Paleonet: Internships in Panama - Fall 2013

[Austin Hendy]

Dear colleagues

Please pass this on to your students!!!

Are you interested in studying geology and paleontology in the tropics this
Fall?

NSF-funded internships are available for the Panama Canal Project (PCP)-
PIRE (NSF-funded Partnership for International Research and Education) for
United States citizens or permanent residents undertaking or having
recently completed undergraduate studies to assist with collecting fossils
and other fieldwork in the exposures along the Panama Canal (Panama).

Deadline to apply June 15, 2013

Interns will live in Panama for a minimum of 4 months conducting fieldwork
under the supervision of PIRE PIs and Postdoctoral Fellows at the
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama City. Experience
in Geological/Paleontological fieldwork and some level of bi-lingual
(English/Spanish) competency is preferred.

This internship provides an excellent opportunity for students who might be
considering taking a semester off between their studies to gain valuable
research and international experiences.

PCP-PIRE internships include:
        - $1,000 monthly stipend.
        - Dorm style housing in Panama.
        - Relocation to/from Panama.
        - Travel to Panamanian field sites.

To apply, please take a look at our web-poster advertisement
        http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/panama-pire/op_internships.htm
or, contact Claudia Grant: cgrant at flmnh.ufl.edu

Again, the deadline to apply is June 15, 2013

PCP-PIRE is a U.S.-Panamanian partnership to document the ancient marine
and terrestrial biodiversity and global climate change of the New World
Tropics (NWT) preserved in the 25- million-year fossiliferous sequence in
Panama, and promote international education, collaboration, and exchange.
Research foci include the magnitude and timing of diversity change in the
NWT; the biogeographic origins, relationships, and dispersal history of the
Central American fauna and flora; antiquity of the rainforest; effects of
global climate change on tropical biodiversity through time; and other
fundamental questions related to the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama on
biodiversity.

PCP-PIRE is committed to diversity in education and encourages the
application of women and underrepresented minorities.

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Austin Hendy
Senior Research Associate
Division of Invertebrate Paleontology
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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