[iris-bulk] Marie Tharp Visiting Fellowship

[knight at iris.washington.edu]

Announcement:

The NSF ADVANCE Program of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
invites applications for the Marie Tharp Visiting Fellowship for Women.
Funded by a $4.2 million National Science Foundation award, this program
seeks to promote the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women
scientists and engineers through institutional transformation.

Details: This is a 3 month fellowship providing up to $30,000 for research
carried out at Columbia University.  Three awards are given annually.

Eligibility: In keeping with the goals of NSF-ADVANCE, the  competition is
open to women scientists in the natural sciences and engineering. Faculty
and scientists at Columbia University are not eligible.  Applicants should
have obtained their Ph.D. at the time of application.

Application Procedure: Applications must be submitted online at
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/tharpfellow by January 16, 2009. For more
information
please visit the ADVANCE website at:
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/advance/mt_fellowship.html

About Marie Tharp: Marie Tharp was a pioneer of modern oceanography. She
came to Columbia in 1948 to the Lamont Geological Observatory (now
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) where she began work on mapping the
ocean floor. Years later, satellite images proved her maps to be accurate.
Her work is still a foundation for research and education in the ocean
sciences.

For further information: contact Kuheli Dutt at kuheli.dutt at columbia.edu

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Dr. Kuheli Dutt
Assistant Director, Academic Affairs & Diversity
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Earth Institute at Columbia University
61 Route 9W, Palisades NY 10964
Phone: 845-365-8603  Fax: 845-365-8162
Email: kdutt at ldeo.columbia.edu