Honours & Masters of Antarctic Science Scholarships at Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Australia

IMAS offers an exciting rangeof options for honours study within three broad areas of research:

Sustainable Marine Resources: focuses on the Tasmanian marine natural resource field with emphasis on the development of Tasmania’s wild fishery and aquaculture industries

Climate and Antarctic Futures: focuses on marine ecosystems, including coastal and estuarine, in the context of climate change, and includes ecosystem and marine systems modeling; the consequences of change on marine biodiversity and ocean environments from Australia to Antarctica; evolution of the Southern Ocean

Australians and the Sea: focuses on the interaction of humankind on the whole marine environment, from ocean policy through harvesting regimes to bio-security, seafood quality and seafood product supply chain. IMAS will offer up to seven scholarships to full-time students commencing either:

•an honours program in the field of marine and Antarctic studies and supervised by a staff member of IMAS or;

•A Master of Antarctic Science in semester 2, 2010.A list of potential honours projects and supervisors is available at www.imas.utas.edu.au

Apply online at www.scholarships.utas.edu.au

For further information contact Dr Julia Jabour,

Honours Coordinator, 6226 2978, email Julia.Jabour@utas.edu.au

Closing date: 30 June 2010 for commencement in semester 2

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