Applicants sought for USGS/PI-CASC climate project to engage indigenous Pacific Islanders
Applicants sought for USGS/PI-CASC climate project to engage indigenous Pacific Islanders
Applicants sought for USGS/PI-CASC climate project to engage indigenous Pacific Islanders
3/21/2022
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center
are seeking applications for the "Indigenous Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian
Climate Engagement" research project. The selected participant for the project will
identify indigenous, native Hawaiian, and other marginalized or traditionally under-represented
community groups and locations across the Pacific Islands region in order for PI-CASC
to develop long-term relationships within the context of climate change adaptation
in natural and cultural resource management.
The selected participant will develop, conduct, and synthesize research and traditional
ecological knowledge with and for these groups and locations relevant to PI-CASC's
mission to provide science and equivalent knowledge basis for wildlife, ecosystems,
and people to adapt to a changing climate.
This full-time opportunity can be managed remotely.
Eligibility: Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree completed in past five years or to be completed by May 2022 in:
- Communications and graphic design
- Computer, information, and data sciences
- Earth and geosciences
- Engineering
- Environmental and marine sciences
- Life health and medical sciences
- Mathematics and statistics
- Other physical sciences
- Other S&E related
- Physics
- Social and behavioral sciences
Start date: Summer 2022 (flexible)
Duration: One year initially, with possibility of extending for four additional years
Stipend: Starting at $56,000/year
Application deadline: 3 p.m. ET on Friday, April 15 / 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 16 CHST
For more information:
Visit www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USGS-2022-05 or contact PI-CASC Federal Director and mentor Dr. Mari-Vaughn Johnson at mvjohnson@usgs.gov.
