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Deadline: December 15, 2016
Location: USA
Location: USA
Overview:
The Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network (TMON) invites proposals for Postdoctoral Fellowships that will advance goals of the Marine Global Earth Observatory. MarineGEO is a developing partnership among diverse organizations united by focus on global-scale, long-term study of coastal biodiversity and ecosystems using standardized approaches. MarineGEO is coordinated by TMON, which includes the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on the Chesapeake Bay (SERC), the Smithsonian Marine Station on the Indian River Lagoon in Florida (SMSFP), the Carrie Bow Cay Marine Field Station in Belize (CCRE Program), and sites in Caribbean and Pacific Panama administered by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Additional partner sites are under development.
Eligibility:
The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for scholarship:
Applicants must have completed their PhD before commencing the fellowship. Individuals who have been Smithsonian employees or contractors within the previous year are not eligible.
Value:
The award total is for $63,000 maximum per year, which is divided into stipend, research allowance, health insurance, and relocation expenses. The stipend is $48,000 per year, allowing up to $15,000 for the remaining expenses. The fellow may acquire private, open market, or Smithsonian health insurance, but should be aware of these costs. If additional funds are desired beyond the $15,000 for research, health insurance and relocation, the fellow should expect to find external opportunities to supplement the fellowship funds. Awards will be made for a maximum of two years, pending first-year performance review and funding availability.
Purposes:
1. How does marine biodiversity vary through space and time across the globe?
2. How do natural and human forces (e.g. fishing, land-use, invasions, habitat loss) drive changes in marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and resilience?
3. What are the consequences for human well-being of these changes in marine ecosystems?
4. How does anthropogenic alteration of carbon cycles affect coastal marine systems and ecosystem service provision?
5. How are marine ecosystems connected via dispersal and metapopulation dynamics, and how do these connections affect responses to change and human well-being?
6. How do nearshore food webs change through space and time?
7. How can the past—ancient through historic—help us understand the consequences of local human activities and global change?
8. Where are the critical tipping points that lead to rapid and unwanted shifts in marine ecosystems, and how can these best be avoided?
Website:
The Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network (TMON) invites proposals for Postdoctoral Fellowships that will advance goals of the Marine Global Earth Observatory. MarineGEO is a developing partnership among diverse organizations united by focus on global-scale, long-term study of coastal biodiversity and ecosystems using standardized approaches. MarineGEO is coordinated by TMON, which includes the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on the Chesapeake Bay (SERC), the Smithsonian Marine Station on the Indian River Lagoon in Florida (SMSFP), the Carrie Bow Cay Marine Field Station in Belize (CCRE Program), and sites in Caribbean and Pacific Panama administered by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Additional partner sites are under development.
Eligibility:
The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for scholarship:
Applicants must have completed their PhD before commencing the fellowship. Individuals who have been Smithsonian employees or contractors within the previous year are not eligible.
Value:
The award total is for $63,000 maximum per year, which is divided into stipend, research allowance, health insurance, and relocation expenses. The stipend is $48,000 per year, allowing up to $15,000 for the remaining expenses. The fellow may acquire private, open market, or Smithsonian health insurance, but should be aware of these costs. If additional funds are desired beyond the $15,000 for research, health insurance and relocation, the fellow should expect to find external opportunities to supplement the fellowship funds. Awards will be made for a maximum of two years, pending first-year performance review and funding availability.
Purposes:
1. How does marine biodiversity vary through space and time across the globe?
2. How do natural and human forces (e.g. fishing, land-use, invasions, habitat loss) drive changes in marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and resilience?
3. What are the consequences for human well-being of these changes in marine ecosystems?
4. How does anthropogenic alteration of carbon cycles affect coastal marine systems and ecosystem service provision?
5. How are marine ecosystems connected via dispersal and metapopulation dynamics, and how do these connections affect responses to change and human well-being?
6. How do nearshore food webs change through space and time?
7. How can the past—ancient through historic—help us understand the consequences of local human activities and global change?
8. Where are the critical tipping points that lead to rapid and unwanted shifts in marine ecosystems, and how can these best be avoided?
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