[Taxacom] EOL Rubenstein Fellows program call for applications -- deadline 30 September

[Cynthia Parr]

 Please feel free to circulate this announcement.

Encyclopedia of Life invites applications to the EOL Rubenstein Fellows
program.

This program will provide partial stipend or salary support (up to 50% in
one year) for early career scientists to serve species-level information
through the Encyclopedia of Life.

Rubenstein Fellows will be disseminating results of their own research as
well as assisting their mentor and others in their research community to do
the same. The focus of a project may be taxonomic, regional, or thematic
(for example, marine conservation, host-parasite interactions, or invasive
species).

Rubenstein Fellows will be selected through an international competition
administered by the Species Pages Group of the EOL. The first competition
will be held in Fall 2009, with Fellows commencing on or after January 1,
2010. Additional competitions are expected in following years. Overall we
anticipate funding at least 60 Fellows over four years.

As EOL will be entering a Marine Theme, we expect many of this round's
awarded fellowships to address marine species.

For more information, please see http://eol.org/content/page/fellows.

Deadline for applications is 30 September 2009.

Cyndy Parr


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Cynthia Sims Parr
Director of the Species Pages Group
Encyclopedia of Life http://www.eol.org
Office: 202.633.8730
Fax: 202.633.8742
parrc at si.edu

Mailing address:
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