Research
The trip is organized in partnership with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito. USFQ runs the Galápagos Science Center, a research station in Playa Mann on San Cristóbal Island. At the research station, and through the adjacent GAIAS program, you will interact with faculty from USFQ and around the world working on projects in the islands.
Students will rotate through a set of research projects, spending about one week on each. The number and identity of projects to which a student is assigned depends on the trip year, the number of UH students in the program, and individual student interest, ability and preparation during course. Typically, students are assigned to rotate through three sequential projects, however, the ambitious can arrange their schedule to participate in as many as three projects per day. This means that there are many research opportunities for students, some formal and some informal.
