This Institute is grant funded; its purpose is to create an atmosphere of cooperation among scientists from all parts of the Americas. Due to certain restrictions and requirements put forth by the sponsor, this conference must have a specific demographic make-up. For this reason, this Application contains requests for information outside of your work. The answers to these questions are not the determining factors for application acceptance or denial, they will merely guide reviewers in maintaining an appropriate diversity of students and meeting the requirements of the grant. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to call us at 619-594-0266.

Participants will be selected from the United States and other countries in the Americas. 3^rd year Doctoral students or recent Post Docs in environmental science, environmental engineering, environmental economics/policy are encouraged to apply. Recent masters students in government or business will be considered.

Please send the three items below to apply for the Institute. If you wish to apply via e-mail, please sent these three documents listed below as attachments (do not put them in the body of the e-mail) to kmoreno@projects.sdsu.edu. If you wish to apply through mail, please send the documents to

San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Dr. Attn: Kelcey Moreno PS 240 San Diego, CA 92182

All Applications must be postmarked or sent via e-mail
Due Date : May 15^th, 2007 5pm Pacific Standard Time

Note: All applicants will be contacted within two weeks of the Application Deadline.

Note:Preference will be given to candidates who are interested in developing lasting collaborative relationships and actively pursuing future international research projects.

1. 2 letters of recommendation from an advisor or mentor.
2. A 500-750 word summary explaining why you are interested in this conference and how it would help you improve your research (current or planned).
3. Application Cover Page
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