Program Overview

Our International Student Exchange (ISE) program is a unique opportunity for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students to participate in on-site research in a foreign country.  Student research will be planned and conducted under the guidance of at least two PIRE faculty members.  ISE experiences could include a wide variety of activities, ranging from making field collections of organisms and gathering ecological data in Patagonia to conducting molecular genetic laboratory work in the U.S.  While the overall research objectives of our project focus on comparative phylogeography and the origin of biodiversity in Patagonia, our primary educational goal is to train students and young scientists to be successful in international educational and research settings.

U.S. Students traveling to South America

U.S. undergraduate students at Brigham Young University and the University of Nebraska are eligible to apply to participate in our ISE program.  Students accepted to the program will spend 10 weeks during the U.S. winter and/or spring semesters (beginning in 2007) at a collaborating university in Chile or Argentina.  Students accepted to the program will be given training in field and laboratory techniques prior to traveling to Patagonia.  Undergraduate students attending Brigham Young University and the University of Nebraska of all majors and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Prospective graduate students and postdocs interested in this project should contact potential advisors directly.  Graduate Opportunities

Argentine and Chilean Students Traveling to North America

The ISE program will also facilitate graduate students currently working with senior personnel from South America to spend time conduct research at one of the three collaborating North American institutions.  Students will have the opportunity to work in a North American laboratory on research that will augment their own thesis or dissertation projects.  The duration of these exchanges will vary depending on the nature of the project.  To identify a laboratory where such work could be conducted, students should contact their advisors directly.  Graduate Opportunities