Applications Invited for U.S.-Pacific Resilience and Adaptation Fellowship Program Scholarship Scheme

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About the Organization

To shape Pacific futures by empowering students, staff and alumni to become inspirational agents of positive change leading to innovative, cohesive, resilient and sustainable communities

To influence Pacific Islanders through the pursuit of excellence in knowledge by providing world-class education and research that improves the lives of individuals and communities.

About the Fellowship

Climate change and subsequent impacts, including rising ocean levels and temperatures, ocean acidification and increased intensity of severe weather events, are already changing ecosystems at an unprecedented pace and in ways we may not fully understand for decades.  The complex and varied impacts of climate change are creating critical new environmental challenges and threaten the natural environment’s (land and ocean) capacity to absorb shocks. The majority of Pacific Islands countries are highly vulnerable to climate change – threatening food systems, livelihoods, community health and security.

The Scholarship Scheme offers fully funded 3-year scholarships for full-time PhD studies to citizens from all member countries of the USP. This scholarship will provide an opportunity for exceptional candidates to undertake their PhD research in close collaboration with selected U.S. partner universities, including:

• Georgetown University – Earth Commons Institute
• Stanford University – Doerr School of Sustainability
• University of California, San Diego – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• University of California, Santa Barbara – Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
• University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa

Themes for Inter-disciplinary PhD Research

The program offers an exciting opportunity for PhD candidates to undertake world-class research on a wide range of topics critical to understanding how the Pacific region can respond to the severe impacts of climate change and build a resilient future. Much of the research supported by this program is anticipated to be inter-disciplinary and provide academic pathways across a wide range of themes, such as the following:

• Natural Resource Management
• Business and Economics
• Marine Ecology and Ocean Science
• Food Systems
• Renewable Energy
• Food and Water Security
• Waste Management
• Public Health
• Sustainable Development

Eligibility

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Applicants must be citizens of any of the 12-member countries comprising USP, which include Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Applicants should have completed one of the following master’s degrees:

• A master’s degree by thesis,
• A master’s degree including a Supervised Research Project, or
• A master’s degree with 25% or more independent research and a mini-thesis.

Preference may be given to applicants who have:

• 5 years or more of relevant industry / professional experience,
• Research publications in the area relevant to the proposed research,
• Be willing to commence their full-time research as soon as possible.

The Selection Committee reserves the right to select applicants to ensure an overall balance among the Program’s candidates in terms of age, gender, nationality and academic disciplines.

How to Apply

Applications close on the 28 August 2024 (5 pm FJT)

Submit your application in PDF format via email to prakriti.rachna@usp.ac.fj with the subject line “US-PRAFP Scholarship Application – [YOUR NAME]”

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