Oregon Sea Grant and the Oregon Department of Water Resources are teaming up to offer a new graduate fellowship in well-water outreach. The application deadline is June 10.
The fellowship is available for a Masters level graduate student at an Oregon College or University who will develop and evaluate outreach and education approaches that improve the skills of well owners to monitor water levels and understand their water-use patterns.
The chosen applicant will receive a stipend of up to $2,500 a month for three months of full-time work at the ODRW office in Salem during the summer of 2008, plus a nine-month part-time stipend for the academic year beginning in fall 2008. Frequent trips to Salem will be required during the school year, and the project involves significant field work in the central Willamette Valley.