Ohhhhh, I want to do This!
The Nyanza Project is an interdisciplinary research training program for
outstanding undergraduates, graduate students and secondary school teachers
interested in tropical lakes in the areas of paleoclimatology, biology,
limnology and geology. The Nyanza Project is sponsored by the Paleoclimate
Program, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, of the U.S. National Science
Foundation. The project is run by The University of Arizona for the
International Decade of East African Lakes (IDEAL), an organization that
promotes research and training on African lakes. As a participant in the
Nyanza Project you will join a team of U.S. and African students in a 7-week
program of training and independent research. The program will be based in
Kigoma, Tanzania, a small town on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The
program will run June 30th-August 15th, 2003. Any undergraduate and graduate
student attending a U.S. college or university, and secondary school
teacher, may apply, regardless of nationality. Students from
under-represented minority groups are particularly encouraged to apply.
Students enrolled in the Nyanza Project will have all of their expenses paid
(air fare, room/board and research costs) by the project and will receive a
summer salary. Application deadline is Dec. 24, 2002.