Program Coordinator Position for Arizona Project WET in the Phoenix Active Management Area, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Office, Phoenix, Arizona, $30,000 - $35,700 annually, full time, benefits eligible, open until filled. The Program Coordinator will serve as the point person for Arizona Project WET (APW) in the Phoenix AMA (Active Management Area). They will coordinate activities and functions of the program to ensure that goals and objectives for the program are accomplished in accordance with established priorities, time limitations, funding limitations or other specifications. The goal of the Phoenix AMA project is to promote the awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of Arizona water resources through classroom ready, water education materials. This project provides for water education workshop delivery, facilitator and advanced training, teaching tool dissemination and promotion of responsible water stewardship through excellent and effective water education. Program Coordinator will report to the Director of Arizona Project WET. Quick Link: www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=189963. Go to: http://www.uacareertrack.com Click on Search Postings on the left menu and type in Job Number: 39675

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HS-STEM Summer 2008 Internship Program provides 10-week summer internships at federal research facilities for undergraduate students majoring in homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) disciplines. Students receive a $500/week stipend and travel reimbursement. Complete information is available online at www.orau.gov/dhsinternships. The deadline for submitting an application is December 14, 2007. Questions regarding the DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program can be sent via e-mail to: dhsed@orau.org.

The Ecology and Evolution Group at San Francisco State University is offering 13 fellowships for Master's students (MS) starting fall of 2008, funded by the S-STEM program of the National Science Foundation and the Department of Biology at SFSU. Each fellowship recipient will receive $17,000 per year for up to two years.

The Master's degree program in Biology at San Francisco State University (SFSU) is nationally recognized as offering outstanding graduate training in environmental science, ecology, and evolutionary biology and for providing exceptional preparation for PhD programs and the workforce. The Department has been successful in attracting and preparing superb graduate students, and ensuring their placement in top PhD programs across the nation, including the Universities of Virginia, Indiana, Harvard, Texas, and system-wide in the University California. Graduates who have chosen not to pursue a PhD have successfully moved on to positions at government agencies such as the National Park Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service, and to non-profits, such as the Nature Conservancy. Opportunities abound for field research in a diverse array of habitats including the Pacific coast, Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore all within 1-2 hour drives from campus, and the Sierra Nevada within a 4-hour drive. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.sfsu.edu/~biology/pages/sstem2.html.

The Graduate School, USDA and F&S International seeks US college students and recent graduates with strong English skills to teach English in China. If you know someone who would like to teach English in China with a team of proven professionals for five months (or longer), the Graduate School, USDA and F&S International may have an opportunity for you. We are looking for college students or already graduated students (those between one and five years post-graduation with a BA degree or above) with excellent English language skills to work at elementary/high schools and universities in Dalian, Hangzhou, Beijing and other cities in China. As part of the program, we will provide a basic salary, free housing in modern facilities with Western conveniences, free Chinese lessons and an international travel bonus. For more specific information about this China program and the application please visit the OTHER OPPORTUNITIES page of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program website: http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/View/ViewOtherOpps.asp China ESL Teaching Application Deadline - January 30, 2008.

The Janelia Farm Research Campus is seeking applications for its undergraduate research scholars program. Up to eight college students will be selected to participate in the program and will pursue research projects with Janelia Farm scientists during Summer 2008. At Janelia Farm, each undergraduate research scholar will spend his or her summer conducting research under the guidance and direction of a Janelia Farm lab head. The undergraduate research scholars program will run from June 9-August 15, 2008. On-campus housing will be provided to undergraduate research scholars. Each scholar will also receive a $4,500 stipend and reimbursement for travel to and from Janelia Farm. Interested students must complete an online application at www.hhmi.org/janelia and submit all related materials, including reference letters, by February 1, 2008. Students will be notified if they have been accepted on or soon after March 1, 2008.

Brown University Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (MCB) is an interdisciplinary program, with faculty members drawn from the areas of biochemistry; molecular, cell, and developmental biology; neurobiology; pathology; pharmacology; chemistry; and medicine. (http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Molecular_Biology/Grad_Program/). Students rotate in different laboratories in the first year to sample various projects and experimental approaches. Advanced students participate in one year of teaching as an assistant. Five years are generally required to complete the PhD degree. The research interests of the faculty encompass a broad range of investigations at the molecular and cellular levels, using a variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell types. Areas of current investigation include gene expression and targeting, RNA functions, carcinogenesis, developmental genetics, photosynthesis and bioenergetics, cell differentiation, organelle development, pattern formation, cellular and molecular immunology, receptors and signal transduction, and ultrastructural studies. To supplement research activities, the program provides regular opportunities for outside speakers, campus faculty members, and graduate students to give seminars on their current work. All PhD students in this program are supported by University fellowships, teaching or research assistantships, or traineeships awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the program. Stipends for 2006 were $25,000 for twelve months in addition to full remission of tuition and health insurance costs. Completed applications are due in early January to receive full consideration for financial aid. Applications received later are also considered, but no application for admission to the fall semester can be considered after August 2. For more information contact Rebecca Page at Rebecca_Page@brown.edu or call 401-863.6076.