Congratulations to our #NSF Philippines PIRE REU student, Rebecca Ruiz, for earning a #SACNAS Travel Scholarship to present her research on the relationship between #MPAs and fish #biodiversity at #NDISTEM2022! Thank you to the #PhilippinesPIRE team and John Whalen for providing mentorship and guidance and #SUACKREM for hosting!

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Congratulations to our 2022 cohort of Philippines-IRES students for presenting their #independentResearch projects at #NDiSTEM2022. Markers tested for an #endangered deer, new crab species discovered, new locality record for an endangered barb, and interesting differences in transition size of a #protogynous #fish. Thank you to their mentors at #Silliman University in #Dumaguete City for their expert guidance!

2023 application portal is open https://sites.wp.odu.edu/phires/

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