We, at the University of Massachusetts Boston, are excited to be offering eight fully funded Ph.D. fellowships in our new Coasts and Communities IGERT program. These fellowships are competitively awarded to Ph.D. students interested in conducting transdisciplinary research and developing innovative and sustainable solutions to the most pressing environmental challenges facing coasts and communities. Please feel free to widely disseminate the announcement below:
The Coasts and Communities IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) program at the University of Massachusetts Boston is seeking applications from Ph.D. students who have applied or intend to apply to one of our environmental Ph.D. programs (https://www.umb.edu/igert/apply/fellows). Coasts and Communities fellowships are awarded to Ph.D. students whose academic and intellectual interests center on the development and implementation of sustainable solutions to environmental problems. These solutions evolve through academic and research experiences at the intersection of disciplines. Therefore, applicants should be deeply committed to the principles of transdisciplinarity. Moreover, because environmental problems do not recognize geographic boundaries, the fellows work across geographies through active engagement with our partners in the Horn of Africa. Consequently, successful applicants are expected to bring a global perspective to their work.
For more information on the Coasts and Communities IGERT fellowships, please visit https://www.umb.edu/IGERT or contact the IGERT program manager, Dr. Maria Petrova, at maria.petrova@umb.edu. Eligible applicants are encouraged to communicate directly with the participating Ph.D. programs, which have earlier deadlines (in December 2015 and January 2016), prior to submitting an IGERT application, the deadline for which is February 15, 2016.