Graduate Program in Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (MESAS) University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska
Application Deadline: Feburary 15, 2009 For further information, please go to: http://www.uaf.edu/mesas Or contact the MESAS Program at: Email: [email protected] Phone: 907-796-5451 -------------------- The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is seeking motivated PhD candidates for our Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (MESAS) program. This interdisciplinary NSF-funded IGERT (http://www.igert.org) program incorporates social and natural sciences to explore ecosystem approaches to managing and studying living marine resources. The program will train future leaders who will be creative agents for change to develop society's capacity to cope with, manage, and mitigate threats to our nation's oceans, including climate change, fishing pressure, habitat loss, and pollution. Graduates will be well-prepared to contribute to both the understanding and management of marine ecosystems to ensure ecosystem-based strategies for the sustainable use of living marine resources in the context of competing local, national, and international interests. MESAS provides interdisciplinary coursework that combines elements from anthropology, ecology, economics, fisheries science, management, marine policy, and oceanography. MESAS offers faculty mentorship, opportunities to mentor undergraduate students, interaction with the terrestrial sustainability IGERT at UAF, as well as a summer internship program in areas outside each student's major discipline. Research programs at the University of Alaska and in state and federal agencies offer interdisciplinary research opportunities. MESAS provides training to graduate students at the Masters and PhD levels at the University of Alaska, in Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska. Students of the program can pursue graduate degrees in Anthropology, Fisheries, Marine Biology, Natural Resources Management, Oceanography, Resource Economics, or Interdisciplinary Studies. NSF-funded fellowships are available to PhD candidates entering the program who are US citizens or permanent residents. Additional funding may be available to both PhD and MS students through participating departments. Alaska Natives and other under-represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
