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 2018 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 most of IIASA's member countries – Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, 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 propose research that corresponds to their scientific interests and to EEP's 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 Thursday, January 11, 2018 (24:00 CET). Since 1977, IIASA's annual Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), has attracted 1900+ students from 86 countries. The YSSP 2018 will take place from June 1 to August 31. IIASA is located in the former summer palace of Austria's imperial 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/ConditionsEligibility/Conditions-and-Eligibility.en.html + Examples of successful YSSP projects http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/EvolutionandEcology/AbouttheProgram/YSSP-in-EEP.en.html + General information about IIASA http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/whatisiiasa/what_is_iiasa.html
