Southern Illinois University (SIU) is offering PhD fellowships under NSF's Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training (IGERT) program.

Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents in any water-, river- or watershed-related field of study, including Geology, Hydrology, Geography, Engineering, Plant Biology, Zoology, Ecology, and other areas. Applicants should have a MS-level degree at the time of enrollment (direct PhD possible in cases of exceptional merit) and should have grades, test scores, and research records commensurate with one of NSF's most coveted fellowship awards.

Fellowship benefits include $30,000/year stipends, $10,500/year education allowances, student laptops, annual international river basin tours, and support for research, conference travel, etc.

Application deadline in Jan. 15, 2010. For more information, please see http://www.igert.siuc.edu or contact igert@siu.edu.