[ES_JOBS_NET] NSF-funded MSc program - applied env sciences & community engagement

[Maggie Holland]

Greetings - Please circulate to potential students!

*From: *Kevin Omland <omland at umbc.edu>
*Subject: **NSF Funded MS Research - ICARE at UMBC - Accepting Applications*
*Date: *September 22, 2020 at 1:58:05 PM EDT
*To: *Kevin keo <omland at umbc.edu>
*Cc: *Tamra Mendelson <tamram at umbc.edu>, Lee Blaney <blaney at umbc.edu>,
Colleen Burge <colleenb at umbc.edu>, Mercedes Burns <burnsm at umbc.edu>, Chris
Hawn <chawn at umbc.edu>, Maggie Holland <mholland at umbc.edu>, Jeff Leips <
leips at umbc.edu>, Bernie Lohr <blohr at umbc.edu>, Colin Studds <
studdsc at umbc.edu>, Chris Swan <cmswan at umbc.edu>

Dear Colleagues:

We would like to ask for your help in recruiting applicants for our NSF
funded master’s degree program
<https://icare.umbc.edu/icare-masters-degree/> known as ICARE –
Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment. The
main goals of the program are *broadening participation in the
environmental workforce* and community-engaged environmental research in
and around Baltimore Harbor. We are now accepting application for our first
cohort that will begin in the *Fall 2021*. For full consideration,
applications should be submitted by Jan. 1, 2021.

Student Benefits Include:

   -  $34,000 annual stipend, full tuition coverage & health insurance (6
   students per year).
   -  Up to $7,500 in research expenses.
   -  Mentoring and networking with potential employers across the
   environmental sector.

Graduate students in our program will follow a two year schedule that
includes a series of professional and disciplinary courses, plus a research
project that will comprise their master’s thesis. For the research project,
students will be mentored by a team that includes at least one faculty
member and one partner practitioner working on projects related to
Baltimore Harbor and surrounding environments.

Students should apply to any of the four main departments at UMBC
affiliated with the program: Biological Sciences; Chemical, Biochemical and
Environmental Engineering; Geography and Environmental Systems; or Marine
Biotechnology. They should also complete a short application to the ICARE
program.

Here is a link to a series of slides
<https://icare.umbc.edu/home/faculty-research/> that describes what each of
the ICARE faculty do especially with respect to the ICARE master's program.

*Please pass this information on to prospective students and encourage them
to contact us and complete the **ICARE Interest Form*
<https://icare.umbc.edu/contact/>*.*  Please contact any of us if you have
questions or comments.  Thanks in advance for helping to spread the word.

Kevin Omland, Chair Recruiting Committee, omland at umbc.edu; 301-332-7749

and Tamra Mendelson, ICARE PI, tamram at umbc.edu

ICARE NRT Leadership Team at UMBC: Lee Blaney, Colleen Burge, Mercedes
Burns, Chris Hawn, Maggie Holland, Jeff Leips, Bernie Lohr, Colin
Studds, Chris Swan

*WEBSITE:   **https://icare.umbc.edu* <https://icare.umbc.edu/>*
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @UMBC_ICARE*

--
Kevin Omland, PhD
Pronouns: he/him/his
Professor of Biological Sciences
UMBC Presidential Research Professor 2016-2019

Department of Biological Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
http://omlandlab.umbc.edu





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