Fw: H-ASIA: 2012 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates in China

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From: "Linda Dwyer" <dwyer@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: 2012 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates in China

> H-ASIA
> January 3, 2012
>
> 2012 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates in China
> ***********
> From: Cook, James Alexander [jacook@pitt.edu]
>
> Dear H-Asia Editor,
>
> Could you please forward this information about this summer research
> program to your readers. I think many would find this exciting National
> Science Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh, of great interest to
> their students.
>
> The Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, the National
> Science Foundation, the Center for Historical Environment and
> Socioeconomic Development of Northwest China at Shaanxi Normal University
> and the Northwest Socioeconomic Development Research Center of Northwest
> University announce the call for applications for the 2012 NSF Research
> Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program entitled "Negotiations and
> Impacts: Water Policy Across China's Loess Plateau." This unique program
> in social science research will be conducted in Pittsburgh, PA, and in
> Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces, China in the summer of 2012. Twelve
> highly-qualified undergraduates and a team of faculty mentors will
> undertake collaborative research on how economic development and societal
> change is impacting China's already precarious environmental position
> across the Yellow River Loess Plateau. The six-week program will be
> conducted between June 12 and July 22, 2012.
>
> The program's primary objective is to mentor students through the complete
> process of designing a research agenda and performing primary research in
> the social sciences at an international field site. It includes a unique
> combination of close mentoring, student/faculty teamwork,
> multidisciplinary research, and international field experience. Student
> participation will be encouraged from all fields of the social sciences,
> including sociology, anthropology, geography, environmental studies,
> economics, political science, Asian studies, history, and land/resource
> management. Juniors and non-graduating seniors are particularly encouraged
> to apply. Graduate students are not eligible. Applicants are limited to
> U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
>
> Faculty mentors include Pierre Landry, Roberta Soltz, and James Cook of
> the
> University of Pittsburgh.
>
> Costs of participation (travel, room, board), including the payment of a
> significant research stipend, will be paid by the program. Student
> participants are only responsible for their travel to/from the University
> of Pittsburgh and passport/visa fees.
>
> Deadline for applications is February 15, 2012. Additional information and
> application forms can be found at
> http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/academics/china-nsf/index.html.
>
> The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity
> institution.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> James Cook
>
> James A. Cook, Ph.D.
> Associate Director
>
> Asian Studies Center
> University of Pittsburgh
> 4400 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> USA
> 412-648-7372
>
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