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                             Enrich your doctoral degree with a USGS
                            NWCSC-MOSS Science Communication Fellowship<o:p
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Fellowship
                          Announcement<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Doctoral
                          Residency in Science Communication<o:p
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">USGS
                          Northwest Climate Science Center and UI-CNR
                          McCall Outdoor Science School, McCall, Idaho<o:p
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                        <i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;"
                            class="">Diversify your skillset and expand
                            your professional network through this
                            integrative fellowship opportunity!<o:p
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">The
                          Doctoral Residency in Science Communication is
                          a 12-month doctoral fellowship sponsored by
                          the United States Geological Survey Northwest
                          Climate Science Center (USGS NW CSC) and the
                          McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS), a
                          program of the University of Idaho’s College
                          of Natural Resources (UI-CNR). During this
                          residency, the Fellow will live and work at
                          the UI-CNR McCall Field Campus and undertake
                          an immersive program in climate-related
                          science communication through guided study and
                          mentored practice with a cohort of other
                          graduate students.  <i class="">The Fellow
                            will receive an assistantship of $22,000
                            plus MOSS tuition and fees. <o:p class=""></o:p></i></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Elements
                          of the fellowship include:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">1)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Targeted
                          graduate coursework in science communication,
                          place-based education, leadership, and
                          ecology.  Coursework will lead to completion
                          of a Graduate Certificate in Place-Based
                          Science, Education and Communication from the
                          University of Idaho.  <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">2)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Participation
                          in the 2016 USGS Climate Science Boot Camp at
                          McCall, ID.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">3)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Mentored
                          teaching of MS-level graduate students (as a
                          Teaching Assistant).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">4)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Mentored
                          teaching of K-12 students participating in
                          MOSS residential science education programs as
                          a field instructor and guest scientist.<o:p
                            class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">5)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Opportunities
                          for communicating climate science to various
                          public adult audiences engaged in the MOSS
                          network.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">6)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">An
                          integrative approach to combining progress in
                          the Fellow’s ongoing doctoral program with the
                          graduate residency.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">A
                          highlight of the program will be assisting in
                          the planning and implementation of the 2017
                          USGS Climate Science Boot Camp for early
                          career professionals and graduate students to
                          be held at the HJ Andrews Experimental
                          Forest.  This provides an opportunity for
                          expanding the scientific and professional
                          network of the Fellow through cohort
                          interactions with graduate students at the
                          University of Idaho, University of Washington
                          and Oregon State University, and through
                          co-learning exercises with early career
                          professionals in federal and state agencies,
                          northwest region Native American tribes, and
                          non-profit organizations. The Boot Camp is an
                          excellent opportunity to apply communication
                          and education strategies developed through the
                          MOSS fellowship. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> </span></p>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">The
                          ideal candidate will be in the intermediate or
                          final stages of their doctoral program, and
                          pursuing research on a natural or social
                          science aspect of climate change.  Fellowship
                          activities will be supervised and mentored by
                          McCall-based UI-CNR faculty in collaboration
                          with the student’s major advisor to ensure
                          that learning and productivity goals are
                          matched with the Fellow’s overall doctoral
                          program.  Additional mentorship is available
                          through faculty at the three universities in
                          the NW Climate Science Center network.  The
                          start date for the program is August 8, 2016.<o:p
                            class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">To
                          apply, please submit:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">1)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">A statement
                          of career objectives (2-3 pages) that
                          addresses the following:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">a.<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">An overview
                          of your doctoral research, and how it relates
                          to climate change science, mitigation, or
                          adaptation,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">b.<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">How you see
                          this fellowship supporting your personal,
                          academic, and professional goals,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">c.<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">How your
                          personal, academic, and professional
                          experience has prepared you for this
                          fellowship,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">d.<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Your
                          philosophies on teamwork and community living
                          experience, and <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">e.<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Ideas for
                          how your research could be applied to
                          management, policy or communications.<o:p
                            class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">2)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">A letter of
                          support (1-2 pages) from your major Ph.D.
                          advisor, explaining:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">a.<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Their
                          overall assessment of your abilities relating
                          to this fellowship,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">b.<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Their
                          personal/professional interest (if any) in the
                          goals of this fellowship, and<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">c.<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">An
                          acknowledgment that they have read your career
                          objectives statement, and that they support
                          you undertaking this residency program to live
                          and work in McCall.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">3)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Example of
                          any one professional product that you have
                          developed or co-developed.  This product can
                          range from a publication, to a website, to a
                          video, to some other sort of media.  Please
                          describe your specific role(s) in developing
                          the product.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">4)<span
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Your
                          curriculum vita, including the names and
                          contact information of 3 references in
                          addition to your major Ph.D. advisor.<o:p
                            class=""></o:p></span></p>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Application
                          materials must be submitted electronically
                          (with the subject line “MOSS/NWCSC Doctoral
                          Fellowship”) to Dr. Lee Vierling (</span><a
                          href="mailto:leev@uidaho.edu" style="color:
                          rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span
                            style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:leev@uidaho.edu">leev@uidaho.edu</a></span></a><span
                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">) by
                          February 15, 2016.  Questions may be addressed
                          to Dr. Karla Eitel (</span><a
                          href="mailto:keitel@uidaho.edu" style="color:
                          rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span
                            style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:keitel@uidaho.edu">keitel@uidaho.edu</a></span></a><span
                          style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">) or Dr.
                          Teresa Cohn (<a href="mailto:tcohn@uidaho.edu"
                            style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">tcohn@uidaho.edu</a>),
                          the Fellowship faculty leads based in McCall. 
                          Fellowship selection will occur by mid-late
                          March.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Additional
                          information about the UI-CNR McCall Field
                          Campus and MOSS can be found at:  </span><a
                          href="http://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/moss"
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                        <span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Additional
                          information about the USGS NW CSC Climate
                          Science Center can be found at:  </span><a
                          href="https://www.nwclimatescience.org/"
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