[Taxacom] Fellowship, Tropical Plant Conservation

[Peter Stevens]

The Christensen Fund Graduate Fellowship Program in Plant Conservation
Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center
University of Missouri-St. Louis and Missouri Botanical Garden

The Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at the University of  
Missouri-St. Louis is offering fully funded fellowships 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 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 August 2010, will begin in  
January 2010 and complete applications received before January 15,  
2010 will be considered.  Application forms can be obtained from the  
Harris Center web page at http://hwec.umsl.edu/about/application.html  
or from the Office of International Student Services: 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 (email: osbornepl at umsl.edu).



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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