[Ccb_faculty] Fwd: LA Urban Center 2024 Science Fellowship Program Announcement

Tue Jun 25 10:23:58 PDT 2024

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From: Carr, Michelle - FS, CA <Michelle.Carr at usda.gov>
Date: Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Subject: LA Urban Center 2024 Science Fellowship Program Announcement
To:

Greetings!

My name is Michelle Carr, and I am writing to you on behalf of the Los
Angeles Center for Urban Natural Resources Sustainability
<http://laurbanresearchcenter.org/>, also known as simply the “LA Urban
Center”. We are a partnership between the USDA Forest Service and the City
of Los Angeles (City Plants <http://www.cityplants.org/> and Department of
Recreation and Parks <https://www.laparks.org/>), as well as various
non-profit environmental organizations. Our mission is to foster
collaboration and generate scientific research, science delivery, and
technology transfer to sustain the health and diversity of natural urban
ecosystems and enhance the quality of life within the urban landscape of
the Los Angeles metropolitan region.

Each academic year, the LA Urban Center offers a prestigious fellowship
program <https://laurbanresearchcenter.org/fellowships/> that provides
research and science delivery opportunities for graduate students from a
diversity of academic disciplines and sociodemographic backgrounds. *Please
see the attached PDF for the 2024 Science Fellowship Program announcement*;
you can also view the announcement here: LA Urban Center 2024 Science
Fellowship Program Announcement
<https://laurbanresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LA-Urban-Center-2024-Science-Fellowship-Program-Announcement.pdf>.
We are asking that you share this opportunity with qualified and interested
graduate students, as well as any faculty members or colleagues that may be
interested in promoting the Fellowship.

Selected Fellows will have the option to conduct a one- or two-year project
that contributes to the core mission and vision of the LA Urban Center.
Selected proposals will receive non-renewable funding of *$12,500 for
one-year projects* (September 2024 to June 2025) or *$25,000 for two-year
projects* (September 2024 to June 2026) and are required to present main
findings or showcase a developed product to researchers, practitioners, and
general audiences. Each fellow is also expected to secure a project mentor
with whom the Fellow will spend time working on project preparation and
professional development.

Proposals must focus on one or both of the priority proposal areas (*Community
Forest Management* and/or *Nursery Management*, please see additional
information in the announcement) for a one-year or two-year project.
Proposals that focus on one or more of the items in the bulleted list of
potential projects under each proposal area *will be prioritized*;
applicants may propose other projects not on the list, but all proposed
projects must have strong relevance to one or both proposal areas.

The announcement contains important information on the themes of interest
and requirements. Graduate students are invited to submit an
application by *Friday,
July 26th, 2024 at 5:00 PM PT* here: 2024 Science Fellowship Program
Application
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScY7Nwb3umbh_oJl7jz2h9noJ0jDDh8jlM_NaoSnEQiShYPlw/viewform?usp=sf_link>.
Please contact me with any questions regarding the program, and feel free
to put students in contact with me directly. You can reach me via
email at *michelle.carr at usda.gov
<michelle.carr at usda.gov>*. Thank you!

Much appreciated,

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*Michelle Carr, MS LA Urban Center Administrator & *

*Urban and Community Forestry Program Specialist*

*Forest Service *

*State and Private Forestry*

*Pacific Southwest Region*

* michelle.carr at usda.gov <michelle.carr at usda.gov>*

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-- 
G. Darrel Jenerette
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