Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located in Schloss Laxenburg near Vienna, Austria, hosts a selected group of graduate students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP).
Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located in Schloss Laxenburg near Vienna, Austria, hosts a selected group of graduate students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). These students work closely with an IIASA senior scientist mentor on a project.
WHAT IS IIASA AND WHAT ARE ITS PROGRAM AREAS?
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international institution, supported by the U.S. and 15 other member nations, engaged in scientific research aimed at providing policy insight on issues of regional and global importance in the following fields:
PROGRAM AREAS
- · Energy
- · Transitions to New Technologies
- · Advanced Systems Analysis
- · Ecosystem Services and Management
- · Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases
To submit your application online, please visit the link below
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/yssp/register/
Deadline for submitting completed applications is January 17, 2011
The question most frequently raised concerns funding. For students selected to participate, funding is available for travel and living support, principally from IIASA’s sixteen National Member Organizations (NMOs). The U.S. NMO funds both American citizens and non-citizens who are studying in the U.S.
For any further enquiries, please contact
Sheila Poor,
YSSP Coordinator
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Email: poor@iiasa.ac.at.