[Taxacom] Fellowship in Plant Conservation

[Peter Stevens]

The Christensen Fund Graduate Fellowship Program in Plant Conservation

The Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at the University of 
Missouri-St. Louis is offering a fully funded fellowship to students 
from tropical America, Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Malesia and the 
Pacific Islands with strong leadership and research potential in 
applied plant conservation.  This fellowship is available to 
individuals with applied plant conservation experience and strong 
academic credentials for studies leading to a M.S. or Ph.D. degree. 
This special Graduate program in Plant Conservation, developed in 
collaboration with The Christensen Fund and the Missouri Botanical 
Garden, is designed to educate plant conservation scientists from the 
world's tropical regions.  The fellowship will provide recruitment 
and repatriation airfares, stipend, tuition fee waiver and the 
opportunity to apply for competitive research funds.

To learn more about The Christensen Fund Graduate Fellowship Program 
in Plant Conservation visit: 
<http://hwec.umsl.edu/scholarships/plantconservation.html>http://hwec.umsl.edu/scholarships/plantconservation.html 
or write to: Executive Director, Whitney R. Harris World Ecology 
Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Boulevard, St. 
Louis, MO 63121-4499, USA (email: osbornepl at umsl.edu).

Application review, for admission in the following August, will begin 
on December 1, 2006 but complete applications received before January 
15, 2007 will be considered.  Applicants, however, are encouraged to 
send all materials for review as close to the December 1 date as 
possible.  Application forms can be obtained from the Harris Center 
web page at 
<http://hwec.umsl.edu/application.html>http://hwec.umsl.edu/application.html 
or the Office of International Student Services: 
<http://www.umsl.edu/services/intelstu/prospective/admissions.html>http://www.umsl.edu/services/intelstu/prospective/admissions.html, 
by email from iss at umsl.edu, or by writing to: Executive Director, 
Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, University of Missouri-St. 
Louis, 1 University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499, USA. 
Completed applications should be returned to Office of International 
Student Services, 261 Millennium Student Center, University of 
Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Boulevard, St. Louis MO 63121 with a 
copy of all materials sent to the Executive Director, Whitney R. 
Harris World Ecology Center.



Patrick Osborne Ph.D.

Executive Director

Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center

Department of Biology

University of Missouri-St. Louis

1 University Boulevard

St. Louis, MO 63121

Phone: (314)-516-5219

Fax: (314)-516-6233

Web site: <http://hwec.umsl.edu>http://hwec.umsl.edu

Office Location: Benton Hall 216e

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