<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>U.S.-Russia-Japan Partnership in Volcanological Research and Educatio</B>n</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) announces the availability of paid summer internships for U.S. graduate students from other U.S. universities in seismology, crustal deformation, igneous petrology, and physical volcanology. Successful applicants will become members of a US-Russia-Japan team comparing the response of crustal magma systems to catastrophic decompression at Bezymianny and Sheveluch Volcanoes, Kamchatka, Russia, and Mount St. Helens, Washington. The 5-year project is part of the National Science Foundation’s program, Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE), which seeks to introduce US graduate students to internationally collaborative science. The ideal student participant will be at an early or middle stage of her or his PhD program, be physically and mentally prepared for rigorous field investigations under difficult conditions, and have a strong interest in international collaboration and understanding. It is also desirable that the!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> student’s major advisor share an interest in the research and, although not a requirement, that the work can become a component of the student’s PhD program. Complete announcement and application forms can be obtained at <A href="http://gps.alaska.edu/PIRE">http://gps.alaska.edu/PIRE</A> and by contacting the relevant science team leaders below. The deadline for application is March 15. Selections will be made by April 1.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Seismology</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Michael West (<A href="mailto:west@gi.alaska.edu">west@gi.alaska.edu</A>)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Geodesy</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Jeff Freymueller (<A href="mailto:jeff@giseis.alaska.edu">jeff@giseis.alaska.edu</A>)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Petrology/Volcanology</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Pavel Izbekov (<A href="mailto:pavel@gi.alaska.edu">pavel@gi.alaska.edu</A>)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">U.S. Coordinator</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>John Eichelberger (<A href="mailto:eich@gi.alaska.edu">eich@gi.alaska.edu</A>)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>