The 11th Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology will provide graduate students with an intensive program on reconstructing the history and dynamics of paleoclimate through an integrated series of lectures, investigations, case studies, and field and laboratory analyses.
Scholarships
A number of scholarships are offered to assist with attending this summer school, see http://www.urbinossp.it/scolarship.aspx for more information.
Plus: To promote U.S. graduate student participation in this international experience, the NSF Geoscience Divisions and the Office of International Science and Engineering are funding ten scholarships to cover U.S. carrier airfare, stipend, and course expenses (including lodging). Interested students in U.S. graduate programs should email a pdf file comprised of a one-page CV and one-page statement on how the USSP would benefit their professional development as a researcher and educator to usspnsfscholarship@gmail.com. In addition, students should request their primary adviser to email a recommendation letter directly to the above email address. Members of historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
Deadline for receipt of application materials, including recommendation letters, is 15 April 2014.
Note: Non-US-citizens in US-based graduate programs are eligible for these scholarships.