Developing Drought Tolerant Biofuel Grasses

Dr Leakey (www.life.illinois.edu/leakey/) has multiple fellowship positions in his research group available for summer 2013. The positions are for a minimum of 10 weeks of full-time work paid at $10 per hour. Participants will work with a team of post-docs and graduate students studying the genetic basis for drought tolerance in the new model C4 grass setaria. The project is funded for $12.1 million by the Department of Energy and provides a unique training opportunity encompassing genomic, biochemical and physiological analyses in the field. Interested students should e-mail Melinda Laborg (laborg@illinois.edu) expressing their interest and attach a brief CV before the deadline of Feb 1 2013.

Developing Stress Tolerant Corn

Dr Ainsworth (www.life.illinois.edu/ainsworth/), Dr Leakey (www.life.illinois.edu/leakey/) and Dr Brown (http://cropsci.illinois.edu/directory/pjb34) have multiple fellowship positions in their research team available for summer 2013. The positions are for a minimum of 10 weeks of full-time work paid at $10 per hour. Participants will work with a team of post-docs and graduate students studying the genetic and genomic basis for oxidative stress tolerance in maize. The project is funded for $5.7 million by the National Science Foundation and provides a unique training opportunity encompassing genomic, biochemical and physiological analyses in the field. Interested students should e-mail Melinda Laborg (laborg@illinois.edu) expressing their interest and attach a brief CV before the deadline of Feb 1 2013.

Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health (CLEH)

Internship Opportunity Announcement

2012 Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) are offering a paid 10-week summer internship program for students who are passionate about the environment, interested in human health, and curious about how they are linked. During the course of the internship, students are introduced to environmental health at the federal level through collaborative projects, experiential learning opportunities, environmental health presentations, journal clubs, field trips, brown bag lunches, and mentoring relationships at NCEH/ATSDR.  Interns will be based at NCEH/ATSDR’s Chamblee Campus and will be paid a stipend of approximately $600 a week during the course of the program.

Application due date: January 30, 2013

Program dates:  June 12 – August 16, 2013

“The experience has been profoundly enriching, and has greatly enhanced the depth of my understanding of the environment and public health. The people I have met during the course of my internship not only helped me to cultivate this understanding, but were also wonderful and interesting people to interact with. They made the internship more than a professional experience—it was an experience of comprehensive growth and development.”

– Kimber Ray, 2012 CLEH intern

Eligibility requirements:

1.       US citizenship or Permanent Resident with a green card

2.      Full time enrollment at a college or university as a rising junior or rising senior by fall 2013

3.      Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

Please visit our website for more information and application instructions: www.cdc.gov/nceh/cleh

Note: Seniors graduating in Spring 2013 will not be accepted into this program

For more information, please email Jay Nielsen or Christa Essig at CLEH@cdc.gov.