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PhD bursary funding for Aquaculture/Aquaculture Nutrition
16 February 2016
VACANCIES: Dept of Environmental Affairs - Closing Date 22 February 2016
16 February 2016
VACANCIES: Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in the Benguela Current Fisheries System
16 February 2016
Research funding opportunities February 2016
16 February 2016
INCENTIVE FUNDING FOR RATED RESEARCHERS - CALL CLOSES: 22 February 2016
2 February 2016
Vacancies
STUDENTS: Call to participate in 1ST INTERNATIONAL LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH OPEN SCIENCE MEETING - 2 March 2016
Long-Term Ecosystem Research for sustainability under global changes: Findings and challenges of ILTER from local to global scales
DEADLINE: 15 March 2016
ILTER is a global network of research sites located in a wide array of ecosystems focusing on longterm, site-based research and monitoring. Topical research themes will be addressed in plenary, break-away sessions and workshops. Experience from site-based to global LTER in one conference at a world-class biodiversity destination, and take advantage of ample opportunities for networking and coordination across ecosystems. Main themes of the conference include:
• Nitrogen impacts on ecosystems structure and function.
• Carbon and water cycles under climate change.
• Towards sustainable usage of ecosystem services (local, regional & global).
• Drivers of biodiversity across scales.
• Data integration and interoperability linking global scale ecosystem research and environmental
· monitoring
• Linking local, regional and global Earth system observations and models.
• Long-term studies of population dynamics.
• Long-term changes in nutrient cycling
For detailed information about the ILTER OSM please visit www.saeon.ac.za/ilterosm2016
SAEON sponsorship: Free transport and accommodation (shared).
Supervisor/student’s responsibility: Registration fee R 2690.00 plus pocket money for daily breakfasts (ca 5x) and snacks.
Eligibility: Full-time students registered at a South African university and bona fide postdoctoral researchers whose abstracts were accepted by the ILTER Science Committee (please submit via the conference website, deadline 15 March 2016).
Application process: Once you have received notification that your abstract was accepted, please provide the details and your supervisor’s support letter to eva@saeon.ac.za