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Summer 2012 Karst Field Studies Program

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Greetings!

The Hoffman Environmental Research Institute through its Center for Cave and Karst Studies and in cooperation with the Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, are pleased to announce the launch of the Summer 2012 Karst Field Studies Program. Courses this summer will include:

– Exploration of Mammoth Cave, June 4-10
– Techniques in Karst Groundwater Investigations, June 6-8
– Karst Hydrogeology of the Ozarks, June 10-16
– Cave Archaeology, June 11-16
– Cave Survey and Cartography, June 17-23
– Application of Geophysical Methods to Karst Terrains, June 16-22

Courses may be taken for graduate, undergraduate, or continuing education credit. Courses may also be taken as non-credit workshops.

For more information about the program, courses, how to register, and instructors, please visit www.karstfieldstudies.com. While visiting the website be sure to also check out the “Scholarships” tab for information about Nick Crawford Karst Education Scholarship, a competitive award designed to offer financial assistance for attending a course.

If you have any questions please contact the 2012 Karst Field Studies Director, Dr. Leslie North, at leslie.north@wku.edu.

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Hope to see you this summer!

10 Paid Undergraduate Summer Research Internships

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“10 Paid Undergraduate Summer Research Internships”

Are you interested in hands-on Hyperspectral Imaging (HI) experience and learning how to work with interdisciplinary teams? Here is an opportunity.

The GeoTREE Center (www.geotree.uni.edu) at the University of Northern Iowa received a NSF REU award to introduce young scientists to a highly interdisciplinary research environment with fundamental and applied research in hyperspectral imaging (HI). HI is widely used in various disciplines such as Earth Science, Environmental Science, Biology, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geographic Information Science (GISc), and more. If you interested, application and more information is available online at http://www.geotree.uni.edu/REU/

Summer Stipend: $4,000 for eight weeks (May 21-July 13, 2012). In addition, the program will cover the cost of housing, a meal plan, lab supplies, and up to $750 for follow up activities.

2010 Pixoneer Scholarship Information

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Pixoneer Scholarship

1. Overview

The Pixoneer Scholarship was established in 2008 by Pixoneer Geomatics, Inc. to provide financial assistance to graduate students in the research field of Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences. Pixoneer Geomatics, Inc. is a GIS and remote sensing firm located at Daejon, South Korea, and the scholarship is awarded annually to five students through the generous sponsorship of its CEO Jong Sik Yoon.

2. Eligibility

a. Scholarship is open to South Koreans or Korean-Americans.
b. Applicants must be full-time graduate or undergraduate students in colleges/universities in the North America.
c. Applicants who have received Pixoneer Scholarship may re-apply after an interval of three years.

3. Scholarship Award

a. Amount: $200 (USD)
b. Number of awardees per year: Five awards
    Geography (Human/Physical)/Environmental Sciences: Two awards
    Geospatial Technology: Three awards

4. Application material

a. Application form (doc)
b. Curriculum vitae(1-page)
c. Transcript from currently-attending school (a scanned image or a PDF file directly printed off from the Web)
d. A 3-pages extended abstract of most recent research that will be presented at Association of American Geographers (AAG), American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sengins (ASPRS), ESRI User Conferences, or other national/international conferences
e. Proof of conference presentation (a page in the preliminary program or a web screen capture image showing presentation schedule can be accepted)
f. KAGES membership

5. Submission: All materials should be submitted via email ( support@kages.org).

6. Application deadline: April 9, 2010

Award ceremony will be held during the KAGES Annual Meeting in April 17, 2010. Further information is available at KAGES website (www.kages.org).

2009 Pixoneer Scholarship Information

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Pixoneer Scholarship 

1. Overview

The Pixoneer Scholarship was established in 2008 by Pixoneer Geomatics, Inc. to provide financial assistance to graduate students in the research field of Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences.  Pixoneer Geomatics, Inc. is a GIS firm located at Daejon, South Korea, and the scholarship is awarded annually to five students through the generous sponsorship of its CEO Jong S. Yoon. 

2. Eligibility

a. Scholarship is open to South Koreans or Korean-Americans.
b. Applicants must be full-time graduate or undergraduate students in colleges/universities in the North America.  

3. Scholarship Award

a. Amount: $200 (USD)
b. Number of awardees per year: Five awards
    Geography (Human/Physical)/Environmental Sciences: Two awards
    Geospatial Technology: Three awards

4. Application material

a. Application form (doc)
b. Curriculum vitae(1-page)
c. Any form of scanned image of your transcript from currently-attending school
d. A 3-pages extended abstract of most recent research that will be presented at Association of American Geographers (AAG), American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sengins (ASPRS), ESRI User Conferences, or other national/international conferences
e. Proof of conference presentation (a page in the preliminary program or a web screen capture image showing presentation schedule can be accepted)
f. KAGES membership

5. Submission: All materials should be submitted via email ( support@kages.org).  

6. Application deadline: March 1, 2009  

Award ceremony will be held during the KAGES Annual Meeting in March 26, 2009. Further information is available at KAGES website (www.kages.org).