Summer International Water Research Experience in Rwanda for Undergrads and Graduate Students. Apply by March 15, 2023

Professor Mekonnen Gebremichael, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, is recruiting graduate and undergraduate students to join him in an NSF Funded international water research project on agricultural water use in the Nile River Basin in Rwanda.  All expenses will be paid.  Students will be mentored in their research and assisted in making presentations and writing articles about research results after coming back from the research trip.  It is a terrific opportunity for people interested in international water in the world’s longest river system.

The project was successful last year – https://www.cee.ucla.edu/professor-mekonnen-gebremichael-leads-water-research-in-east-africa/ – and will be repeated this summer.  Professor Gebremichael is now recruiting undergrad and grad students from any institution.

Preferred (but not restricted to) programs of study/academic background: Civil engineering, Environmental sciences, Geosciences, Hydrogeology, Agricultural engineering, International development, Rural development, Public policy.

Click here to apply.  Deadline is March 15, 2023.

For questions, contact iresnile@seas.ucla.edu.