EMergent Ecosystem Response to ChanGE Biology Integration Institute

The EMERGE Institute seeks enthusiastic, motivated undergraduate or post-baccalaureate students to engage in multidisciplinary science on how ecosystems are responding to climate change. This paid summer research experience is team-driven, co-mentored by diverse EMERGE faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students, and spans scales from microbes, to plants, to remote sensing. Students will develop projects in New Hampshire and travel to Arctic Sweden to conduct them, while gaining skills in networking, mentoring, and professional development, and will be financially and scientifically supported to present their research at a professional conference. Note that in order to participate and receive funding from the National Science Foundation, you must be a US citizen, US national, or permanent resident.

When: May 30th - August 2nd, 2024

Location: The University of New Hampshire and Abisko, Sweden

Contact: Ruth.Varner@unh.edu; florencia.fahnestock@unh.edu

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Application deadline December 1st, 2023.

2022 REU Participants and Mentors. From left to right. Back row: Max Murphy, Karuna Bhat. Middle row: Director Dr. Ruth Varner, REU Co-director Dr. Florencia Fahnestock, Tallulah Biletzskov, Parker Stoddard, Torin Scalora, Claire Beezley. Front row: AiLi Pigott, REU Mentor Dr. Hannah Holland-Moritz, Bianca Cilento, Kenneth De León Colón, Nikki Castro-Morales.
2022 REU Participants and Mentors. From left to right. Back row: Max Murphy, Karuna Bhat. Middle row: Director Dr. Ruth Varner, REU Co-director Dr. Florencia Fahnestock, Tallulah Biletzskov, Parker Stoddard, Torin Scalora, Claire Beezley. Front row: AiLi Pigott, REU Mentor Dr. Hannah Holland-Moritz, Bianca Cilento, Kenneth De León Colón, Nikki Castro-Morales.
2023 REU Participants and Mentors. From left to right. Claudia Guillot-Wallace, Kyla Drum, Marlo Wilcox, Hannah DeFelice, REU Co-director Dr. Florencia Fahnestock, Kainani Tacazon, Mireya Ortega, Director Dr. Ruth Varner, Bailey Mullins, REU Mentor Sam Bratsman, Yuleny Gomez Rodriguez, Axel León Rodríguez (Bottom Row) Not Pictured: Kitty Becker.
2023 REU Participants and Mentors. From left to right. Claudia Guillot-Wallace, Kyla Drum, Marlo Wilcox, Hannah DeFelice, REU Co-director Dr. Florencia Fahnestock, Kainani Tacazon, Mireya Ortega, Director Dr. Ruth Varner, Bailey Mullins, REU Mentor Sam Bratsman, Yuleny Gomez Rodriguez, Axel León Rodríguez (Bottom Row) Not Pictured: Kitty Becker.