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Eligibility and Funding Sources

Harvard Pond Students

Eligibility

The core of our funding is for undergraduate students who are enrolled in a 2 or 4 year colleges. Students who have completed their associates degree (2 year program) and are going on to get a bachelor's degree (4 year program) are also encouraged to apply and will be considered as part of the general applicant pool. View institutions recent program participants have attended. Students who have already obtained a bachelors degree or who are currently enrolled in a graduate program are welcome to apply but should be aware that we usually have funding for only a few positions each year. Projects known to have funding for all types of applicants, including graduate students, international students with US working papers, graduated students as well as undergraduates have an * at the end of the project description. Please look at the FAQ section for additional eligibility information for non-US citizen applicants.

Funding

Students in 2007 were supported in all or part by the following funders:

National Science Foundation:

  • REU Site: Harvard Forest Program in Forest Ecology: Multi-Scale Investigations of a Forested Ecosystem in a Changing World (#0452254)
  • LTER III: Long Term Ecological Research at Harvard Forest (#0080592)
  • LTER IV: Integrated Studies of the Drivers, Dynamics, and Consequences of Landscape Change in New England (#0620443)
  • Moths, Ants, and Carnivorous Plants: the Spatial Dimension of Species Interactions (#0541680)
  • US Department of Energy

  • Terrestrial Carbon Program: Detection of Long-Term trends in Carbon Accumulation by Forest in Northeastern U.S. and Determination of Causal Factors (DE-FG02-07ER64358)
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Division of Fisheries and Wildlife:

  • Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program: An Inventory of the Ants of Massachusetts
  • Private Foundations:

  • Conservation Research Foundation and the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative: An Inventory of the Ants of Massachusetts
  • Harvard University:

  • Arthur Green Fund
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