The Sustainable Land and Water Resources Research Experience for Undergraduates (SLAWR REU) is now accepting applications! A community-centered and Tribally focused summer research internship program, SLAWR REU explores the interactions between physical, natural, and social processes through the weaving of Indigenous knowledge with Western knowledge to advance scientific understanding and support management decisions made by Tribal governments. With a focus on community-based participatory research and interdisciplinary research teams, students learn the key elements of land and water resources that are essential to improving management practices.
Students are divided into three teams hosted on Native American reservations and at the University of Minnesota. Research projects integrate Earth-surface dynamics, geology, hydrology, and other disciplines and are developed in collaboration with tribal governments:
– Team SPAW (Salish and Pend D’Oreille Aboriginal Watershed) is located in Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation;
– Team Zaaga’igan is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and conducts research in collaboration with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; and
– Team Big River is Headquartered at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, with research locations at the Polar Geospatial Center and the St. Anthony Falls Lab.
SLAWR REU is a 10-week program. Applications are due February 6, with priority given to applications submitted by January 12.
Apply: reuslawr.org/apply-to-slawr-reu/
Learn More: reuslawr.org/the-reu-slawr/
Nominate a Student: reuslawr.org/nominate-a-student-for-the-reu/
