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<div class="gmail-paragraph"><font color="#2a2a2a"><font size="4"><strong>The 
School of Geography, Development, and the Environment at the University 
of Arizona is excited to announce a four-year, fully funded graduate 
fellowships starting August 2023.</strong> </font><br></font></div><div class="gmail-paragraph"><font color="#2a2a2a"><br></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black">We are recruiting again!  </span><span style="color:black">The</span> <span style="color:black">fellowship</span> <span style="color:black">is
 funded by the US Department of Agriculture and will provide the fellow 
the opportunity to explore the socio-environmental implications of a 
sustainable solution
 for our food and energy systems in agrivoltaics. </span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Agrivoltaics</span> <span style="color:black">co-locates agriculture and renewable energy production,</span> <span style="color:black">increases food production, and reduces water use, and the fellow will conduct cutting edge</span> <span style="color:black">research</span> <span style="color:black">in</span> <span style="color:black">this</span> <span style="color:black">interdisciplinary</span> <span style="color:black">research</span> <span style="color:black">area.</span> <span style="color:black">You
 can learn more about our work</span> <span style="color:black">at</span> <span style="color:black">this<span class="m_6389142480604308748apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.barrongafford.org/agrivoltaics.html/" title="https://www.barrongafford.org/agrivoltaics.html/" target="_blank">website</a>,
 by watching this<span class="m_6389142480604308748apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hRm-WFM1M" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hRm-WFM1M" target="_blank">video</a><span class="m_6389142480604308748apple-converted-space"> </span>and reading this latest<span class="m_6389142480604308748apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/growing-crops-under-solar-panels-now-theres-a-bright-idea/" title="https://www.wired.com/story/growing-crops-under-solar-panels-now-theres-a-bright-idea/" target="_blank">article</a></span> <span style="color:black">in<span class="m_6389142480604308748apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>Wired</i></span><i> </i><span style="color:black">magazine.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The fellow will work toward</span> a PhD <span style="color:black">
in our school under the supervision of Drs. Andrea <span class="gmail-il">Gerlak</span> and Greg Barron-Gafford. The</span> <span style="color:black">fellowship</span> <span style="color:black">provides a $21,750 at</span> <span style="color:black">a 0.50FTE of funding per year for four
 years, through a combination of</span> <span style="color:black">research</span> <span style="color:black">and teaching assistantships, and also covers tuition, health</span> <span style="color:black">insurance, and travel to</span> <span style="color:black">research</span> <span style="color:black">sites.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The application deadline is January 5th, 2023.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please share this call with prospective candidates.</span></p><font color="#3f3f3f"></font></div><div class="gmail-paragraph"><font color="#3f3f3f"><br></font></div><div class="gmail-paragraph"><font color="#3f3f3f">To learn more visit:</font></div><div class="gmail-paragraph"><font color="#3f3f3f"><a href="https://www.barrongafford.org/join-us.html">https://www.barrongafford.org/join-us.html</a></font></div></div></div>