Paid Research Internships - The Guppy Project
Research interns are needed to assist in a multi-disciplinary,
multi-investigator, experimental study of the evolution of species
interactions in Trinidad, West Indies. The research is led by Professors
David Reznick (University of California, Riverside), Joseph Travis
(Florida State University), Tim Coulson (University of Oxford), and Ron
Bassar (Auburn University).  We seek to integrate multiple biological
fields for the study of these interactions in experimental populations
of guppies and killifish in Trinidad. Duties include assisting in
monthly censuses of guppy and killifish populations in montane streams
and helping to execute experiments in on-site artificial streams. The
monthly censuses include long hours in the field and laboratory.

Interns will be required to spend a minimum of 3 months in Trinidad, with
possibility of extension, and/or promotion to field site manager. There
are potential start dates in February 2024 and every month thereafter
until November 2024. We will pay a monthly stipend ($700 USD per month for
first time interns), cover travel (up to $900 USD), and provide housing.

Qualifications: We seek interns who are entertaining the possibility
of pursuing graduate studies in some area of ecology and evolution
and who wish to gain some additional field research experience before
doing so.  Research will take place in semi-remote areas of Trinidad,
sometimes under bad weather conditions. Applicants must be able to live
and work well with others. Research will involve carrying heavy packs
over slippery and steep terrain. Applicants must be in good physical
condition and be able to meet the demands of field research under these
conditions. Ability to drive a standard transmission vehicle is desirable
but not required. Applicants with first-aid/first responder training,
skills in automobile maintenance, and construction skills are highly
desirable. Please address these skills when applying.

Please see our website <www.theguppyproject.weebly.com> for more
information on the project and access to reprints.  Be sure to check
out our video menu, which includes a "guppy censuses" as submenu VII.
It details the main tasks associated with the internship.

Applicants should send a cover letter, CV, and the names and e-mail
addresses of three or more professional references to David Reznick
(gupy@ucr.edu). At least two of the references should be academics.

Ronald Bassar <rdb0057@auburn.edu>

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