Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists at the International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Funding is available for PhD students interested in three months of
collaborative research during June to August 2017 on
Evolutionary and Ecological Modeling
at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in
Laxenburg, Austria.
Young scientists from all countries are eligible for stipends provided by
IIASA’s Evolution and Ecology Program (EEP) that contribute to travel and
accommodation costs. Students from IIASA’s 24 member countries – Australia,
Austria, Brazil, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Russia,
South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, USA, and Vietnam – are
eligible for fellowships that provide full coverage of travel,
accommodation, and living expenses.
Model-based summer research projects are invited in the following
indicative areas:
Evolution of cooperation
Governance of common goods
Systemic risk and network dynamics
Eco-evolutionary dynamics
Evolutionary community ecology
Food-web evolution
Vegetation dynamics
Adaptive speciation
Disease ecology and evolution
Evolutionary conservation biology
Fisheries management
Fisheries-induced evolution
Adaptive dynamics theory and models
Spatial models in ecology and evolution
Applicants are encouraged to prepare a research proposal that corresponds
to their scientific interests and to EEP’s research agenda. Accepted
applicants will begin work before the summer, by planning their research in
collaboration with their IIASA supervisors. Previous experiences with
implementing and studying evolutionary or ecological models are important
assets for working in EEP. To improve chances of being selected, potential
applicants are highly welcome to send informal inquiries regarding their
specific research interests and plans to EEP’s program director Ulf
Dieckmann ([email protected]).
Online applications will be accepted until Wednesday, January 11, 2017 (24:00
CET).
Since 1977, IIASA’s annual Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), has
attracted 1800+ students from 86 countries. The YSSP 2017 will take place
from June 1 to August 31. IIASA is located in the former summer palace of
Austria’s royal family, ca. 15 km south of Vienna. IIASA’s summer program
offers exceptional opportunities for acquiring experience in an
international and interdisciplinary research environment. Research training
is based on regular personal interaction with advising scientists, and
typically leads to a publication in an international journal, as well as to
a chapter in a candidate’s PhD thesis.
Some useful links:
+ Information about IIASA’s Evolution and Ecology Program
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/eep
+ Details about the summer program, and online application
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/yssp/Apply/Conditi
onsEligibility/Conditions-and-Eligibility.en.html
+ Examples of successful YSSP projects
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/Ev
olutionandEcology/AbouttheProgram/YSSP-in-EEP.en.html
+ General information about IIASA
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/whatisiiasa/what_is_iiasa.html
