Overview
The Smithsonian Marine Science Network (MSN) is a unique array of laboratories and research vessels spanning the western Atlantic coastal zone and across the Isthmus of Panama, facilitating long-term interdisciplinary, comparative research between MSN sites. The Network includes SERC (Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland), SMSFP (Marine Station at Ft. Pierce, Florida), Carrie Bow Marine Field Station (CCRE Program-Belize), and STRI (Tropical Re-search Institute, Panama). The MSN invites Post-Doctoral research proposals that address pressing marine research questions.
Eligibility & Award Amount
Post-Doctoral scientists must collaborate directly with identified Smithsonian marine research scientists as named sponsors/advisors of the fellowship. Stipends are $35,000 per year with additional funds available for group health insurance, travel from place of origin to the Smithsonian host facility, research travel and research supplies, up to a combined $45,000 maximum per year. Awards will be made for a maximum of two years. Proposals must focus on comparative research involving more than one of the Network facilities. Individuals who have been employed or contracted by the Smithsonian Institution within the previous year are not eligible.
Thematic Marine Research Priorities
Systematics and Evolutionary Biology
- Systematics, life history, symbioses, phylogeny, and quantitative distribution of taxa with substantial species
richness, ecological influence, or biomass.
- Environmental and synecological causes of morphological variability.
- Molecular-biological approaches in systematic and phylogenetic analysis.
Ecology
- Mechanisms that structure biodiversity and process matter and energy.
- Processes connecting or separating ecosystems, such as oceanographic parameters, nutrient cycling, larval exchange, and sediment flow.
Ecophysiology
- Mechanisms of tolerance and adaptability of 'key' species exposed to stress, such as changes in the physical and chemical environment and community composition, including the effect of symbionts, parasites, and disease agents.
Paleobiology and Geology
- Patterns and processes from the fossil record that provide insight into the ecology, evolution and conservation of modern marine communities.
- Biological, geological, and chemical processes in the formation of coastal geomorphic features.
Conservation and Education
- Consequences of economic development and natural catastrophes, source and impact of pollutants, strategies of conservation.
- Development of illustrated printed and interactive electronic field guides for improved communication among non-systematists and digital ecological data bases for important elements of coastal fauna and flora.
For additional information, application materials and deadlines go to: www.si.edu/marinescience
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
The Smithsonian Marine Science Network (MSN) is a unique array of laboratories and research vessels spanning the western Atlantic coastal zone and across the Isthmus of Panama, facilitating long-term interdisciplinary, comparative research between MSN sites. The Network includes SERC (Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland), SMSFP (Marine Station at Ft. Pierce, Florida), Carrie Bow Marine Field Station (CCRE Program-Belize), and STRI (Tropical Re-search Institute, Panama). The MSN invites Post-Doctoral research proposals that address pressing marine research questions.
Eligibility & Award Amount
Post-Doctoral scientists must collaborate directly with identified Smithsonian marine research scientists as named sponsors/advisors of the fellowship. Stipends are $35,000 per year with additional funds available for group health insurance, travel from place of origin to the Smithsonian host facility, research travel and research supplies, up to a combined $45,000 maximum per year. Awards will be made for a maximum of two years. Proposals must focus on comparative research involving more than one of the Network facilities. Individuals who have been employed or contracted by the Smithsonian Institution within the previous year are not eligible.
Thematic Marine Research Priorities
Systematics and Evolutionary Biology
- Systematics, life history, symbioses, phylogeny, and quantitative distribution of taxa with substantial species
richness, ecological influence, or biomass.
- Environmental and synecological causes of morphological variability.
- Molecular-biological approaches in systematic and phylogenetic analysis.
Ecology
- Mechanisms that structure biodiversity and process matter and energy.
- Processes connecting or separating ecosystems, such as oceanographic parameters, nutrient cycling, larval exchange, and sediment flow.
Ecophysiology
- Mechanisms of tolerance and adaptability of 'key' species exposed to stress, such as changes in the physical and chemical environment and community composition, including the effect of symbionts, parasites, and disease agents.
Paleobiology and Geology
- Patterns and processes from the fossil record that provide insight into the ecology, evolution and conservation of modern marine communities.
- Biological, geological, and chemical processes in the formation of coastal geomorphic features.
Conservation and Education
- Consequences of economic development and natural catastrophes, source and impact of pollutants, strategies of conservation.
- Development of illustrated printed and interactive electronic field guides for improved communication among non-systematists and digital ecological data bases for important elements of coastal fauna and flora.
For additional information, application materials and deadlines go to: www.si.edu/marinescience
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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