Hiring Organization:
UCLA

Date Posted:
2007-04-09

Position Description:
I am looking for field assistants to collect behavioral data on a well habituated population of wild capuchin monkeys that I have been studying in Costa Rica since 1990. The primary focus of the project is the behavioral strategies of adolescent monkeys, but assistants may collect data on a wide range of complementary projects including playback experiments relating to vocal communication and cognition, experiments about understanding of predator-prey relations, personality assessments, and studies of the hormonal underpinnings of behavior.
Information about the field site, past publications, working conditions, and application instructions are available on the following website:
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/sperry/jobs.html
Be sure to read the detailed guide about working conditions(available in pdf form from the above site) before applying.

Qualifications/Experience:
Anyone can apply, but we prefer candidates with some course work in animal behavior, some prior field experience, and some Spanish language skills. Some of these requirements can be waived for candidates that are exceptionally well qualified in other ways.
Must have medical insurance. Must be willing to work extremely hard, as our schedule is grueling.

Salary/funding:
See below - no salary, but we cover essentially all of your expenses. Depending on the grant funding, approximately $100/month is provided for incidental expenses as well.

Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging):
Room and board are provided, and up to $1000 is provided for the plane fare, contingent upon completion of the work agreed upon. You must provide your own medical insurance and cover your own medical costs.

Term of Appointment:
minimum 1 year, start date flexible

Application Deadline:
rolling deadlines - apply about 2-3 months before you want to start. We plan to run the project for the next several years.

Comments:
This internship provides extremely intensive training, and our trainees from the first 16 years had 100% success in their graduate school applications (N=23 applicants to grad school).

Contact Information:
Susan Perry
Dept. of Anthropology, Box 951553, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1553
USA

Telephone Number:
310-267-4338

Fax Number:
310-206-7833

Website:
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/sperry

E-mail Address:
sperry@anthro.ucla.edu

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