Doctoral Student Scholarships

Vespucci Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science

Fiesole and Florence, Italy, June 2010

The IGERT Program in Geographic Information Science at the University at Buffalo invites

applications from U.S. doctoral students for the 2010 Vespucci Summer Institute on Geographic

Information Science in Fiesole, near Florence, Italy. There will be only one Vespucci week in

2010, June 13-19. The topic will be "Interfacing social and environmental modeling," featuring

Gilberto Camara and Henk Scholten as Facilitators. Financial support available under this

competition will include tuition and fees for the Institute, accommodation expenses in Fiesole,

and up to $1,900 in travel expenses. Further information about the Institute may be found at

www.vespucci.org/

We anticipate funding about 10 applicants under this competition. Support from the Buffalo

IGERT program is limited to US Citizens or Permanent Residents. Others are encouraged to

apply directly to the Vespucci program.

Week 1 Participants, Vespucci 2009

Applications must include:

a 1-page statement of the applicant's background and interest in the 2010 School;

a brief curriculum vitae, including dissertation topic and expected PhD completion date

a letter of endorsement from the student's Ph.D. advisor, committee member, or

department chair.

The application deadline is March 15, 2010. Applications must be submitted in .pdf or .doc

format, including letter of endorsement, via e-mail attachment, to ncgia@buffalo.edu. We plan to

announce decisions by April 12, 2010.