| The Galápagos Education and Research Alliance (GERA) is a partnership originally forged between Galapagueños and students and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University, and Rutgers University. Historically, the institute has addressed crucial issues facing the Galápagos, including science, education, and conservation initiatives, by partnering with the people of the Galápagos, especially the community of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on San Cristóbal Island. In 2025, the program is expanding its partnerships to work with communities in the mountains of the Ecuadorian mainland and on the pacific coast of Guatemala.
Program Features and Facts:
- The Penn Global Research Institute opportunity with GERA will take place over a full calendar year, from January – December 2025.
- Each PGRI participant will receive funding to cover all required costs associated with Summer 2025 travel abroad to Ecuador or Guatemala, plus a stipend.
- All full-time, degree-seeking Penn undergraduate students from all schools and majors, as well as all full-time graduate students who will still be students until the end of the Fall 2025 semester are eligible to apply.
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