Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
(IGERT)
Doctoral Fellowships
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S.
Ph.D. researchers who will pursue careers in research and education,
with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen
disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to
become, in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change.
IGERT PUERTO RICO RESEARCH FOCUS Natural - Human Systems in the
Urbanizing Tropics
Goals: 1) To train researchers to study environmental issues as
interactions between human and natural systems and to develop policy
solutions in a tropical urbanizing context. 2) To build a culture of
interdisciplinary training, research and applications in environmental
science
Focusing on four broad themes
· Climate change
· Water Resources
· Biodiversity
· Urban system services
Multidisciplinary Coursework Includes
Human Dimension of Environmental Change
Urban Environment Expansion and Design
Ecosystems Services and Ecological Economics
Policy and Ethics for the Environment
Socio-Ecological Models and Ecological Informatics
Communication on the Environment.
Connections with Research Centers and other Collaboration:
ITES - Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies
LTER-Luquillo Long Term Ecological Research Program
CATEC-Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation
UPR-ATI Professional Training Program for sustainable transportation
and urbanization
UPR-AGEP-Alliance for Graduate Education and Professoriate
UPR PR LSAMP – Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority
Participation
Industry, Government Agencies and Non-Profit Organizations
Research
Students will carry out their research under the supervision of
advisors including a natural sciences department and a discipline
outside natural sciences. Graduates will be prepared for careers in
research, academe, or industry. Dissertation research will be focused
on real world issues defined and in collaboration with industry,
government agencies and non-profit organizations.
IGERT- Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus involves 33 Faculty from 14
departments and 3 universities.
Funding Opportunities
U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible for IGERT
Fellowships
For application forms and further information, prospective applicants
should contact:
Rafael Rios (Chair, Environmental Sciences)
Email: rafaelr...@vmail.uprrp.edu
Telephone (787) 764-0000, x4718
Nick Brokaw (Professor, Institute for Tropical Ecosystems Studies)
Email: nvbro...@ites.upr.edu
Telephone: (787) 764-0000, x4940
Joseph Vogel (Professor, Department of Economics)
Email: josephvo...@usa.net
Telephone: (787) 764-0000, x2451
at http://envsci.uprrp.edu/academics/graduate-program/IGERT in order
to better understand the full scope of the project and application
procedures.
