The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)* is soliciting applications for the Global Change Education Program (GCEP) Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship (GREF) and Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE). For information about GCEP-GREF and GCEP-SURE, and to access application forms and instructions click on the website, http://www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP. Only US citizens are eligible for these GCEP programs.

DEADLINE

The deadline for the submission of applications is 11:59:59 Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, 31 December 2009; transcripts and letters of reference will be accepted via US mail, e-mail or fax through 11 January 2010 (see contact information below). 

BENEFITS

GREF: $1,500 monthly stipend, tuition and fees not to exceed $10,000 per academic year, and $1,200 academic research allowance per year. 

SURE: $475 weekly, plus travel. 

SURE and GREF participants have the opportunity to participate in Orientation and an End-of-Summer Workshop.

AREAS OF INTERESTS

GCEP focuses on a number of technical areas, including atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climatology, and terrestrial processes. GCEP is currently emphasizing research on aerosols, clouds, and their radiative effects as part of the efforts in atmospheric systems research, as well as, climate modeling within the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For more information contact, Jeffrey Gaffney ([log in to unmask]  or 501-569-8840), Nancy Marley ([log in to unmask]  or 501-569-8844), or Milton Constantin ( [log in to unmask] or 865/576.7009).

Send transcripts and letters of reference to  

Milton J. Constantin 
ORISE-SEP M.S.-36
POB 117
Oak Ridge TN 37831-0117, 
E-mail: [log in to unmask] 
Fax: (865) 241-9445

*The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), a U.S. Department of Energy Institute, is managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities.