IIASA Research Opportunities

Young Scientists Summer Program The U.S. National Member Organization for IIASA sponsors advanced graduate students from U.S. institutions to travel to Austria to take part in IIASA’s 3-month Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). YSSP fellows work closely with IIASA’s senior scientists on projects within the Institute’s research areas. Participants are able to develop and expand their research topics and partake in a worldwide network of specialists with broad interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives. Since the program’s conception in 1977, more than 1400 participants from over 70 countries have collaborated with IIASA researchers and engaged in scientific research of regional and global importance. 2008 U.S. YSSPs Zack Almquist Jinsong Chen Jung Chen Huang James Mcnerney Kenichi Okamoto Joshua Payne Monika Sawhney Ekundayo Shittu Win Trivitayanurak View a list of the 2008 YSSP participants and read their project abstracts. IIASA Postdoctoral Program IIASA’s Postdoctoral Program is an annual program that provides funding for up to two postdoctoral researchers for a 12-24 month period. The program serves to: Encourage and promote the development of young researchers. Offer young researchers the opportunity to further their careers by gaining hands-on professional research experience in a highly international scientific environment. Enrich IIASA’s intellectual environment and help achieve research program goals. Successful candidates are expected to conduct their own research within one of IIASA's research programs or special projects on topics related to IIASA's agenda. Visit the IIASA website for an overview of IIASA’s research activities, conditions and eligibility, and application materials. The registration period for the 2009 program will be announced in October 2008.				Applications for the 2009 YSSP will be accepted starting 1 October 2008. Contact the relevant program representative as listed on IIASA's website regarding questions within your program of interest. 2008 YSSP Research Groups The following IIASA research groups are accepting applications for the 2008 YSSP: Atmospheric Pollution and Economic Development Dynamic Systems Energy Evolution and Ecology Forestry Greenhouse Gas Initiative Health and Global Change Integrated Modeling Environment Land Use Change and Agriculture Population and Climate Change Processes of International Negotiation Risk and Vulnerability Transitions to New Technologies World Population
					Download YSSP Brochure (181 KB PDF) from IIASA’s website
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Revised: 23 July 2008