[MPWG] Graduate Fellowship Position - Taxonomic Study at APSU

[Lindsey Riibe]

Exciting Graduate Fellowship Position available at Austin Peay State
University (ASPU) for a taxonomic study of the Clematis reticulata complex,
a group known to include at least 3 undescribed species.

*Application deadline: March 1, 2017*
See attached document for instructions on how to apply and further details.

2-years full graduate research assistantship at $18k stipend, funding for
10,000 miles of fieldwork across 20 states from New Mexico to Maryland and
south to central Florida, funding for lodging and per diem and
equipment/supplies. The successful candidate will work alongside one other
grad student, who will work on a taxonomic revision of the Clematis viorna
complex. This position is supported by Mt. Cuba Center botanical garden out
of Delaware and as such it will allow for two weeks to spent at Mt. Cuba
spending time with their staff. Mt. Cuba staff will also accompany the
research group on some expeditions. A full set of living specimens will be
collected for Mt. Cuba which will be transferred to their garden. APSU is
becoming one of the go-to places in the Southeast for the study of
floristics, rare communities, and plant taxonomy and have the Center of
Excellence for Field Biology.



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Lindsey Riibe
Plant Conservation Program Assistant
Bureau of Land Management
Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
Plant Conservation Alliance
<http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca.htm>
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