[Grad-postdoc-assn] IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program 2007
Scott Briggs
sbriggs at ucar.edu
Thu Nov 2 09:48:18 MST 2006
*IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program 2007*
*Summer Fellowship in Austria for Graduate Students in Natural and
Social Sciences, Math, Policy, and Engineering *
Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
(IIASA) near Vienna, Austria, hosts a selected group of graduate
students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young
Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). These students work closely with
IIASAís senior scientists on projects within the Instituteís 3 theme
areas of Natural Resources & Environment, Population & Society, and
Energy & Technology. The U.S. Committee for IIASA provides airfare and a
modest living allowance for the applicants from American institutions
who are selected to participate.
*APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: 15 JAN 2007 *
*PROGRAM DATES: 4 JUNE-31 AUGUST 2007*
*WHAT IS IIASA AND WHAT ARE ITS PROGRAM AREAS?*
IIASA is an international institution, supported by the U.S. and sixteen
other governments, that engages in scientific research aimed at
providing policy insight on issues of regional and global importance.
Its suite of programs and initiatives in 2007 will include the following:
*Energy and Technology*
* Energy
* New Technologies
* Dynamic Systems* *
* Integrated Modeling
* *
* *Natural Resources and Environment*
* Land Use and Agriculture
* Forestry
* Evolution and Ecology
* Atmospheric Pollution* *
* Greenhouse Gas Initiative
* *Population and Society *
* World Population
* * * Risk and Vulnerability
* International Negotiation
* Population and Climate Change
* Health and Global Change Initiative
* Detailed information about each program is available on the
IIASA Website: _ http://www.iiasa.ac.at/_
* *SHOULD YOU APPLY? *
* You should consider applying if:
* You are an advanced graduate student at a U.S. University;
* Your field is compatible with ongoing research at IIASA;
* Your research and career would profit from interactions with
scientists from all over the world;
* You would like to investigate the policy implications of your work.
*HOW DO YOU APPLY? *
Each applicant must submit the on-line application form, including 2
references and descriptions of research interests. The form begins at
_http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/YSP/register/index.html?sb=10_
Questions? contact: Margaret Goud Collins, Program Director for the U.S.
Committee for IIASA
National Academy of Sciences, W1010 500 5^th St.NW Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (508)548-2502 Fax: (202) 334-2231 Email:_ mcollins at nas.edu_
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