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Equipment and instructional facilities are exceptional at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Facilities include state-of-the-art, fully equipped laboratories, computer and GIS facilities, greenhouse and plant care facilities, museum and herbarium collections, and a suite of University-owned natural areas for conducting ecological and evolutionary research. Field stations throughout Illinois associated with the Illinois Natural History Survey provide access to a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats for field research. The University is also a member of the Organization for Tropical Studies.
Support and affiliated units include the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) and the Biotechnology Center, including the W.M. Keck Center for Comparative and Functional Genomics, the Illinois Natural History Survey, the Illinois State Water Survey, the Illinois Geological Survey, the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center, machine and electronic shops, artist services, and a central stores and receiving service. Many classrooms are equipped with audio-visual and computer-internet capabilities for state-of-the-art multimedia instruction.
The University Library’s resources for advanced study and research are exceptional. It is the largest public university library in the world, with more than 9 million bound volumes and over 15.9 million items. This wealth of information is housed in the main library and 37 departmental libraries, including the departmental Biology, Natural History Survey, Engineering, Agricultural, and Veterinary libraries.
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Partial list of Fellowships available to PEEC students. For details on these and others see https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowships
- American Association of University Women Educational Foundation (AAUW) International Fellowships
- American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)-Pioneer Hi-Bred Graduate Student Fellowship
- American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowships & Grants for Research in Scandinavia
- Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) Thomas O. Enders Endowment Fellowships
- Beckman Institute Fellows Program
- Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) Fellowships for Study or Research in Belgium
- Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) Tinker Grants for Summer Field Research in Latin American and Iberia
- Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS) of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - Research Grants
- Chateaubriand Fellowships in Science and Technology - Embassy of France, Office for Science & Technology
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Graduate Research Grant
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Short-term Graduate Research Grant
- Dartmouth College - Chavez/Eastman/Marshall Dissertation Fellowships for Underrepresented Students
- Dewson Fellowships for Underrepresented Students
- Dissertation Completion Fellowships
- Dissertation Travel Grants
- Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships
- European Molecular Biology Association (EMBO)- Short-Term Fellowships
- Five College Fellowship Program for Underrepresented Students
- Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships - Dissertation
- Gates Millennium Scholarships
- Great Lakes Commission Sea Grant Fellowships
- Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) Summer Student Fellowships
- John A. Knauss Fellowship in Marine Research
- Knowles Science Teaching Foundation - Research Fellowships
- Knowles Science Teaching Foundation - Teaching Fellowship
- Leakey Foundation - Grants for the Study of Human Origins
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Graduate Student Researchers Program
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Graduate Student Researchers Program
- National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science GEM Fellowships
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
- National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Sea Grant Office Fellowship Program
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) International Research Fellowships (IRFP)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
- National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (NSF-EAPSI) Program for Students in Science & Engineering
- National Sea Grant College Program - Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
- NIH National Institute of Aging - Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36)
- Nordberg Fellowship for Students from Sweden
- Paul D. Doolen Scholarships for the Study of Aging
- Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Fellowship
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
- ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship
- U.S. Department of Defense - Science, Mathematics, & Research for Transformation Defense Scholarship for Service Program (SMART)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research - Graduate Fellowships (GREF)
- U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF)
- U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science/Krell Institute - Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) STAR Graduate Fellowships in Environmental Studies
- Udall Foundation - Environmental Public Policy & Conflict Resolution Dissertation Fellowship
- US Dept of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI) Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy
- Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program