<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Graduate Fellowships in Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Department of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama (USA=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) is seeking applicants for=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">a PhD fellowship to start in fall 2015.  Three additional fellowships are=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> available to USA students=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">through the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (</span><a href="http://www.disl.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">www.disl.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">).  All Ph.D. fellowships=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> include a full tuition waiver=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and stipend support of $20,000.  Faculty research interests include all a=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">spects of biological, chemical,=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">physical, and fisheries oceanography.  Research programs in marine fisher=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ies, restoration,=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">conservation and global change science include a strong component of mari=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ne and coastal resource=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">management.  The graduate program is administered through the Department =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of Marine Sciences on=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">USA=92s main campus in Mobile, but most students and faculty are in resid=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ence at the Dauphin Island=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sea Lab, located approximately 35 miles south of Mobile. Applications for=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> fall admission and=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">fellowship support are due by </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="">February 1</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.  Enrollment normally begins in =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the fall semester; however,=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">spring admission will also be considered. The admissions committee makes =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">initial recommendations=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">by </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="">March 15</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> for fall semester enrollment.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> =09</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Applicants applying for a Ph.D. fellowship also must apply for admission =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">to USA Marine Science=92s=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">doctoral program. Minimum requirements for admission are a baccalaureate =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">degree in a discipline=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">related to marine sciences (e.g. biology, chemistry, geology, physics), a=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> GPA of 3.0 (4.0 point system),=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and a GRE General Test score of 300.  To apply see=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.southalabama.edu/marinesciences/students.html" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.southalabama.edu/marinesciences/students.html</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.  Further inform=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ation on research and=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">departmental resources can be found at </span><a href="http://www.southalabama.edu/marinescience=" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">www.southalabama.edu/marinescience=</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">s or </span><a href="http://www.disl.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">www.disl.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.  In=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">addition to fellowship support, several Ph.D. and MS graduate research as=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">sistantships are also=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">available through individual faculty members.  All applicants are encoura=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ged to contact potential=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">faculty mentors during the application process (see=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.southalabama.edu/marinesciences/faculty.html" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.southalabama.edu/marinesciences/faculty.html</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">).  General inquir=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ies and specific=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">questions about admissions or fellowships should be addressed to the depa=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">rtment=92s Academic=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Counselor, Ms. Nancy Merrill at </span><a href="mailto:nmerrill@southalabama.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nmerrill@southalabama.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br></div>
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