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The National Park Service and the
Denali Foundation are seeking applications from individuals wishing
to be considered for the 2007 Discover Denali Research Fellowship
Program offered through the Murie Science and Learning Center, located
in Denali National Park and Preserve. Successful applicants will
conduct research about the natural or cultural resources in the
Denali National Park and Preserve area. Research fellows will be
able to use Murie Science and Learning Center (MSLC) and Denali
Foundation facilities for guest researchers as available (e.g. work
space, computer access, lecture space, and housing), and will be
asked to describe their project in an evening program at the Denali
Foundation or MSLC, and to develop an educational product about
their research, such as a poster or interactive workbook.. The fellowship
program is open to undergraduate and graduate students, college
and university faculty, state and federal agency scientists, and
private-sector researchers. Proposals for research that will help
managers make decisions about critical resource issues are particularly
encouraged. A typical fellowship grant is expected to be around
$3,500; however, proposals for up to $5,000 will be considered.
The deadline for fellowship applications is January 15, 2007 and
a decision is expected to be made soon after February 1, 2007. The
fieldwork of fellowship recipients must be arranged before September
1, 2007.
In 2006, three Discover Denali fellowships were awarded totaling
approximately $10,000. Funded projects gathered research information
on the effects of white sweet clover (an exotic plant) on floodplain
plant communities; whether a deadly amphibian disease was detected
on wood frogs in Denali; and how water quality downstream from Kantishna
Hills Mining District has been impacted by the movement of antimony
and arsenic from mining activities. With approximately twice as
much funding available in 2007 as in 2006, it is projected that
twice as many projects can be funded.
This fellowship program is made possible through proceeds from
Discover Denali, an MSLC program developed in partnership between
the Denali Foundation and the National Park Service. The Discover
Denali program helps Royal Celebrity participants learn about Denali’s
natural and human history.
The Denali Foundation seeks to connect people to Denali through
research, education, and communication. The Murie Science and Learning
Center was established in the spirit of the Natural Resource Challenge,
a National Park Service initiative aimed at increasing research
and education efforts in our national parks.
An information guide about the Discover Denali Research Fellowship
Program and how to apply may be downloaded from www.nps.gov/dena/naturescience/discodena.htm.
For more information, please contact Denali’s Research Administrator
Lucy Tyrrell at (907) 683-6352 or Lucy_Tyrrell@nps.gov.
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