Undergrad Research Asst. - Social Cooperation in Vampire Bats

Interested in undergraduate research experience? Fascinated by animal
cognition, behavioral ecology, or the evolution of cooperation?

We are offering an undergraduate research assistant position in our
lab for a project on social cooperation in vampire bats. Options for
credit or pay are available. Duties include help with care,
management, and behavioral analysis of a captive colony of common
vampire bats. Ideally, candidate would be a highly-motivated sophomore
or junior interested in pursuing an independent research project on
vampire bat behavior for an Honor's Thesis. However, freshman and
seniors will also be considered. We will provide all necessary
training.

More about the research position: http://socialbat.org/assistants/

More about the research: http://socialbat.org/about/

To apply, send the following in an email to Gerry Carter (gcarter@umd.edu):

--Academic transcript including GPA (unofficial copy is OK)
--Resume or CV
--Why are you interested in this position? (less than 1 page please)
--list 3 times and dates that you can meet
--use "research assistant" as subject heading and include all
attachments as PDFs