The University of Idaho received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program to fund nine doctoral-level researchers studying forest fire physics, mitigation, forest regeneration and more.
This grant supports three years of stipends and associated costs of education. Students nationwide who earned an honorable mention from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program within the last three years are eligible to apply. Students who are accepted can earn doctorates in bioinformatics and computational biology, environmental science and water resources.
Jerry McMurtry, dean of the College of Graduate Studies and principal investigator of the grant, said in a Sept. 3 press release that UI is a national leader in wildland fire science.
“We’re well positioned to equip future scientists with the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills needed to address wildland fire challenges facing our world today and in the future,” said McMurtry.
The project will leverage UI’s expertise in wildland fire science to guide graduate students in fire knowledge and technology development.
Joshua Reisenfeld can be reached at [email protected].
