Dear Colleague Letter: Opportunity for graduate students supplemental funding to link Geosciences and human health

The Earth environment and human health are inextricably linked. Many earth materials, fluids, soil microbes, and changes in natural environmental conditions can trigger negative health responses in the human body. We are in an unprecedented era of rapid environmental change due to global warming, anthropogenically driven environmental change, and the need for increased extraction of natural resources to quickly move to the New Green Economy.

To better understand and combat the negative impacts of environmental change on human health, the NSF Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) proposes an opportunity for graduate students, supported by NSF awards, to participate in a paid, non-academic, internship. This opportunity provides funding for a graduate student to work on-site with public health or medical professionals for up to 6 months on a project of mutual interest that involves combining knowledge of, and work on, processes in and materials of the natural environment and how they impact human health.

Read the full solicitation at https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23112/nsf23112.jsp.