Partnership Opportunity
Co-host Postdoctoral Fellow
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
2011-2013
For further information, please contact:
Brook Gamble
Email: brook.gamble [at] alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7812
Opportunities exist for risk management and decision-making institutions
to partner with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
(ACCAP, http://ine.uaf.edu/accap/) in co-hosting a postdoctoral fellow
in 2011-2013.
Eligible institutions include national-(excluding NOAA-funded programs),
regional-, state-, or municipal-level agencies and organizations (public
and nonprofit) that manage or regulate natural resources, prepare for
natural disasters, or prevent or reduce the impacts of public health
emergencies. Areas of study may include water resource management,
ecosystems, coastal risk management, hydrometeorological disasters,
public health, and energy. Participation allows these institutions to
engage fresh intellectual capacity from the climate science community to
work on problems relevant to their operations and decision-making. Such
collaborative work strengthens bridges between the institutions through
focused personal collaboration.
ACCAP is one of NOAA's Regionally Integrated Sciences and Assessments
centers (RISA, http://www.climate.noaa.gov/cpo_pa/risa/). Since 2006,
ACCAP has provided regional climate-related information and connections
between stakeholders and NOAA products to assist Alaskans in planning
and adapting to climate change.
The partnership will be part of an application for the Postdocs Applying
Climate Expertise fellowship program (PACE,
http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/pace/index.html). This program matches
early-career PhDs with decision-making institutions to research and
develop tools that will apply climate prediction information to
climate-impacted decisions. The program encourages and builds the pool
of scientists qualified to transfer advances in climate science and
climate prediction into climate-related decision frameworks and decision
tools. Participation allows for capacity building and work on
climate-related problems relevant to the partnering institution's
operations and decision-making.
To partner with ACCAP in this opportunity, please contact:
Brook Gamble
Email: brook.gamble [at] alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7812