FW: Quick Turn Around - applications for NEW National Park Service Climate Change Fellowship Program for University students nationwide- applications due by March 15, 2010

[Keri V Brondo (kbrondo)]

  NPS George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship: DUE BY MARCH 15,
2010 to Ellio...@contractor.nps.gov

The National Park Service is now accepting applications for the George
Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship. The goals of this student
fellowship program are to support new and innovative research on climate
change impacts to protected areas and to increase the use of scientific
knowledge toward resource management. Awards will be made in the range of
$5,000 to $20,000 per fellowship for research to be undertaken in calendar
year 2010. Projects may consist of exploratory research that could lead to
a larger project funded by other sources but must result in tangible
outcomes that are aimed at informing resource decisions. Applications are
welcomed for proposed research in any area relevant to the natural and
cultural resources of units of the National Park System. Examples include
projects addressing vulnerability and risk assessment; adaptation
strategies; public perceptions and values; and impacts to cultural
landscapes and ethnographic resources.

Open to graduate students or superior upper-level undergraduate students
(3.5 GPA or above) currently enrolled in a U.S. accredited college or
university.

Kathy Tonnessen
NPS-RMCESU
406-243-4449(See attached file: CCFellowship2010.pdf)