[bioundgrd] Fwd: Funded summer opportunities for students

[Janice Chang]

>From: "Alison Hynd" <hynd at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Funded summer opportunities for students - please spread the word
>
>
>Hi,
>Please help to spread the word about these funded public service 
>opportunities to students in your area.
>Thank you,
>Alison
>
>Alternative energy analysis, environmental analysis and policy 
>development, and GIS mapping of historic finds with the Oglala Sioux 
>Tribe in South Dakota Deadline for applications - Monday, April 14 
>at noon.
>The Oglala Sioux Tribe in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, have identified 
>a number of environmental challenges that they would like to address 
>through collaboration with MIT students. We plan to send a team of 
>two or three students to work on these challenges in South Dakota 
>for about eight weeks over the summer. Students would live with 
>families on the reservation and would be supervised by the tribe's 
>Environmental Protection Program Director, Robert Pille. Projects 
>will be funded by the MIT Public Service Center.
>
>Challenges:
>1)	Wind farms. The reservation is a high-wind area and companies 
>are making offers to the tribe to site wind farms on reservation 
>land. The tribe is interested in these opportunities, but needs 
>someone who can do cost/benefit and environmental impact analysis 
>for the proposed wind farms.
>2)	Groundwater. As land is developed, septic tank systems need 
>to be expanded, but the effect of this expansion on the reservation 
>groundwater is unknown. The tribe is looking for a student who can 
>undertake groundwater testing related to septic systems and advise 
>on the groundwater effects of new development. There is also 
>potential work testing water for contamination from uranium deposits.
>3)	Policy drafting. The tribe wants to establish clear policies 
>related to mining activities on reservation land and the 
>environmental impact of other energy activities. A student is wanted 
>to work with the tribe to draft policy statements in these areas.
>
>4)	GIS mapping. The tribe is establishing an Historic 
>Preservation Office and would like a student to develop a 
>comprehensive GIS-based database of historic finds and sites on 
>reservation land.
>MIT students interested in learning more about these challenges 
>should contact Robert Pille at 605 867 5236 or rpille at hotmail.com
>
>The deadline to apply is Monday, April 14 at noon.
>Applications must be submitted using the PSC General Grants 
>application form 
>http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/resources/grants/apply/index.html. Note - 
>you do not need to include a budget in your application.
>There are two ways to apply for these projects: 1) Recruit a small 
>group and apply to work together. Each group member MUST write and 
>submit their own application. We will not accept group applications 
>that include text that has been "cut and pasted" from one 
>application to another. 2) Apply as individual and ask to be matched 
>with other team members.
>Students could apply to work on a number of these challenges or 
>focus on just one.
>
>We will interview applicants for this opportunity between 11:00am 
>and 5:00pm on Friday, April 18. If you are not available for a 
>half-hour interview during that time period, please make this clear 
>in your application.
>
>**My office is in W20-549, not in the Building 4 PSC suite**
>
>Alison Hynd, PhD
>IDEAS Competition and Fellowships Coordinator
>MIT Public Service Center
>MIT Room W20-549
>77 Massachusetts Avenue
>Cambridge, MA 02139
>
>617 258 0691
>hynd at mit.edu
>
>http://web.mit.edu/ideas and http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/fellowships