[Jobs] Fwd: Call for Applications - NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates

[Leora Lawton]

Call for Applications: National Science Foundation Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (REU) Site “Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars
through Community GIS and Citizen Science.”



This summer at the University of Central Florida, we are pleased to host
the third year of our National Science Foundation Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (REU) Site “Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars
through Community GIS and Citizen Science
<http://citizensciencegis.org/ucf-reu-site>.” Our program offers fully
funded summer research experiences for at least 8 undergraduate students in
Belize for 5 weeks and Orlando for two weeks.  The program is open to all
U.S. students and runs June 25-August 10, 2018.  We are interdisciplinary
in nature emphasizing community GIS and citizen science through mixed
methods, including sketch mapping, mobile mapping applications, in-depth
interviews, GIS, and spatial analysis.



 We're hosting a Facebook Live Event "Secrets to an Awesome Citizen Science
GIS REU Application" on Thursday, February 1 @ 3 pm EST. Join Dr. Hawthorne
(REU PI), Dr. Hannah Torres (REU Faculty Mentor), and Lain Graham (REU
Senior Research Coordinator) as we give away the secrets to a successful
application to our National Science Foundation (NSF) #REU Site in Orlando
and Belize. Please share with your pals and have them join us.
#citizensciencegis #ucfreu.  Join the discussion at
https://www.facebook.com/citizensciencegis



*Research opportunities: *Students will work in one of three research
directions with community partners and mentors from University of Central
Florida, University of Belize, Georgia State University, The Hopkins Belize
Village Council, and The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s
Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program:

   - Research Direction 1: Mapping disparities in flooding & disaster
   management
   - Research Direction 2: Mapping marine debris & mitigating impacts on
   coastal communities
   - Research Direction 3: Mapping island resiliency with drones and
   spatial storytelling (new in 2018 with additional NSF funding)

*Compensation:* Each REU student will receive a competitive funding
package, including a $3500 research stipend, a meal allowance, free shared
housing in Belize and Orlando, up to $750 in travel support to/from the REU
Site, up to $750 for post-REU conference travel, and 2 research methods
books.



*Application process:* The priority application deadline is Friday, March 2
nd @ 5 PM EST.  Complete program information and application instructions
can be found at http://www.citizensciencegis.org/ucf-reu-site/.



*Student reflections from the field: “*Challenging, emotional, fun,
collaborative, thought-provoking, interesting, real-life, and
eye-opening.”  These are some of the words used by students to describe our
previous research program.  Check out a short video from our REU fieldwork
at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5zSFKw7F24&feature=youtu.be



*Questions can be directed to:


                                  *

Dr. Timothy Hawthorne: Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of
Geographic Information Systems at University of Central Florida

timothy.hawthorne at ucf.edu

phone: 407.823.1030 <(407)%20823-1030>



Dr. Christy Visaggi: Co-Principal Investigator, Lecturer of Geosciences at
Georgia State University

cvisaggi at gsu.edu

phone: 404.413.5755 <(404)%20413-5755>



*Check us out on the web and share on social media!*

   - http://www.citizensciencegis.org/ucf-reu-site
   - https://www.facebook.com/citizensciencegis
   - https://twitter.com/citizen_gis
   - https://vimeo.com/citizensciencegis

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6_1giYaXQ6mcalJH-kMuw
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.demog.berkeley.edu/pipermail/jobs/attachments/20180128/163a435b/attachment.html>