me by the
10th so I can send by the 13th.
Alan
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Clem, James* <james_clem(a)harvard.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Subject: HUCE Summer RA Program / Environmental Fellows Deadline January
13th
To:
Cc: "Simms, Eric" <esimms(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Dear HUCE Faculty Associates:
Happy New Year!
First, a quick reminder that this year’s Environmental Fellows Program
*deadline
is next Wednesday, January 13th*. We would appreciate any letters of
recommendation and/or host letters by that date. You can send them either
directly to me or to <environ(a)fas.harvard.edu
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','environ@fas.harvard.edu');>>.
Second, this is the time of year when we begin planning for our summer
research grant program for undergraduates. The Center’s Undergraduate
Summer Research Fund
<http://environment.harvard.edu/student-resources/undergraduate-summer-research-fund>
offers
undergraduates funding to work individually, under faculty supervision, on
research projects (often in preparation for a thesis) *or* as research
assistants on projects with Harvard faculty.
*For the RA positions, we need to compile a list of RA opportunities for
the students to apply to*. We are thus asking you to consider providing a
short paragraph describing a potential summer research project – *relating
to an important environmental challenge* – that would benefit from student
research support while providing an interesting research experience.
These positions are generally in the range of six to ten weeks in duration.
Students will find these opportunities on our website and the website of
the Office of Career Services. They will apply with a brief essay, a
transcript, information on their summer expenses and financial aid needs,
and a brief letter of support from the sponsoring faculty member. We aim
to have decisions on the summer grants by mid-April.
We will start advertising our summer grant programs in early February,
after students have returned to campus, *so please send in your RA position
ideas as soon as possible – by the start of classes would be ideal*. Eric
Simms will be on a paternity leave later this month, so I will collect the
job descriptions this year. Please feel free to contact me with any
questions.
Best,
Jim
James Clem, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Harvard University Center for the Environment
t: 617-496-5458
f: 617-496-0425
clem(a)fas.harvard.edu
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','clem@fas.harvard.edu');>
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