Graduate Program Announcement
Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (MESAS)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska
Application Deadline: Sunday, 15 February 2009
For further information, please go to:
http://www.uaf.edu/mesas
Or contact the MESAS Program at:
Email: mesas [at] uaf.edu
Phone: 907-796-5451
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is seeking motivated PhD
candidates for our Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and
Subarctic (MESAS) program. This interdisciplinary NSF-funded IGERT
(http://www.igert.org) program incorporates social and natural sciences
to explore ecosystem approaches to managing and studying living marine
resources.
The program will train future leaders who will be creative agents for
change to develop society's capacity to cope with, manage, and mitigate
threats to our nation's oceans, including climate change, fishing
pressure, habitat loss, and pollution. Graduates will be well-prepared
to contribute to both the understanding and management of marine
ecosystems to ensure ecosystem-based strategies for the sustainable use
of living marine resources in the context of competing local, national,
and international interests.
MESAS provides interdisciplinary coursework that combines elements from
anthropology, ecology, economics, fisheries science, management, marine
policy, and oceanography. MESAS offers faculty mentorship, opportunities
to mentor undergraduate students, interaction with the terrestrial
sustainability IGERT at UAF, as well as a summer internship program in
areas outside each student's major discipline.
Prior to application, you must contact one of the MESAS faculty or other
UAF faculty with interests pertaining to MESAS. Send the faculty member
a letter of interest and copy: mesas [at] uaf.edu. Applicants to the MESAS
program must also apply for UAF graduate admission in the PhD program in
the supporting faculty member's department.
Submit the following to the MESAS program office (mesas [at] uaf.edu) once a
faculty member agrees to sponsor your application for an IGERT
traineeship:
1. Application in electronic form (MS Word or PDF) with a brief
statement (1000 word maximum) explaining why you want to participate in
MESAS, your qualifications for interdisciplinary study, and how your
research will relate to MESAS;
2. A resume in electronic form (MS Word or PDF); and
3. A letter from your prospective advisor supporting your application to
the MESAS program. This should come directly from the faculty member in
electronic form (MS Word or PDF).
The deadline for application is Sunday, 15 February 2009. For further
information, please go to: http://www.uaf.edu/mesas; or contact the
MESAS Program at:
Email: mesas [at] uaf.edu
Phone: 907-796-5451