From rjohn@PLANTBIO.UGA.EDU Wed Oct 1 13:58:28 2003 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:43:12 -0400 From: Robert JohnTo: nathistory-india@Princeton.EDU Subject: Post Graduate Fellowship Opportunity (fwd) Apologies for cross-postings robert ---------------------------- Subject: Post Graduate Fellowship Opportunity Watson International Scholars of the Environment--Call for Applications Enclosed, please find a description of a postgraduate fellowship opportunity, the Watson International Scholars of the Environment Program. Focusing upon mid-career environmental leaders from developing nations, we provide an intensive, 3.5-month curriculum at Brown University (Providence, RI, USA) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Henry Luce Foundation. We seek an unusual range of practitioners, applied scientists, policy experts and technologists from within the diverse fields of environment who can make linkages among the complex array of global environmental challenges we now face. Participants benefit from an intensive, integrated curriculum. The opportunity we offer is relevant and transferable to developing-nation contexts of biodiversity conservation, ecosystem management, global climate change, environmental health and ecological economics. Current approaches and tools participants will acquire include geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, environmental conflict resolution, rapid biodiversity assessment, ecological risk assessment, monitoring and predictive modeling. An active field component in Washington DC and the greater Boston, MA region includes the World Resources Institute, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation International, the environment division of the World Bank, the Smithsonian Institution, the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole), several consulting firms and additional universities. Approximately 10-15 participants will be selected for this year's program, running from 27 January to 12 May, 2004. Those completing the curriculum successfully will receive UNEP/Watson certification in global ecosystem science, policy and management. Applicants should be fluent in English and capable of leading supported workshops upon returning to their home countries, enabling further dissemination of the curricula, methods, and perspectives gained. The program is very challenging, hours are long and fellowship support is conservative. Accordingly, home institutions and governments generally enable leave-with-pay, airfare to/from the U.S. and purchase of books and winter clothing. Our grant from the Henry Luce Foundation is also supporting Program graduates to implement portions of their training in-country, upon returning home. Brown University undergraduates, graduate students and faculty are actively involved in this process of North-South dialog and environmental science, policy and technology collaboration. To apply, applicants must return a fully completed application by 1 October, 2003. For more information please visit http://www.watsoninstitute.org/GE/Watson_Scholars/ or contact Laura Sadovnikoff, Program Coordinator of the Watson Institute for Internationl Studies. Watson Institute for International Studies Global Environment Program Brown University, Box 1970 111 Thayer Street, Room 305 Providence, RI 02912 Tel: 401-863-9932 Fax: 401-863-9733 http://www.watsoninstitute.org/GE/Watson_Scholars/