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Future Rivers is a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship that prepares University of Washington graduate students to be fluent in 21st century data science approaches. Students will develop new technical skills, be a part of innovative scientific research, improve their communication skills, and much more.

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Meet Our Community

Each year we welcome a new, diverse cohort of University of Washington graduate students and faculty to the program. Together with our partners, our team brings a wide-range of multidisciplinary experience and a passion for transforming freshwater science.

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Future Rivers + EarthLab

As an EarthLab initiative, students in the program will learn to work in applied ways within career fields outside of academia to create a solid foundation that connects academic, government, industry, and community partners.

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The program’s final year

Future Rivers is a National Science Foundation program funded through a five-year grant. Since the start, program leadership has been pursuing various paths for sustainable funding to allow the program to continue beyond the grant period, with an ultimate goal of creating a Center for Freshwater Science at the University of Washington. 

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Science in Action: Dispatches from the Field

Future Rivers Trainee Sage Fox and PI David Butman recently traveled to Chile to support Sage’s research estimating the export of nutrient and ions to the coastal ocean of Patagonia. With collages from Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP), and the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, they drove from Puerto Montt to Coyhaique meeting with citizen science collaborators that were responsible for weekly water quality sampling. 

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Student Internship Support

This summer, Future Rivers is helping to support graduate student alum Sophie Hammond’s internship with the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center. While there, she is conducting research using a Y-maze to study the effects of 6PPD-Quinone on olfactory mediated behaviors in cutthroat trout. 

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Dispatches from the field

Summer “break” is relative around here. Incoming student Grace Brennan has been leading fish removals along the Washington coast, ensuring the safe capture and relocation of fish during culvert replacement projects. 

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