Dear Colleagues,
Please share the following information with potentially interested students.
Thanks.
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With support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) and Michigan State University, NASA-MSU Professional
Enhancement Awards (up to $700
each) are given to cover expenses associated with attending the
conference of US-IALE (US Regional Association of the International
Association for Landscape
Ecology) in Anchorage, Alaska, during May 18-22, 2014
(http://usiale.org/anchorage2014/).
Special consideration will be given to presentations related to
telecoupling (environmental and socioeconomic interactions over
distances, such as trade, water transfer, human and animal migration,
species dispersal, species invasion, disease spread, and tourism).
Topics may include any aspects of telecouplings, such as causes and
effects of telecouplings on socioeconomic and ecological
sustainability of coupled human and natural systems (CHANS). For more
information about telecoupling, please see papers
http://csis.msu.edu/research/publications/framing-sustainability-telecoupled-world,
http://csis.msu.edu/research/publications/integrated-assessments-payments-ecosystem-services-programs,
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app5.17/full,
and http://csis.msu.edu/telecoupling.
The application package includes a cover letter, application form,
abstract (as it was submitted to the US-IALE conference,
www.usiale.org), resume/CV, and budget. Please note that abstracts
must have also been submitted to the US-IALE conference. Applications
are judged based on the merits of the applicants'
abstracts, financial needs, and professional backgrounds and goals.
Former award recipients are not eligible to apply. Underrepresented
students are especially encouraged to apply.
Application deadline is February 1, 2014.
More information (including the application form) about the NASA-MSU
Program is available at the web site
http://csis.msu.edu/education/nasa_msu_award.
Questions can be directed to:
Dr. Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Michigan State
University East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Email: li...@msu.edu
http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu