National Park Service - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking a part-time Archeology Technician as a paid internship to catalog archeological collections from the Northeast Region of the NPS. Projects include cataloging 18th-century artifacts from Fire Island National Seashore and properly packing the 17th-century glass collection form Jamestown, VA. Click here to download the job announcement.

ERASMUS MUNDUS : "QUATERNARY AND PREHISTORY"
We hereby inform you that the tender for future grantees of the European Master Program, Erasmus Mundus: "Quaternary and Prehistory" is open for the Academic year 2006 - 2007. This program, coordinated by Ferrara University (Prof. Carlo Peretto), is financed by the European Commission, in order to promote scientific exchanges and help students from NON EUROPEAN countries to get their degree within a consortium of universities located in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Grants are provided for a two year long curriculum. The purpose of the program is to attract and help the best students interested into Quaternary Geology, Human Palaeontology, and Prehistory. Please notice that besides usual grants, an ASIAN WINDOW will probably be open again, in order to provide Asian countries with a specific extra number of grants.

www.unife.it/progetti/erasmusmundus DEADLINE JANUARY 9th, 2006

BOSTON UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESUndergraduate Student Research Grants on Latin America 2005-06
The Program in Latin American Studies at Boston University is pleased to announce a new competition for funding to sponsor undergraduate research on Latin America. In particular, this initiative is aimed at students completing Works for Distinction or other significant research projects for academic credit. The funds can be used for travel or other research expenses between November 2005 and June 2006. The competition is open to Latin American Studies (LASP) majors, minors, and other CAS students conducting research on Latin America.

To apply, please send application materials to arrive by November 7, 2005 to:

Professor Strom C. Thacker
Director of Latin American Studies
Department of International Relations
Boston University
152 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215

Applications should include the following:

o A letter of application
o A resume or curriculum vitae
o A copy of your transcript
o A project proposal of approximately two pages (plus any supporting documentation) in which you set out the nature of the project, the specific research to be funded by the grant, a concrete, specific research plan, and an itemized, documented budget for the research
o Evidence that the student is also seeking other avenues of funding (such as UROP or outside sources)
o A letter of recommendation from a LASP faculty member

A small number of modest awards may be made, up to a maximum of $500 per student (more modest proposals are more likely to be funded), according to the strength of the research proposal and the student's qualifications.

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 7, 2005.

A committee of LASP faculty will notify applicants of its decisions on or about November 21, 2005.

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Thacker at sthacker@bu.edu or 617-353-7160.