Multiple Student Opportunities Available
Student Presentation Opportunity Available
Alaska Anthropological Association
2-6 March 2016Graduate Student Research Awards Available
North Pacific Research BoardSummer Field Course
University of Alaska Fairbanks
1-15 June 2016Summer Field Course
University Centre in Svalbard
11 July to 6 August 2016
- Student Presentation Opportunity Available
Alaska Anthropological Association
2-6 March 2016
The Alaska Anthropological Association invites submissions for
presentations to a young scholar panel during a symposium entitled
"Arctic Anthropology and Sustainability." This panel targets graduate
students and post-docs to present and discuss their research. The
meeting will take place 2-6 March 2016 at Sheldon Jackson College in
Sitka, Alaska.
Contributions from all sub-fields of anthropology are welcome.
Contributions discussing the concept of sustainability as well as papers
related to applied aspects of resources and sustainability in the Arctic
are encouraged.
To submit your abstract, go to:
http://alaskaanthropology.org/abstracts/submit_form.php
Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2016.
Financial support to cover conference fee, housing and travel to and
from Sitka may be available.
For questions, please contact:
Susanna Gartler
Email: susanna.gartler [at] univie.ac.at
- Graduate Student Research Awards Available
North Pacific Research Board (NPRB)
The North Pacific Research Board's 2016 Graduate Student Research Awards
Program is now accepting proposals through their online submission
system. These student awards support scientific and scholarly research
that informs effective management and sustainable use of marine
resources in North Pacific waters.
NPRB will be selecting six or more qualified master's or doctoral
students for awards of $25,000 each. Recipients will be notified in May
2016. Funds may be used for graduate student stipend and standard
benefits, tuition or required university fees, research-related travel,
supplies, and laboratory analyses. Students must be enrolled in a
graduate degree program at an accredited university or college by the
time of submission in order to be eligible.
Application deadline: 22 February 2016.
To submit an application, go to:
http://grants.nprb.org/gsra/2016.
For more information, go to:
http://www.nprb.org/graduate-research-award-program
- Summer Field Course
University of Alaska Fairbanks
1-15 June 2016
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) announces a fifteen day summer
course entitled "Arctic Alaska Environmental Change." The course is open
to undergraduate and graduate students interested in Arctic
environmental change. The three credit course will be held 1-15 June 2016 in
Fairbanks and on Alaska's North Slope.
The field course includes two days of classroom instruction and local
field trips in the Fairbanks area, an 11-day field excursion to Alaska's
North Slope, and two days for student presentations and additional field
trips. The field excursion will have a strong emphasis on Arctic
environments, local people, and field sampling. Students will learn
about Arctic vegetation, soils, landforms, permafrost, geology,
wildlife, and land-use. The class will travel along the latitudinal
transect from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay, which traverses boreal forest,
alpine, and Arctic biomes. Students will undertake an independent
research project of their choosing.
The cost of transportation and meals during the field excursion is
included in the course fee, as well as two nights lodging at Toolik
Field Station and up to six nights campus dorm housing.
For more information or to register, go to:
http://www.uaf.edu/summer/arcticveg.
A $2,000 scholarship is available for one Alaska Native student or an
indigenous student from a circumpolar nation.
To apply for the scholarship, submit a one-page letter about how this
course would advance their interest in Arctic Science to Skip Walker.
Email: dawalker [at] alaska.edu
For questions, please contact:
Skip Walker
Email: dawalker [at] alaska.edu
- Summer Field Course
University Centre in Svalbard
11 July to 6 August 2016
University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) seeks applicants for an
Undergraduate Summer Field Course in High Arctic Environmental Change.
The course will take place from 11 July to 6 August 2016 in Svalbard,
Norway.
The field-based course for undergraduate students at UNIS will
investigate how climatic and watershed processes influence the modern
glacial, fluvial, lacustrine, and periglacial systems in the high Arctic
setting of western Svalbard. During this course, students will gain
experience in aspects of glaciology, fluvial hydrology and sediment
transport, periglacial geomorphology, physical limnology, and
pro-glacial lacustrine sedimentation. Students will use a network of
environmental monitoring instrumentation to interpret seasonal, annual,
and long-term changes in the high Arctic terrestrial system. The course
is taught by instructors from UNIS Arctic Geology Department and guest
instructors.
Application deadline: 15 February 2016.
For more information and application instructions, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/summerUNIS
For questions, please contact:
Mike Retelle
Email: mretelle [at] bates.edu
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