- Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research (National Science Foundation)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research program.
The Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research program supports training and research for recent doctoral degree recipients in any aspect of scientific study of the Antarctic and/or the Arctic within the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) program areas. The program also provides travel grants to those eligible for fellowships for the purpose of meeting prospective mentors and colleagues, presenting seminars, discussing mutual research and/or education interests, evaluating facilities and professional development opportunities, and initiating collaborative relationships.
The fellowship program develops and trains recent PhDs (especially those new to polar research) with concomitant goals to:
- promote scientific research in polar regions;
- support innovative research in emerging areas;
- encourage interdisciplinary research;
- foster activities that create broader impacts for science and society; and
- increase the participation of under-represented groups in polar regions research.
Proposal Deadline: 28 December 2009.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5650&org=OPP.
Or email:
OPPfellow@nsf.gov
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Native Scholarship to Study Coastal Climate Change
Texas A&M University American Museum of Natural History
Applications are invited for a graduate scholarship directed towards evaluating climate change risks to indigenous cultural sites along North American coasts. The scholarship will fund two years of study in a Master of Science program at Texas A&M University, in the department of Ecosystem Science and Management. The program will begin in January, June, or August of 2010.
Successful applicants will work with Rusty Feagin (Texas A&M University) and David Hurst Thomas (American Museum of Natural History). Students will create ranked listings of indigenous cultural sites at the highest risk of destruction from climate change impacts and are expected to develop research in climate change impacts on coastal regions, the preservation of indigenous cultural sites, and the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to address both natural and social science questions. The scholarship will also enable participation at meetings of the Coastal Barrier Island Network (CBIN), a research coordination network in biological sciences funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
To apply, please email Rusty Feagin (feaginr@tamu.edu) a single file containing:
- A cover letter explaining your interest in this scholarship;
- A CV or resume; and
- Contact information for three references.
Application Deadline: Friday, 30 October 2009.
For further information, please contact:
Rusty Feagin
Email: feaginr@tamu.edu
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Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) has established the DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) program to provide support for outstanding students to pursue graduate training in basic research in areas of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, computational sciences, and environmental sciences relevant to the Office of Science and to encourage the development of the next generation scientific and technical talent in the U.S.
Fellows will receive a $35,000 yearly stipend for living expenses, $10, 500 per year for tuition and fees and a $5,000 research stipend supplement for research materials and travel expenses. Fellows will be required to participate in the annual DOE SCGF Research Conference to be held each summer at a DOE national laboratory. Travel expenses and accommodations to the Conference will be provided by the DOE SCGF program.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30, 2009.
For more information about the program, eligibility, benefits and application visit http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SCGF.html
