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From:
Harini Nagendra <nagendra@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:47 AM
Subject: 2013 MyCOE / SERVIR Initiative in the Himalayas for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
To: Phd students <
students.phd@xxxxxxxxx>
Looks like an interesting opportunity for those of you working in the
Himalayas and using any spatial components (GIS/RS/GPS)
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tmahat@xxxxxxxxxx [
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Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:14 AM
To: mf-asiapacific
Subject: [mf-asiapacific] Call for participation: 2013 MyCOE / SERVIR
Initiative in the Himalayas for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Call for participation: 2013 MyCOE / SERVIR Initiative in the
Himalayas for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
The MyCOE / SERVIR Initiative in the Himalayas is a 10-month
fellowship program for undergraduate and graduate students who are
citizens of eligible countries*, currently enrolled in any field at an
institution of higher education in an eligible country with ideas and
plans for research that address themes of Climate Change in Mountain
Area Regions using geographic technologies. Students are invited to
propose a research project and will be competitively selected on the
basis of their long-term potential to contribute to these topics in
the region. The MyCOE / SERVIR program will provide students with
customized capacity training in GIS, remote sensing, GPS, and/or
spatial techniques to help them enrich their research proposals. They
will also receive professional development, have access to additional
mentoring by international experts and engage in an online community
with other fellows. Interested students must apply with a mentor who
is willing to work closely with them throughout the duration of the
program and attend the workshop. The program provides travel support
and research stipends for both students and their mentors.
Up to 15 teams of students and their mentors will be selected for this
Himalayas Initiative. Over the life of the program, participants will
have the opportunity to interact and exchange ideas with approximately
60 other teams from around the world that will be selected through
MyCOE / SERVIR global initiatives.
The official language for this initiative is English.
Partners: My Community, Our Earth: Geographic Learning for Sustainable
Development (MyCOE), Association of American Geographers (AAG) (MyCOE
Secretariat); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), The SERVIR
Global Program; International Center for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD), SERVIR-Himalaya and others.
*Eligible countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and
Pakistan.
Please note that to be eligible, all participants must be citizens of
one of the eligible countries AND also be studying (students) or
working (mentors) and residing in the same or another of the eligible
countries.
For more information please see
http://www.aag.org/mycoe.servir/himalayas
Inquiries may be directed to
mycoe@xxxxxxx
Tek Jung Mahat
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel +977-1-5003222 Ext [104], Fax +977-1-5003277 Web
www.icimod.org
Connect to ICIMOD/APMN:
tmahat@xxxxxxxxxx