Call for Applications
2007 Discover Denali Research Fellowship Program
National Park Service
Denali Foundation
Application Deadline: Monday, 15 January 2007
The National Park Service and Denali Foundation are seeking applications
from individuals wishing to be considered for the 2007 Discover Denali
Research Fellowship Program offered through the Murie Science and
Learning Center (MSLC), located in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Successful applicants will conduct research about the natural or
cultural resources in the Denali National Park and Preserve area.
Research fellows will be able to use MSLC and Denali Foundation
facilities for guest researchers as available (e.g., work space,
computer access, lecture space, and housing) and will be asked to
describe their project in an evening program at the Denali Foundation or
MSLC and to develop an educational product about their research, such as
a poster or interactive workbook.
The fellowship program is open to undergraduate and graduate students,
college and university faculty, state and federal agency scientists, and
private-sector researchers. Proposals for research that will help
managers make decisions about critical resource issues are particularly
encouraged. A typical fellowship grant is expected to be around $3,500
USD, however, proposals for up to $5,000 USD will be considered.
The deadline for fellowship applications is 15 January 2007 and a
decision is expected to be made soon after 1 February 2007. The
fieldwork of fellowship recipients must be arranged before 1 September
2007.
In 2006, three Discover Denali fellowships were awarded totaling
approximately $10,000 USD. Funded projects gathered research information
on the effects of white sweet clover (an exotic plant) on floodplain
plant communities; whether a deadly amphibian disease was detected on
wood frogs in Denali; and how water quality downstream from Kantishna
Hills Mining District has been impacted by the movement of antimony and
arsenic from mining activities. With approximately twice as much funding
available in 2007 as in 2006, it is projected that twice as many
projects can be funded.
This fellowship program is made possible through proceeds from Discover
Denali, an MSLC program developed in partnership between the Denali
Foundation and the National Park Service.
The Denali Foundation seeks to connect people to Denali through
research, education, and communication. The Murie Science and Learning
Center was established in the spirit of the Natural Resource Challenge,
a National Park Service initiative aimed at increasing research and
education efforts in our national parks.
An information guide about the Discover Denali Research Fellowship
Program and how to apply may be downloaded from:
http://www.nps.gov/dena/naturescience/discodena.htm
For more information, please contact:
Lucy Tyrrell, Denali's Research Administrator
Phone: 907-683-6352
E-mail: Lucy_Tyrrell [at] nps.gov