<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The U.S. National Member Organization for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is offering three month fellowships in the 2009 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). Located just outside Vienna, Austria, IIASA conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies in the context of global environmental, economic, technological and social change. <br><br>Earth science students with interests extending to applications of their research to reduce risk from geophysical hazards may find opportunities to work with IIASA’s Disasters and Development Research Group. As part of the Institute’s Risk and Vulnerability Program, this Group carries out applied, interdisciplinary research for the purpose of reducing the vulnerability of developing and transition countries to the economic impacts of extreme events, including tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions.<br><br>Applications will be accepted until January 19. Information about IIASA research is available their web site, <a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/">http://www.iiasa.ac.at/</a>. Information about the YSSP is available from the web site of the U.S. National Member Organization, <a href="http://www7.nationalacademies.org/usnc-iiasa/">http://www7.nationalacademies.org/usnc-iiasa/</a>, or by contacting Maggie Gould Collins (Program Director, US NMO Committee for IIASA, <a href="mailto:mcollins@nas.edu">mcollins@nas.edu</a>) or Tanja Huber (YSSP Coordinator, IIASA, <a href="mailto:ysspsupport@iiasa.ac.at">ysspsupport@iiasa.ac.at</a>).<br><br><div><br></div></body></html>