National PERISHIP Awards
Dissertation Fellowship in Hazards, Risks, and Disaster

The Natural Hazards Center and the Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), in partnership with the National Science Foundation and Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re), will be awarding PhD dissertation fellowships to support research on any aspect of natural and human-made hazards, risks, and disasters. The goal of the program is to foster the development of the next generation of interdisciplinary hazards scholars who can offer wide-ranging contributions to the body of knowledge in hazards research. As a relatively small subset of many different disciplines, the interdisciplinary hazards field relies to an unusual extent on an influx of young scholars committed simultaneously to their own disciplines and to the more practical, applied aspects of the field. This combination can be difficult to achieve in today’s traditional academic climate, and thus this program helps solidifystudent interest in and commitment to hazards via financial support.

Applications for the second round of PERISHIP Awards are due September 1, 2006.

Complete program information, including deadlines, eligibility, and application requirements, is available at http://www.cudenver.edu/periship/.

Specific questions can be directed to Audre Hoffman, PERI, 11350 RandomHills Road, #210, Fairfax, VA 22030; (703) 352-1846; e-mail:periship@riskinstitute.org.