CTFS - ForestGEO is calling for applications from US scholars conducting (or interested in conducting) research associated with the Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network (CforBio). This is a fully-funded, international scientific exchange program for US scientists to spend 1-4 months collaborating with ForestGEO partners in China during the spring or summer of 2016. This initiative is funded through an NSF-IRCN Dimensions of Biodiversity grant (DEB-1046113) "Diversity and Forest Change: Characterizing functional, phylogenetic and genetic contributions to diversity gradients and dynamics in tree communities" which is designed to advance understanding of how taxonomic, functional, and genetic dimensions of diversity structure tree communities and relate to the resilience of forests to global change. The goal of the fellowship is to foster long-term collaborations between the CforBIO network in China and the US. Selected fellows will work with Chinese colleagues specializing in areas of common research interest with a main goal to advance collaborative cross-site analyses, resulting in joint papers using the CTFS - ForestGEO and CforBio forest plot data. To see a list of the forest sites, visit the CforBio website (www.cfbiodiv.org/english<http://www.cfbiodiv.org/english>). Site descriptions and principal investigators are also available on the CTFS - ForestGEO website (www.forestgeo.si.edu<http://www.forestgeo.si.edu>). CTFS - ForestGEO will work with fellowship recipients to identify common research interests with Chinese partners. Who can apply?: Scientists from the United States, preferably early-career graduate students, postdocs, or assistant professors. To apply, send a single PDF file containing a CV, a statement of interest in the fellowship, including your goals for the fellowship, and the names and contact details of three references. Statements of interest cannot exceed 900 words, including citations. Send materials to Kristin Powell, CTFS - ForestGEO Program Manager, at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by February 29, 2016.
