Graduate Fellowships
Graduate Fellowships in Vadose Zone Hydrology - The research program "Scaling Environmental Processes in Heterogeneous Arid Soils (SEPHAS)," one of three themes in the NSF EPSCoR Ring III Project, has been funded to examine the scaling of subsurface and landscape-interface environmental processes in arid soils in the state of Nevada. Three fellowships funded by this program are available for Fall 2006 for qualified Ph.D. students interested in the laboratory, field, and numerical study on the spatiotemporal variation in soil moisture, soil-water-plan interactions, scaling effect of soil moisture on various hydrologic processes, and solute transport in the arid regions. Each year of the Fellowship, successful candidates will receive a $20,000 Fellowship, fringe calculated at the institutional rates, tuition costs for 18 credits, and $2000 in supply funds. Potential applicants have to apply for the admission through the graduate programs in the University of Nevada Las Vegas or University of Nevada Reno. For more information, please contact Dr. Michael Young (Michael.young@dri.edu), Dr. Zhongbo Yu (zhongbo@unlv.nevada.edu), and Dr. Scott Tyler (tylers@unr.edu ) or visit our website at http://hydro.nevada.edu/sephas/.
