<div dir="ltr">Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 16:56:50 -0500<br>
From: Jianguo 'Jack' Liu <<a href="mailto:liuji@MSU.EDU">liuji@MSU.EDU</a>><br>
Subject: <br>
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Dear All,<br>
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Please share the following information with potentially interested<br>
individuals (e.g., students, postdocs, assistant professors, and junior<br>
researchers). Thanks!<br>
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** Call for NASA-MSU Award Applications **<br>
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With support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)<br>
and Michigan State University (MSU), NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement<br>
Awards (up to $800 each) are given to students, postdocs, and junior<br>
researchers (e.g., assistant professors) to cover expenses associated with<br>
attending the meeting of US-IALE (U.S. Regional Association of the<br>
International Association for Landscape Ecology) in Asheville, NC, April<br>
3-<span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">7, 2016</span></span> ( <<a href="http://www.usiale.org/asheville2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.usiale.org/asheville2016</a>><br>
<a href="http://www.usiale.org/asheville2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.usiale.org/asheville2016</a>).<br>
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The application package includes a cover letter, application form, abstract<br>
(as it was submitted to the US-IALE meeting site), resume/CV, and budget.<br>
Applications are judged based on the merits of the applicants' abstracts,<br>
financial needs, and professional backgrounds and goals.<br>
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Presentations (oral or poster) should focus on telecoupling (environmental<br>
and socioeconomic interactions over distances, such as human and animal<br>
migration, species dispersal, species invasion, disease spread, sound/noise<br>
transmission, spread of pollutants and wastes, trade of goods and products,<br>
flows of ecosystem services, environmental and hydrological flows, foreign<br>
investment, technology transfer, water transfer, and tourism). Topics may<br>
include applications of the telecoupling framework to address issues across<br>
landscapes or coupled human and natural systems (e.g., dynamics, pattern,<br>
process, structure, function, and sustainability). For more information<br>
about telecoupling, please see <<a href="http://csis.msu.edu/telecoupling" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://csis.msu.edu/telecoupling</a>><br>
<a href="http://csis.msu.edu/telecoupling" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://csis.msu.edu/telecoupling</a> .<br>
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Applicants from around the world (except former award recipients) are<br>
encouraged to apply.<br>
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The application deadline is <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">December 21, 2015</span></span>.<br>
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More information about the NASA-MSU Program is available at the web site (<br>
<<a href="http://csis.msu.edu/news/2016_nasa_msu_award" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://csis.msu.edu/news/2016_nasa_msu_award</a>><br>
<a href="http://csis.msu.edu/news/2016_nasa_msu_award" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://csis.msu.edu/news/2016_nasa_msu_award</a> ) and application form is<br>
available at ( <<a href="http://csis.msu.edu/form/nasa-msu-app" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://csis.msu.edu/form/nasa-msu-app</a>><br>
<a href="http://csis.msu.edu/form/nasa-msu-app" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://csis.msu.edu/form/nasa-msu-app</a>).<br>
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Questions can be directed to:<br>
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Dr. Jianguo (Jack) Liu<br>
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Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability<br>
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Michigan State University<br>
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East Lansing, MI 48824, USA<br>
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Email: <mailto:<a href="mailto:liuji@msu.edu">liuji@msu.edu</a>> <a href="mailto:liuji@msu.edu">liuji@msu.edu</a><br>
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<<a href="http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu</a>><br>
<a href="http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu</a><br>
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