American-Yemeni Younger Scientists Partnership Project
As the focus of this project is building collaborations between early career American and Yemeni scientists and engineers, all participants must either be enrolled as graduate students in or affiliated with an accredited institution of higher learning in the United States. The project is designed to be interdisciplinary and is open to physical scientists, life scientists, social scientists, and engineers. All participants must have a valid U.S. passport or be able to obtain a valid U.S. passport by no later than May.
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is recruiting participants for its American-Yemeni science partnership project. This project, which begins in June 2011, will develop an interdisciplinary research project between early-career American and Yemeni scientists and engineers that addresses the critical challenge of developing and implementing affordable, sustainable solutions for providing reliable water and energy services to urban customers in water scarce environments. Applicants must submit a short (~4 page) proposal identifying a key need within this above identified challenge and outlining how they propose to address this need through a one year, small scale research project.
Proposal Requirements:
3. A statement defining a key research area or need critical to addressing the challenge. This statement should state what this key need area is and why the applicant has selected to address this need.
4. A brief narrative that outlines the research project the applicant would undertake to address the challenge and describes how the project addresses the challenge. This narrative should cover the following topics:
- how the proposed project addresses the need area (as defined in requirement 3);
- how the project addresses the larger challenge of developing and implementing affordable, sustainable solutions for providing reliable water and electricity services to urban customers in water scarce environments;
- how the applicants would integrate the proposed project and its research goals with the larger project if selected;
- how the proposed project and applicant would benefit from collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of Yemeni and American researchers;
- how the team would benefit from the applicant’s participation and from the goals of the individual research project;
- why the project would benefit from site research in Yemen; and
- what resources (including equipment, lab space, field research, human and financial capital) will be necessary for the individual project to be carried out.
5. A participant CV
1. A project title.
2. A brief narrative stating how the research team would benefit from the applicant’s background, experience, and ideas and why the applicant will benefit from participation in this project.
FAS cannot provide salary reimbursement for participants.
Rosina Bierbaum is the Vice Chair of Federation of American Scientists Board of Directors.