<div dir="ltr">Please share this opportunity with your undergraduate students!<div><br></div><div>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br><div><br></div><div><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:400;line-height:1.1;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px"><font size="2" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Water Quality in the Yucatan Peninsula</font></h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A newly funded REU program is starting this summer examining groundwater resources in the Yucatan Peninsula! This National Science Foundation funded research program is open to undergraduates with an interest in water science. Six students will take part in faculty-mentored research projects in Cancun, Mexico. </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The 8-week program will be divided into three parts. Part one will be completed at the NIU campus in DeKalb, IL, where students will learn research skills, develop research plans, and study water resources and the Yucatan Peninsula. During this time students will be provided with accommodation at the residence halls on campus.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The second part of the program will take place in Cancun. Students will work on their research projects with faculty mentors and Mexican scientists and undergraduates while staying in local housing. There will be a four-day vacation during which students will visit sites of historical and cultural significance in the Yucatan. </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Students will receive a stipend of $5,000 and all travel and housing costs will be covered by the program.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Students will return to NIU at the end of the program to analyze data and present their findings. </font></p></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;font-size:14px">Students at community colleges and other institutions with limited research options are especially encouraged to apply!</span><br></font></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;font-size:14px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For more information, application instructions, please visit our webpage at: </font></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.niu.edu/ese/reu/">http://www.niu.edu/ese/reu/</a><br></font></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A description of the research projects is available here:</font></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.niu.edu/ese/reu/projects.shtml">http://www.niu.edu/ese/reu/projects.shtml</a><br></font></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Questions or requests for more information can be directed to </span><a href="mailto:cancunreu@gmail .com" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);outline:0px">cancunreu@gmail.com</a></font></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span 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