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Thought this may be of interest to some WAPA student members....
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Dear Former Fellows,
The SA-YSSP program deadline has been extended, and we hope you will encourage doctoral students working in policy-oriented research to consider this singular international opportunity. To get a sense of the SA-YSSP experience, please check out the IIASA blog entry recently posted by Arizona State doctoral candidate Valentina Prado, who participated in the program last year. It can be found at
Warm regards,
Maggie
Margaret Goud Collins, Ph.D.
IIASA Secretary
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Schlossplatz 1
A-2361 Laxenburg
Austria
+43 2236-807-354
+43 676 83807-354 (mobile)
Applications are due on 16 September 2013.
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Summer Program 2013-14 The Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP) offers doctoral candidates the opportunity to develop research skills in systems analysis and its application to policy and management. The program takes place in South Africa from 24 November 2013 to 22 February 2014. Apply by 16 September 2013. | | | | | The SA-YSSP is a three-month program held during the Southern Hemisphere summer, November to February. Modeled on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), the SA-YSSP is now in its second year. It makes IIASA’s unique research and training opportunities more accessible to young scientists focused on systems approaches to issues facing developing countries, and connects researchers in Southern Africa with IIASA experts and the IIASA global research network. The program is open to advanced PhD students studying in South Africa, a Southern African Development Community (SADC) nation, or one of IIASA’s 20 National Member Organization (NMO) countries, whose research is compatible with the 19 research themes defined by the supervisory teams in the general areas of Risk & Governance, Energy & Climate Systems, Ecosystems & Water, and Population, Health & Aging.
Funding for travel and living expenses is available. | | | | | “Participating in the SA-YSSP was one of the best experiences of my life. I had the opportunity to work with multiple supervisors and expand my network, focus on research concerning pressing issues, make lifelong friends from all over the world, and experience South Africa’s rich culture.”
Valentina Prado Lopez
(SA-YSSP 2012–13)
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We are asking you for help in spreading the word about a singular research opportunity in South Africa for doctoral students in natural and social sciences and mathematics. The South African National Research Foundation (NRF) has partnered with IIASA to offer a second year of a pioneering doctoral-level research program modeled on IIASA’s successful Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP).
The Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP) is currently accepting applications from doctoral students from IIASA’s twenty National Member Organization (NMO) countries, Southern African Development Community member states, and South Africa, to spend three months (from 24 November 2013 until 22 February 2014) at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, working with mentors from South Africa and IIASA on a research project related to their thesis work. Applications are due on 16 September 2013.
Researchers from IIASA and South Africa will work in teams to supervise one or more SA-YSSP participants. These supervisory teams have jointly defined 19 research themes that will serve as the basis for the participants’ work. These themes fall into 4 interdisciplinary clusters: Risk & Governance, Energy & Climate Systems, Ecosystems & Water, and Population, Health & Aging.
Funding to cover travel to Bloemfontein and living expenses while there is available for successful applicants.
Details of the program and the research projects are available at the IIASA website. More information about the venue is posted at the UFS website. The application form and procedures can be downloaded from the NRF website.
Please circulate this information widely to doctoral departments in IIASA member countries and SADC member countries, and forward it to appropriate candidates, collaborators, and mailing lists.
Many thanks for your help. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Sincerely yours,
Maggie Goud Collins Ulf Dieckmann Joanne Bayer
IIASA Secretary Co-Chair, CBAT YSSP Dean & Co-Chair, CBAT
IIASA’s Capacity Building and Academic Training Team (CBAT)
Key links:
SA-YSSP information on the IIASA website: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/sayssp/About-the-Program.en.html
SA-YSSP information on the UFS website:
http://conferences.ufs.ac.za/default.aspx?DCode=720
Call for applications on the NRF website: http://www.nrf.ac.za/funding_overview.php?fid=207
-- Jo Anne Schneider Associate Research Professor Anthropology Department George Washington University jschneid@gwu.edu home.gwu.edu/~jschneid www.faithandorganizations.umd.edu
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