[DIALOGnews] DIALOG AND DISCCRS News 12/13/02

[Susan Weiler]

IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program 2003
Tenure-Track Position, marine biotic systems, U. Victoria (Canada)

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IIASA YOUNG SCIENTISTS SUMMER PROGRAM 2003
      SUMMER FELLOWSHIP IN AUSTRIA
      FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
    Each summer, IIASA hosts a selected group of graduate students, primaril=
y
doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientist's Summer Program
(YSSP). These students work closely with IIASA's senior scientists on
interdisciplinary, global change-related projects within the Institute's
three theme areas
PROJECT AREAS
         Natural Resources and Environment
         * Transboundary Air Pollution
         * Modeling Land-use and Land-Cover Changes in Europe and Northern
Asia
         * Forestry
         * Adaptive Dynamics Network
         * Radiation Safety of the Biosphere

         Energy and Technology
         * Environmentally Compatible Energy Strategies
         * Transitions to New Technologies
         * Dynamic Systems

         Population and Society
         * Population
         * Processes in International Negotiation
         * Risk, Modeling and Society
IIASA
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an
international institution, supported by the U.S. and fifteen other
governments, which engages in scientific research aimed at providing policy
insight on issues of related to global change.  The Young Scientists' Summer
Program (YSSP) brings together about 50 students from around the world to
work on policy-related research related to their graduate studies.
SHOULD YOU APPLY?
You should consider applying if:
=B7       You are an advanced graduate student at a U.S. University;
=B7       Your field is compatible with ongoing research at IIASA;
=B7       Your research and career would profit from interactions with
scientists
from all over the world;
=B7       You would like to investigate the policy implications of your work=
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=46or application forms and instructions, and detailed information about the
Institute and its projects, go to the IIASA Website:
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/
AWARD AND ELIGIBILITY
The U.S. Committee for IIASA provides airfare and a modest stipend to YSSP
scholars selected by IIASA who are students at a U.S. University, or are
American citizens studying abroad.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 JANUARY 2003
PROGRAM DATES: 2 JUNE-29 AUGUST 2003
=46or more information contact :
Margaret Goud Collins, Program Director for the U.S. Committee for IIASA
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
136 Irving St.
Cambridge, MA  02138
Phone: (617) 576-5019
=46ax: (617) 576-5050
Email: mcollins@amacad.org

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TENURE-TRACK POSITION, MARINE BIOTIC SYSTEMS, U. VICTORIA (CANADA)
Assistant Professor Marine Biotic Systems
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
      The Department of Biology and the School of Earth and Ocean 
Sciences invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position 
in Marine Biotic Systems.
      Applicants should have an exceptional background that 
demonstrates use of a multidisciplinary approach in studies of the 
dynamics of marine biotic
systems.  Areas of interest may include (but are not limited to):
microbiology, virology, plankton dynamics, fisheries oceanography, and
benthic systems.  The University of Victoria offers outstanding support
facilities in marine sciences including seafloor observatories, an aquatic
facility, a coastal research vessel and access to the Bamfield Marine
Sciences Centre, a fluid dynamics lab, a remotely operated vehicle facility,
major government research laboratories and the west coast research fleet.
The successful applicant will be expected to participate in research and
teaching in both departments.  The appointee will be expected to develop a
rigorous, independent research program, funded by external support.  The
expected starting date will be July 2003 or as negotiated.
      Qualifications include the completion of a Ph.D. and 
postdoctoral experience along with demonstrated exceptional research 
and teaching potential.
       Letters of application, clearly outlining the candidate's expertise,
teaching experience and research interests, along with a curriculum vitae
and names and contact information of at least three referees should be
submitted.  Consideration of candidates will begin February 1, 2003 and
continue until the position is filled.  Please send to:
Dr. P. von Aderkas, Chair
Department of Biology
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3020 STN CSC
Victoria BC  V8W 3N5
Canada
Biochair@uvic.ca
web.uvic.ca/biology
web.uvic.ca/seos
-- 
C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Biology Department
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362
    Tel:   509-527-5948
    Fax:  509-527-5961
   Programs for Recent PhDs          http://aslo.org/phd.html
   DIALOG and DIACES poster     http://aslo.org/dialog/dialogposter.pdf
   DISCCRS poster 
http://aslo.org/disccrs/disccrsposter.pdf
   Minorities in the Aquatic Sciences  http://aslo.org/mas/

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