Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists: Evolutionary and Ecological Modeling, Austria

daniel — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:46:14 -0500

Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists at the
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
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Funding is available for PhD students interested in three
months of collaborative research on

Evolutionary and Ecological Modeling

in population ecology, evolutionary ecology, community ecology,
spatial ecology, and fishery ecology.

Young scientists from all countries are eligible for stipends,
provided by IIASA's Evolution and Ecology Program, contributing to
travel and accommodation costs. Students from Austria, China,
Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, South Africa,
Sweden, and the USA are eligible for fellowships providing travel,
accommodation, and living expenses.

Summer research projects are invited in any of the following areas

Fisheries-induced Evolution
Adaptive Speciation
Adaptive Dynamics
Food Web Evolution
Evolution of Cooperation
Evolutionary Conservation Biology
Spatially Explicit Evolutionary Models
Moment-based Spatial Models
Artificial Evolution

Previous experience with implementing and studying evolutionary or
ecological models will be an important asset. Informal inquiries
about specific research interests and plans can be directed to Ulf
Dieckmann (dieckmann@iiasa.ac.at).

Online applications have to be submitted before January 15, 2008.

Since 1977, the annual Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) of
the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
in Laxenburg, Austria, has attracted 1400+ students from 70+
countries. The YSSP 2008 will take place from June 2 to August 29,
2007. 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
senior 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:

+ http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/YSP/reg-info/more_about_the_program...
Details about the summer program, and online application

+ www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP
Information about IIASA's Evolution and Ecology Program

+ www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/Students.html
Examples of successful YSSP projects

+ www.iiasa.ac.at/docs/IIASA_Info.html
General information about IIASA