International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 2013 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)

Deadline- 14 JAN 2013

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) offers funding for Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) in the fields of –

• GLOBAL PROBLEM AREAS

1. Energy and Climate Change
2. Food and Water
3. Poverty and Equity

• PROGRAM AREAS

1. Energy
2. Transitions to New Technologies
3. Advanced Systems Analysis
4. Ecosystem Services and Management
5. Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases
6. Evolution and Ecology
7. World Population
8. Risk Policy and Vulnerability
9. Water

For several decades the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has conducted independent and interdisciplinary systems analysis to find solutions to a host of scientific, social, and policy problems.

Eligibility & Criteria-

•  Applicants are an advanced graduate student
• Applicant’s field is compatible with ongoing research at IIASA
• Applicant’s research and career would benefit from working alongside 50 or so contemporary young scientists from a score or more of other nations, and senior scientists from around the world
• Applicant would like to explore the policy implications of their work.

How to apply?

• Create new application, receive your application ID number
• Then draft applications by filling in a number of forms that ask applicants to provide data about studies, thesis, interests, motivation for applying to the program, and names of two references.
• Then submit applications with reference letters, any reference letter must be uploaded to IIASA as an Adobe PDF (.pdf) file.

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