The McGill-STRI Neotropical Environment Option (NEO)
Collaborating institutions representing Canada, Panama, and the United States have united efforts to offer an innovative graduate-level program.
This Master's and PhD program is primarily research based, with students working under the supervision of researchers from McGill University and/or the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Research areas are multiple but all will be related to environmental problems facing Latin America today.
Program Description
The McGill-STRI Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) is a research-based option for Masters or PhD students in the departments of Anthropology, Biology, Bioresource Engineering, Geography, Natural Resource Sciences, Plant Science, and Political Science at McGill University.
NEO is aimed at students who wish to focus their graduate research on environmental issues relevant to the Neotropics and Latin American countries. NEO favours interdisciplinary approaches to research and learning through the participation of researchers from McGill and STRI.
Students will complete their research centred around Latin America, and NEO's core courses will be taught specifically in Panama. NEO's educational approach seeks to facilitate a broader understanding of tropical environmental issues and the development of skills relevant to working in the tropics.
Whether applying to a Masters or a PhD, students are expected to meet all the degree requirements of the department in which they are registered. In addition, NEO students will have to meet the specific requirements of the option.
Collaborating Institutions
McGill University
Located in Montreal, Quebec, McGill University, with some 300 buildings, 39,500 students and 250,000 living alumni, carries a reputation for excellence that reaches around the globe. McGill has carved out a spot among the world's greatest universities and is widely considered to be Canada's most prestigious university.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), with headquarters in the Republic of Panama, is a unit of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC, USA) and one of the world's leading centres for basic research on the ecology, behaviour and evolution of tropical organisms.
Options: Master's and PhD programs
For requirements and regulations, refer to the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies eCalendar.