2024 Guatemala GeoHazards IRES with UMKC
UMKC is now accepting online applications for their 2024 Guatemala GeoHazards International Research Experiences for Students (IRES). The Guatemala GeoHazards IRES program is an internship opportunity for undergraduates that features one-on-one faculty-student mentoring of research both in the field in Guatemala and in the lab at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The program is funded by the NSF International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program. The goal of the Guatemala Geohazards IRES program is for student participants to increase their scientific inquiry and research skills, to learn integrative field and lab research approaches to investigate exciting and cutting-edge geologic questions, and to practice international cooperation by collaborating side-by-side with Guatemalan students, professors, and industrial partners to address research questions on the long-term Quaternary record of geological hazards in Guatemala.
UMKC invites applications for a 5-week program divided into January field research in Guatemala where students will work in topical research teams (volcanology, paleoseismology, and surficial processes) that will be co-mentored by faculty from the U.S. and our partner universities in Guatemala. Samples will be sent for geochemical, petrographic, geochronological, and other analyses when we return from the field. Then in the middle of May of the same year, U.S. and Guatemalan students and mentors will reconvene for 2 weeks of collaborative lab work and data analyses at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and via a virtual online platform. This will culminate in students preparing abstracts and presenting their research at the Guatemala GeoHazards poster symposium.
Recruiting: Rising sophomores and junior majors in a geoscience field with at least two courses in geology. Preference will be given to students from colleges and universities where research possibilities are limited. Spanish-speaking students, veterans, women, and students from under-represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Students must be enrolled as undergraduates in Spring and Summer or Fall Semester 2024 to be eligible.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, September 22, 2023.
Participant award includes:
• Travel to Guatemala including room and board for the January session (December 28, 2023 to January 18, 2024)
• Travel allowance and housing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for the May session (May 12 - 26, 2024)
• Stipend (for January and May sessions)
Inquires to Program Director: Dr. Tina Niemi, niemit@umkc.edu
ONLINE Application: https://info.umkc.edu/GuatemalaGeoHazards/