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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
(OCRM), Estuarine Reserves
Division, in collaboration with NOAA’s Coastal
Services Center (CSC) and the Sectoral Applications
Research Program (SARP) of the Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, Climate Program Office, are
offering <b>fellowships for masters and doctoral
students to conduct social science research within
the National Estuarine Research Reserve System</b>. NERR
social science research funds will be provided to
support research projects that will provide
information needed by reserve management and coastal
management decision-makers, and improve public
awareness and understanding of estuarine ecosystems
and estuarine management issues (15 CFR§ 921.50).
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The National Estuarine Research Reserve System will
focus on the following areas of research for this
opportunity. Proposed research projects submitted
in response to this announcement should address
social, cultural, economic, or policy aspects
related to one of the following topics:
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1.Community resilience (e.g., individual and
community vulnerability; resistance, response, and
adaptability to continuous or episodic natural and
anthropogenic stressors; risk perception)
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2.Ecological restoration (e.g., human behaviors;
advocacy and volunteerism; responses to social and
ecological change; personal and societal value
orientations)
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3.Ecosystem-based management (e.g., collaborative
decision-making; motivations or preferences for
resource uses or management practices; ways in which
people affect or are affected by natural resource
management decisions; cultural history)
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4.Landscape or seascape change (e.g., current or
potential effects on or threats to the traits,
patterns, or structure of a specific geographic area
of the terrestrial or aquatic environment, including
its biological, physical, and anthropogenic
attributes; population and demographic change;
coastal urbanization and habitat fragmentation)
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5.Climate variability and change (e.g., sea level
rise; extreme weather events; seasonal or
interannual climate fluctuations; effects on water
resources, living marine resources, agricultural
productivity, delivery of ecosystem services, or
public health and safety)
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For detailed descriptions of the reserves and a copy
of this funding opportunity, refer to the NERRS Web
site at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov">www.nerrs.noaa.gov</a>.
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