CALFED Science Fellows Program for Graduate and Postdoctoral Researchers
Beginning with the class of 2003, the CALFED Science Fellows Program has paired graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with CALFED Program agency scientists and senior research mentors. Fellows work on collaborative data analysis and research projects applicable to the California Bay-Delta system. This year's class of 2008 will represent the fifth year of fellowships awarded by the CALFED Science Program.
Applications Now Being Accepted for 2008 Fellowships
The CALFED Science Program is accepting applications from qualified individuals to compete for fellowship opportunities in 2008. Up to 12 fellowships are available for qualified graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Fellowships must focus on one or more of the following topics for the California Bay-Delta system:
- Trends and Patterns of Habitats, Populations and System Response to a Changing Environment
- Aquatic Invasive (Exotic) Species
- Water Supply, Water Quality
- Developing Indicators and Performance Measures
The Science Program has selected California Sea Grant to administer and manage the fellowship program. Fellowships will begin September 2008: the application deadline is 5 p.m., Friday, June 6, 2008.
The stipend for postdoctoral researchers is $45,000 per year for up to two years, plus eligible expenses up to $30,000. Graduate fellows will receive $25,000 per year for up to two years, plus up to $19,500 for eligible expenses.
Specific research questions to be addressed, as well as detailed guidelines, eligibility and application instructions, are posted on the California Sea Grant website at: http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CALFEDIndx.html.
Past Fellowship Classes
| 2007 Fellows | ||||
| P.I. | Lead Institution | Funding | Title | Products |
| Alex Fremier | University of Syracuse, NY | $228,750 | Modeling Physical Drivers and Age Structure of Cottonwood Forest Habitat: An Integrated Systems Approach | |
| Susanne Brander | UC Davis | $129,124 | Endocrine Disruption in the Delta: Confirming Sites' Known Estrogenicity with Outplants, Histology, and Choriogenin Level Measurements | |
| Susan Lang | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | $215,759 | Investigating the Lower Trophic Levels of Suisun Bay Food Web: A Biomarker-Specific Isotope Approach | |
| Lisa Schile | University of California, Berkeley | $125,750 | Tidal wetland vegetation response to climate change in the San Francisco Bay-Delta | |
| Sarah Hughes | UC Santa Barbara | $114,063 | Environmental Water: Developing Indicators and Identifying Opportunities | |
| Heidi Weiskel | UC Davis | $107,812 | Nutrients and Benthic Invasion Dynamics in San Francisco Bay | |
Abstracts, progress reports and final reports by CALFED Science Fellows can be found on the California Sea Grant webpage. Please follow the link provided below.
CALFED Science Fellows Program Class of 2003
http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CALFEDClass2003.html
CALFED Science Fellows Program Class of 2005
http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CALFEDClass2005.html
CALFED Science Fellows Program Class of 2006
http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CALFEDClass2006.html
CALFED Science Fellows Program Class of 2007
http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CALFEDClass2007.html