supports training and research for recent doctoral degree recipients
in any aspect of scientific study of the Antarctic and/or the Arctic
within the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) program areas (http://
www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP). The program also provides travel
grants to those eligible for fellowships for the purpose of meeting
prospective mentors and colleagues, presenting seminars, discussing
mutual research and/or education interests, evaluating facilities and
professional development opportunities, and initiating collaborative
relationships.
The fellowship program develops and trains recent Ph.D.s
(especially those new to polar research) with concomitant goals to
* promote scientific research in polar regions;
* support innovative research in emerging areas;
* encourage interdisciplinary research;
* foster activities that create broader impacts for science
and society; and
* increase the participation of under-represented groups in
polar regions research.
Deadline October 18, 2011
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09612/nsf09612.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25
