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 Parks for science The National Park System offers unique laboratories for scientific research. Three innovative NPS programs support outstanding scholars—graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and university faculty—to conduct scientific research in units of the National Park System, often on issues critical to natural and cultural resource management. Since 1997 the Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program has provided dissertation scholarships for research in the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences. Program partners are the National Park Service, Canon U.S.A., Inc., and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2001 three Canon Scholars graduated with Ph.D.s and eight new scholars initiated their research, bringing the total number of Canon Scholars to 29. The National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program offers postdoctoral fellowships for basic ecological research on the flora of national parks. Funded through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, program partners are the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation, and the Ecological Society of America. In 2001 three Fellows began their research in national parks. The Sabbatical in the Parks Program arranges faculty sabbaticals for scholarly activity that provides usable knowledge for NPS managers or advances science and human understanding. In 2001 the program launched its website (www.nature.nps.gov/sabbaticals) to assist in matching faculty interests and park needs. The first sabbaticals were arranged in Yosemite, Glacier, and Theodore Roosevelt National Parks. Additional information on these programs is available from Dr. Gary Machlis, visiting chief social scientist, National Park Service (208-885-7129). |
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This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--2001, published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, in May 2001 (publication D-2255) /YearInReview/yir/yir2001/03_laboratories/03_od1_science_partners.html Last Updated: |