Grad Students: Water Fellows Program Offers Funds, Educational Benefits

Utah State University is internationally renowned for its research efforts in a wide range of water sciences and engineering. From watershed sciences, climatology and the study of hydrology and water resources to the sociology of water use in a water-short world, USU offers broad, interdisciplinary learning opportunities. USU water graduates occupy influential posts in governmental and private water organizations throughout the globe.

To encourage USU graduate students in water-related fields to take advantage of the breadth of knowledge, expertise and opportunities available throughout campus, Water@USU, a Water Initiative project, offers the Water Fellows program.

 

Water Fellows are self-identified graduate students, involved in water-related study and research, who wish to strengthen collaboration with their campus colleagues in similar disciplines. Application to become a Water Fellow is made to the leadership of the USU Water Initiative through an online application.

 

Upon initial selection as a Water Fellow, students receive a $200 award applicable to either the purchase of water-related books or student membership in a water-related professional society. In subsequent years, continuing Water Fellows receive $100 awards annually toward continuing student membership in a water-related professional society.

 

Water Fellows also have the opportunity to apply for $500 travel grants to defray the costs of attendance at water-oriented professional meetings.

 

Water Fellows are expected to regularly attend Water@USU seminars, make presentations at the Water Initiative’s annual Spring Runoff Conference and assist in hosting invited seminar speakers. Continuing Water Fellows are expected to have attended most of the previous year's Water Initiative events in order to receive continuing support.

 

Water@USU, a Water Initiative project, is an interdisciplinary collaboration of the university’s Utah Water Research Laboratory and the colleges of Agriculture, Business, Engineering, Natural Resources, Science and Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. Established in 2003, the initiative fosters collegial sharing of water-related research and ideas throughout campus and the community.

 

For more information about the Water Fellows program and Water@USU, visit the initiative’s Web site or contact Kim Schreuders, project manager, at 435-797-2941 or kim.schreuders@usu.edu.