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Subject:        [funding] FW: Fund Opp: NASA - Earth System Science Fellowship
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Date:   Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:58:26 -0500
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Please note the following fund opportunity for students in your area:

Program:          Earth System Science Fellowship Program
Agency:            National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Deadline:          March 15, 2005 - NEW applications
                         June 1, 2005 - Renewal (2nd/3rd year) applications
URL:
<http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_y/nra/current/Fellowship-ESS05/index.html>
http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_y/nra/current/Fellowship-ESS05/index.html

NASA announces graduate student fellowships for persons pursuing Master of
Science (M.Sc.) or Doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Earth System Science and
related disciplines.  The purpose of NASA's Earth System Science (ESS)
Fellowship Program is to ensure continued training of interdisciplinary
scientists to support the study of the Earth as a system.  NASA places
particular emphasis on the applicant's ability and interest in pursuing
academic training and research using observations and measurements from
NASA's Earth orbiting satellites, and in developing inter- or
cross-disciplinary research about the Earth system that is not currently
emphasized in the research and development portfolio of NASA's Science
Mission Directorate.

NASA has six focus areas for its Earth Science research and applications;
the six focus areas are:

# Climate Variability and Change - Develop integrated models of the oceans,
atmosphere, cryosphere and land surface, and apply to retrospective and
future studies of climate variability and change.  Mission activities that
support this focus area include Terra, Aqua, ACRIMSAT, Jason, SORCE, GRACE,
ICEsat, Cloudsat, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA), etc.

# Atmospheric Composition - Understand the trace constituent and particulate
composition of the Earth's atmosphere and predict its future evolution.
Mission activities that support this focus area include SAGE, UARS, TOMS,
Aura, Calipso, etc.

# Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems - Understand and predict changes in the
Earth's terrestrial and marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles.
Mission activities that support this focus area include Landsat, Terra,
Aqua, EO-1 (Hyperion & ALI), NPP, etc.

# Water and Energy Cycle - Characterize and predict trends and changes in
key reservoirs and fluxes associated with the global water and energy cycle,
including changes in the frequency and intensity of hydro-meteorological
events and their regional manifestations. Mission activities that support
this focus area include TRMM, Aqua, GRACE, ICEsat, Calipso, GPM, Cloudsat,
etc.

# Weather - Develop the technology, observational and modeling capacity
needed to improve daily and extreme weather forecasting (e.g., hurricanes,
tornadoes). Mission activities that support this focus area include TRMM,
QuikSCAT, Aqua, GPM, Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center
(SpoRT), JCSDA, etc.

# Earth Surface and Interior - Utilize state-of-the-art measurements and
advanced modeling techniques to understand and predict changes on the
Earth's surface and in its interior. Mission activities that support this
focus area include SRTM, GRACE, ICEsat, and the geodetic laser, GPS, and
interferometer networks.

Students must be admitted to, or already enrolled in a full-time M.Sc and/or
Ph.D. program.


 Executive Director
Office of Projects and Grants

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