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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,106)">IIASA YSSP</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Every summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), hosts up to 50 doctoral students from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), near Vienna, Austria</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,106)">APPLICATION DEADLINE: 11 JANUARY 2019</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,106)">PROGRAM DATES: 1 JUNE – 31 AUGUST 2019</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,90)"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Each YSSP participant works on a topic related to his or her PhD thesis and to IIASA’s research agenda, the goal being to write a publishable paper on the summer project. All YSSP participants are personally mentored by IIASA senior scientists.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,106)">YOU SHOULD APPLY IF:</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">--you are an advanced graduate student;</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">--your field of study complements research at IIASA;</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">--you are interested in pursuing interdisciplinary research;</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">--your research and career would benefit from working alongside 50 or so young scientists, as well as senior scientists, from around the world;</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">--you would like to explore the policy implications of your work.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Successful applicants from the 23 countries with an <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/nationalmembers/Full-List-of-Members.en.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">IIASA National Member Organization (NMO)</span></a></span></u> are eligible for funding, and some fellowships are also available for students from non-NMO countries.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,106)">GENERAL QUESTIONS: </span></b><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(56,110,255)"><a href="mailto:yssp.info@iiasa.ac.at"><span style="color:rgb(56,110,255)">yssp.info@iiasa.ac.at</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,106)">WHAT IS IIASA?</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IIASA is an international scientific institute that conducts research into critical issues of global environmental, economic, technological and social change that we face in the twenty-first century.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IIASA’s research is performed within the following program areas and flagship projects:</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/air/YSSP.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/AdvancedSystemsAnalysis/Join_us.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">Advanced Systems Analysis</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/EcosystemsServicesandManagement/ESM-YSSP-PostDoc.en.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">Ecosystem Services and Management</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/Energy/yssp1.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">Energy</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/EvolutionandEcology/AbouttheProgram/YSSP-in-EEP.en.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">Evolution and Ecology</span></a></span></u> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/RISK/YSSP.en.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">Risk and Resilience</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/water/YSSP.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">Water</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/eurasian/EconomicIntegration.html"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Integration within European and Eurasian Space</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Detailed information about the Institute and research programs is on the <u><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/"><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">IIASA Website</span></a></span></u> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Each applicant must submit an online application form, CV, two references, and a 500-word essay explaining how your skills and interests relate to the IIASA project with which you would most like to work</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Details and Application Forms can be found <u style=""><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/yssp/about.html" style=""><span style="color:rgb(43,82,255)">HERE</span></a></span></u></span></p><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">-------</div></div></div></div></div>