PlanYourPlace: a geospatial cyber-infrastructure for sustainable community planning

Graduate Opportunities@ the University of Calgary

We are recruiting graduate students at MSc and PhD levels for a new research project, starting April, 2011. The successful candidates will work on one or more research projects related to cyberinfrastructure implementation, web GIS, urban planning, spatial analysis and modeling, and participatory GIS applications that promote the fundamentals of responsible and ethical sustainable practices for urban development. The proposed work plans to address this objective in three ways: (i) through development of a rich web-based tool to help citizens, developers and elected officials visualize possible scenarios and their anticipated effects (analysis focus); (ii) by developing sketch friendly tools to create alternative plans and then estimate the fiscal, environmental, and social impacts, etc. (design focus); and (iii) extend participatory GIS to support a two way dialog between citizens and planners about communities and their future.

Applicants should have a recent degree in Geomatics, GIScience, Computer Science, Geography, or a related field. Knowledge and experience in advanced Web technologies, geovisualization, or web processing service chaining are desirable. Applicants should provide evidence of an outstanding work ethic; strong written- and oral-communication skills; and demonstrated research excellence or potential.

Successful candidates will collaborate on forefront research within a multidisciplinary research team.  Graduate stipends for this project will be inline with NSERC funding guidelines.  Additional funding will be available through Teaching Assistantships within the Department of Geomatics Engineering and funding opportunities through the University’s Open Scholarship competition.  Students will be provided additional support for attending national or international scientific conferences, and will be required to participate in all project-sponsor meetings.

Interested applicants are requested to send a cover letter summarizing their relevant background / skills, CV, unofficial transcripts, and contact details for three referees to Dr. Andrew Hunter via email (ahunter@ucalgary.ca).  Successful candidates will be contacted and asked to apply officially to the Geomatics Engineering Program.
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An excellent opportunity for community college students intending to transfer to a 4-year college and major in geography.  This is a national scholarship through the Association of American Geographers (AAG). 

To find out more: http://www.aag.org/cs/grants/hess
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The Oregon & SW Chapter of URISA provide two scholarships to support education & research for emerging GIS professionals. 

They have $500 tuition scholarships & $1500 Research scholarships available and the deadline to apply is Feb 25, 2011. 

Follow the link for full details on the awards:  http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=464265
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CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOCIETY announces

2010 ESRI USER CONFERENCES:
FULL CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: Monday, May 24, 2010

The Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) is once again pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of FULL CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS available for students to act as booth volunteers ("ambassadors") at the 2010 ESRI User Conference (12-16 July), the ESRI
Education User Conference (10-13 July), in San Diego, CA. CaGIS and its affiliated organizations will offer full registrations (worth up to $1395) to the User Conference and the Education User Conference. These ambassadors
will, in return, be responsible for staffing the CaGIS information booth at the exhibition pavilion of the conference for allotted periods of time during the conference. We are looking for volunteers who will appropriately and positively represent the society to the public. Students must (a) be
enrolled in an undergraduate (BA or BS) or graduate program, (b) be a current CaGIS member (not a member? join now: http://www.cartogis.org/), (c) have research and/or career interests that align with the mission of
the society, and (d) be outgoing, friendly, and professional in appearance and manner. Students selected to staff our booth at previous conferences are encouraged to apply for the opportunity again this year.

Our awards cover only the conference registrations. Travel and other expenses related to attending the conference are the responsibility of the volunteer.

To apply, please: 
-- send an e-mail describing how you meet the above criteria to Dr. Rob Edsall, Student Activity Coordinator of CaGIS, at edsal001@umn.edu, and


 -- arrange for your advisor or another faculty member who knows you and your research/career interests to send an e-mail to the above address affirming your status as a student and addressing the preference criteria.

In both e-mails, please indicate "ESRI Conference Volunteer Application" in the subject line.

Please address any questions regarding this program to Dr. Edsall. The deadline for applications is Monday, May 24, at 5:00pm CDT.
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USGIF, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and developing a stronger community of interest, would like to give students the opportunity to apply for the 2010 Scholarship Program. Applications for the program must be received by May 1.

Last year, the Foundation annually awarded roughly $75,000 in scholarships to undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, studying fields relating to the geospatial tradecraft. USGIF also awards scholarships to exceptional high school seniors planning to enter a geospatial- or GIS-related program at the college or university level.

You can find applications to the scholarship here:  http://usgif.org/education/scholarships

If you have any questions or would like more information, please visit the website at www.USGIF.org or contact USGIF at 1-888-MY-USGIF.
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The PSU student chapter of ASPRS proudly announces a $500 scholarship for research that incorporates the use of GIS or remote sensing technologies.

Click here for details.
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The Oregon & SW Washington chapter of URISA is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and advancing an interdisciplinary approach to developing urban and regional information systems. Providing scholarships to assist in the education of future professionals and advancing research in this discipline are two goals aimed at assisting in this endeavor. The scholarship consists of two awards – a tuition scholarship and a research grant. 

The tuition scholarship is designed to help defray the costs of GIS courses. The degree or program the applicant is working towards does not have to be specifically for GIS; however, the student must have an emphasis or focus within the degree on GIS.

The research scholarship is designed to facilitate research focusing on some aspect of GIS. The student can be pursuing a degree in any relevant field. 

Go to the URISA website for deadline and eligibility info.  
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 The International Masters Program in Geospatial Technologies is a cooperation of three universities in Germany, Spain and Portugal. The three-semester Masters program targets holders of Bachelor degrees in application areas of Geographic Information (GI), e.g., environmental planning, regional planning, geography, logistics, transportation, marketing, energy provision, computer science. GI is a rapidly growing market, lacking qualified GI personnel and offering excellent career chances. Therefore, the Masters Program targets life-long learning for graduates and professionals in the fields of geography, surveying, planning, local adminstration, etc., who are willing to acquire additional GI skills for applying them in their respective GI application area.

For more information and for contact details go to: http://geospatial.lamochila.org/?page_id=433

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The AAG is pleased to offer a new national program to support community college students to attend the AAG Annual Meetings (www.aag.org/annualmeetings). These travel funds are generously provided by Darrel Hess and Robert and Bobbé Christopherson.

Students currently enrolled at a US community college, junior college, city college, or similar two-year educational institution at the time of application are eligible to apply. Students from minority and underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.  Formal participation in the conference (e.g. paper presentation, poster, panel, etc.) is not required, but awardees will agree to write a 2-3 page report on their meeting attendance. The award consists of conference registration, one year membership in the AAG, and a travel expense subsidy of $500 to be used to defray the costs of attending the AAG Annual Meeting.  Applications consist of a form, unofficial transcripts and one letter of reference sent to grantsawards@aag.org on or before the deadline of November 1, 2009.  For further details and application instructions, please consult the AAG webpage at www.aag.org/Grantsawards/cctravel.htm.

 

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The AAG Marble fund for Geographic Science is accepting applications for the 2010 Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards. The awards recognize excellence in academic performance by undergraduate students from the United States and Canada who are putting forth a strong effort to bridge geographic science and computer science as well as to encourage other students to embark upon similar programs. Each of the Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards consists of a cash prize of $700, a $200 credit for books published by the ESRI Press, and a certificate of recognition. Priority consideration is given to any of the awardees who may be interested in participating in ESRI's summer internship program. Marble- Boyle awardees will also be eligible to compete for an additional research fellowship award that is being offered by the MicroGIS foundation for Spatial Analysis (MfSA), which includes access to research facilities and all transportation and housing costs for up to four months of work in Lausanne, Switzerland. Information on eligibility, application guidelines, and prior awardees is available at www.aag.org/grantsawards/marble_boyle.htm. Digital submissions to grantsawards@aag.org  are due by October 15, 2009.

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