<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">(pardon cross postings)<br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Release Date: </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12px">NOVEMBER 18, 2019</span></font><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:21px;line-height:1.4;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><font color="#000000">The National Climate Adaptation Science Center will be accepting Statements of Interest for the</font><font color="#333333"> </font><a href="https://sciencebase.usgs.gov/rfp/#/97/National_CASC_2020_Science_to_Action_Fellowship" style="color:rgb(29,90,171);box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent" target="_blank">2020 Science to Action Fellowship</a><font color="#333333"> through January 31, 2020.</font></p></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:inherit;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:24px"><a href="https://sciencebase.usgs.gov/rfp/#/97/National_CASC_2020_Science_to_Action_Fellowship" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(29,90,171);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">APPLY HERE</strong></a></h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">(<a href="https://sciencebase.usgs.gov/rfp/#/97/National_CASC_2020_Science_to_Action_Fellowship" target="_blank">https://sciencebase.usgs.gov/rfp/#/97/National_CASC_2020_Science_to_Action_Fellowship</a>)</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">About</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The Science to Action Fellowship was developed to:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Expose graduate students to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) through the <a href="http://usgs.gov/casc" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(29,90,171)" target="_blank">USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center (NCASC)</a>, whose mission is to provide scientific information, tools, and techniques to help natural and cultural resource managers anticipate and adapt to the impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife, and ecosystems.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Support graduate students in developing a policy-relevant product related to the impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife, their habitats, and users. This product should put science into action, applying scientific research directly to decision making about natural resources. It may be related to the graduate student’s own research, and if so, may present a unique opportunity to enhance and share research with a broader community of decision makers. </li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Provide students the opportunity to interact with the USGS community and others outside of academia.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">During the fellowship year and beyond, fellows benefit from collaborations with university and USGS mentors, from interactions with other colleagues and partners of USGS, and from exposure to high priority, real-world challenges in the natural resources policy arena.<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"> </strong><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Preference will be given to applicants with a clear research - management/policy link.</em>  </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Eligibility</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">This opportunity is open to graduate students at <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/climate-adaptation-science-centers" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(29,90,171)" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs)</a> Consortium Institutions who are students for the <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">entire fellowship year</strong> (<em style="box-sizing:border-box">special circumstances otherwise considered</em>). To view the list of consortium institutions for each CASC, please check out our <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/climate-adaptation-science-centers/learn-about-regional-cascs?qt-science_support_page_related_con=0#qt-science_support_page_related_con" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(29,90,171)" target="_blank">CASC pages</a> and the CASC Network map below.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Financial Award</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Up to two fellows will be selected, annually, to receive a financial award of $10,000* each. The financial award is intended to support the additional efforts undertaken by the Fellow for the CASC project, <em style="box-sizing:border-box">not</em> as a graduate stipend.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Fellowship Duration and Location</strong><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">The fellowship experience will last one year (start date is flexible within funded year, starting April at the earliest). During this time, the Fellow will be expected to work at NCASC or a regional CASC with a CASC mentor for two months (<em style="box-sizing:border-box">typically summer; specific dates are flexible</em>) but may remain at his/her host institution for the rest of the term.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Learn More</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">More information about the Science to Action Fellowship, descriptions of past and current fellow projects, and instructions for submitting a Statement of Interest can be found on the <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/science-action-fellowship?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(29,90,171)" target="_blank">Science to Action Fellowship web page</a> (<a href="https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/science-action-fellowship?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects" target="_blank">https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/science-action-fellowship?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects</a>)</p></div></div></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Details at: <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/apply-2020-science-action-fellowship" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/apply-2020-science-action-fellowship</a></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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