UK Polar Network List: 2015

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

School communications opportunity

Dear UKPN,

Please see below for details about engaging with schools through an online platform. Education Through Expeditions are looking for some "Polar experts" to answer questions from schoolchildren whilst they follow a live Antarctic expedition. A few of us in the UKPN did it last year, and it was really enjoyable (you don't need to be a total Antarctic expert, just be able to contribute to relevant questions on your topic - oceans/geology/fieldwork etc.)

Anyway, I'm happy to answer any questions on what it was like, but if you're interested in participating - just contact ETE directly (details below). Also looks like they've got some freelance outreach work available for anyone with some experience!

Cheers,

Laura Hobbs.

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Would you like to gain a science communication case study for your CV? Would you be able to help answer some questions from children and share presentations about the polar regions on-line? If so, we'd like to hear from you.

Education Through Expeditions was set up in 2009 by Polar Explorer Antony Jinman and has delivered over 700 school visits both here in the UK and overseas. In addition to our school outreach work we have also built a digital web platform to increase our impact whilst also improving teachers knowledge of the polar regions.

ETE Live Learning connects explorers and scientists with schools via a digital web platform, inspiring children and adults alike and educating them about the world around them. ETE does this by creating exciting and engaging activities and teaching resources linked to the National Curriculum at all levels for science and Geography, as well as cross curricular resources and activities.

ETE are currently working closely with a network of schools from Cornwall and Wales and we are looking for some willing polar mentors to volunteer to log on to our Live Learning Platform and help answer some of the children's questions (aged between 5 and 11). We would also additionally be looking for people that would like to share any blogs or interesting material that could inspire young children to take an interest in the Polar Regions and science. E.g. blog on what it's like being a Polar Scientist/why the Polar Regions are important/any video material that may be inspiring for younger children.

A profile will be created on our web platform for each Polar Mentor which will include a bio and a link to any personal websites.

We also have freelance positions available within our school outreach team, so if you would like to earn some money and help us provide polar science workshops in schools, we'd love to hear from you.

Should anyone wish to get involved please email Rachel Manning at info@etehome.org or ring on 01752 588347. www.ETELiveLearning.org

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Job vacancies at the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

Hi everyone

We just wanted to let you know that we are now also advertising for an Antarctic Operations Officer with the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. More information about this and other available jobs can be found on our website at www.ukaht.org/jobs

Many thanks,

Sarah

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Sarah Jackman
Office Assistant
UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge, CB3 0ET
Tel: 01223 355049
www.ukaht.org

Friday, December 11, 2015

FW: Job vacancies at the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

Hi everyone

We just wanted to let you know that we are now advertising for a Membership & Engagement Assistant as well as a Product Developer & Buyer with the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. More information about these jobs can be found on our website at www.ukaht.org/jobs

Many thanks,

Sarah

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Office Assistant
UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge, CB3 0ET
Tel: 01223 355049
www.ukaht.org

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Fwd: PhD recruitment open day at PML

Dear all:

Plymouth Marine Laboratory is having an open day for prospective PhD students on the 2nd December 2015. More information in the link below:

http://www.pml.ac.uk/Media_and_events/Events/PML_PhD_Recruitment_Open_Day

Thanks

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TJ Young

PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Co-President, UK Polar Network

Web: http://polarnetwork.org/committee/current-committee/young/

Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org
Phone: +44 (0)7539 526731

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Re: Postdoc Positions in UK Polar Sciences

Dear all,

Today's the last day to fill out a short (<5 minutes) questionnaire about how organisations like the UK Polar Network and the UK Arctic and Antarctic Partnership can better communicate, represent, and support postdocs in their research and well-being. The survey is open to anyone in the polar sciences community regardless of current stage of career: It's quite important that we get a variety of responses from as many people as possible.

We will be presenting the results of this questionnaire at the next UKAAP meeting in Edinburgh on the 25th November 2015, in which committee members are made up of early careers, senior lecturers and scientists, administrators, and funding agency (e.g. NERC, UKRC) representatives. So what you say will actually be heard by the relevant people that can actually make these changes.

The link to the questionnaire: goo.gl/frJQ2D

Best wishes in your research and postdoc aspirations,

TJ, Anne, Clare and Ruth, on behalf of the UKPN and UKAAP

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TJ Young

PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Co-President, UK Polar Network

Web: http://www.polarnetwork.org/ukpn-committee/tj-young/

Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org

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Dear all,

We hope this email finds you well! On behalf of the UK Polar Network and the UK Arctic and Antarctic Partnership, we are looking into trying to improve support and address current issues for postdocs through this year within the UK research framework, and we'd like to see what the community thinks are the most pertinent questions and issues that are worth tackling.

In this regard, we'd like to ask you, as members of the UK polar sciences community, to fill in a short questionnaire about how organisations like us can better support postdocs in their research and life. Truly, this questionnaire is short! 5 questions are simply clicking boxes, and 2 questions needs a short paragraph--5 minutes max. You can answer this form anonymously, so please be as critical as need be!

The survey is open to anyone in the polar sciences community regardless of current stage of career: It's quite important that we get a variety of responses from as many people as possible. This will feed in to discussions in both UKPN and UKAAP, in which committee members are made up of early careers, senior lecturers and scientists, administrators, and funding agency (e.g. NERC, UKRC) representatives. So what you say will actually be heard by the relevant people that can actually make these changes.

We will keep this form open until the 18th November 2015, giving just under a month for you to fill in your responses.

Lastly, the link to the questionnaire: goo.gl/frJQ2D

Best wishes in your research and postdoc aspirations,

TJ, Anne, Clare and Ruth, on behalf of the UKPN and UKAAP

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TJ Young
PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Co-President, UK Polar Network

Web: http://www.polarnetwork.org/ukpn-committee/tj-young/
Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org
Phone: +44 (0)7539 526731

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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Register for the Young Researchers Workshop at ICOP 2016

Apologies for cross-posting, but this is too good not to share! - TJ

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A "Young Researchers Workshop" will take place at the XI. International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016) on 18 - 19 June 2016. This workshop is organized as a joint effort of PYRN (Permafrost Young Researchers Network), APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists), the young researcher representatives of the USPA (United States Permafrost Association), and ADAPT (Arctic Development and Adaptation to Permafrost in Transition).

The workshop aims at providing opportunities to young researchers to learn and build interdisciplinary knowledge:

how to get published in scientific journals (professional trainer)
practical methods and
essential soft skills.

For detailed information on the Young Researchers Workshop program, pleasedownload the program here or visit the workshop website

The soft skills portion, presenting and sharing knowledge about the Arctic and Antarctic permafrost regions, will be a focus. To achieve this, the participants will enter into dialogue and exchange in thematic break-out sessions.

The application deadline for abstract submission as well as the application for the workshop: December 1, 2015.

The maximum number of participants is 150. If more applications are submitted, an evaluation of the applications will be done. To apply for the workshop, please use the suitable category in the conference registration system and please be prepared to provide the following there:

A letter of motivation stating why you are interested in participating in the ICOP and the workshop (500 words)
If you are part of a network (PYRN, IPA, APECS, USPA…), how are you involved? If you are not part of a network, are you interested to increase your activity e.g. for the future PYRN or APECS executive committee, council and/or national representation? (300 words)

Approval will be sent out until February 11, 2016 to successful applicants

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

PhD project: Catastrophic ice melt and life in the oceans

Dear all,

Just wanted to draw your attention to an exciting PhD opportunity at the School of Earth and Environment in Leeds:

CATASTROPHIC ICE MELT AND LIFE IN THE OCEANS
The aim of the PhD is to understand the effect of catastrophic meltwater discharge on physical ocean circulation, ocean biogeochemistry and marine ecosystems during the last 21 thousand years and in the future. This will be achieved by combining cutting edge knowledge of ice sheet dynamics and biogeochemistry with state of the art ocean modelling.
More info is available here: http://www.nercdtp.leeds.ac.uk/projects/index.php?id=289

Supervisors are from the University of Leeds and University of Bristol, and the project offers development of a wide inter-disciplinary skill set, with potential for international collaboration and travel. The deadline to apply is February 2016, with a potential start date of October 2016.

If you know anyone who might be interested please forward them this email.

Many thanks,

Jon

Jon Hawkings

PDRA, Geographical Sciences (Bristol Glaciology Centre)

University of Bristol

University Road

Bristol

BS8 1SS

Email: jon.hawkings@bristol.ac.uk

Web: www.jonhawkings.com

Twitter: @jonnyhawkings

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Fwd: PhD studentship in Arctic storm risk

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> Hi there,
> We are offering a NERC-SCENARIO PhD studentship at the University of Reading on Arctic Storm Risk, to start in September 2016. This project has Insurance industry funding from XL Catlin. And will be supervised by Kevin Hodges, Jonny Day and Len Shaffrey (University of Reading) and Tom Philp (XL Catlin).
>
> Please forward to any potential students. Full funds are available for UK students and tuition fee only support is available for EU students.
>
> http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/nercdtp/home/available/desc/SC201615.pdf
>
> Thanks
> Jonny
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> EMAIL: j.j.day@reading.ac.uk
> WEB: http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~jonny/home/
> TWITTER: @jonny_day
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> Dept. of Meteorology, Phone: 0118 378 6018
> University of Reading, Fax: 0118 378 8316
> READING. RG6 6BB. UK. Room: 3L71
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Thursday, November 5, 2015

FW: PhD Opportunity working in the Southern Ocean

Hi all,

Please find below an exciting PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia with field trips to the Southern Ocean.

Please pass along to anyone you think may be interested.

Kind regards,

Kyle

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Subject: FW: PHD opportunity
From: "Mayers K." <Kyle.Mayers@soton.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, November 05, 2015 4:39 am
To: "'kyle.mayers@polarnetwork.org'" <kyle.mayers@polarnetwork.org>

From: Pebody, Corinne [mailto:cawo@noc.ac.uk]
Sent: 05 November 2015 11:31
To: noc-all@noc.soton.ac.uk
Cc: Manno, Clara <clanno@bas.ac.uk>
Subject: FW: PHD opportunity

Fantastic opportunity for a PhD working in the Southern Ocean

Please read on below if interested

Best wishes

Corinne Pebody

From: Manno, Clara
Sent: 04 November 2015 14:57
To: Pebody, Corinne
Subject: PHD opportunity

Hi Corinne! Can you spread to everybody could be interested?

The effect of iron supply on diatoms and carbon sequestration: South Georgia (Antarctica) as "natural iron fertilized laboratory"

Project Supervisor Dr. Clara Manno clanno@bas.ac.uk

Deadline for application 23:59 on 6 January 2016

Project description

Changes in iron supply to oceanic phytoplankton have a significant effect on concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide by altering rates of carbon sequestration, a theory known as the 'iron hypothesis'. In situ mesoscale fertilizations experiments showed that the addition of iron (Fe) stimulated phytoplankton growth, especially diatoms. The development of large diatom blooms upon iron re-supply demonstrates the metabolic plasticity inherent to their ability to recover rapidly from nutrient limitation.

The Southern Ocean (SO) is considered as the largest ''high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll'' (HNLC) area where the suppression of Fe limitation could potentially affect phytoplankton productivity. However, in the region downstream of South Georgia an extensive bloom is supported until late summer by macronutrients and iron resupplied. The presence downstream of South Georgia of a "natural iron fertilized laboratory" is a unique opportunity to identify the processes that regulate diatom metabolism in order to forecast bloom development and carbon sequestration in an area estimated to have the largest seasonal uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide yet measured in the Southern Ocean.

The project will aim to carry out comparative analyses on diatom physiology and growth rate at two oceanic sites off South Georgia with contrasting productivity regimes, with one site being naturally iron-fertilized and, the other, relatively iron-limited. The assemblage and abundance of diatoms during the bloom period will be investigated as well as their contribution to carbon export at both sites. The sensitivity of diatoms to low/high levels of iron will be investigated in incubation experiments with manipulated seawater. Particular focus will be dedicated to identify the transcriptome sequencing of selected key diatom species from this region in order to determine species-specific differences in their metabolic plasticity in response to changing iron concentrations.

Requirements, training and opportunities
Training and fieldwork: We seek an enthusiastic, pro-active team player with strong scientific interests and self-motivation. S/he will have at least a 2.1 honours degree in biology, or a branch of environmental science.The candidate will participate in one Southern Ocean sampling campaign for which he/she will receive training in sea-survival techniques and field-laboratory health and safety. On board, the student will participate in the collection of phytoplankton and run iron-manipulation experiments. The student will learn how to determine the transcriptome sequencing of selected key diatom and will develop skills in analysing dataset and remote sensing data processing. The student will be enrolled in the UEA Science Graduate School.

See more at:

http://www.enveast.ac.uk/projects/display/-/asset_publisher/G2PAL8zto56C/content/manno_ubas16ee?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enveast.ac.uk%2Fprojects%2Fdisplay%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_G2PAL8zto56C%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-4%26p_p_col_pos%3D3%26p_p_col_count%3D4

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Outreach in Sheffield (Respond by Friday) and Scotland (Fife)

Hi All,

There are two opportunities for outreach see below for details:

Sheffield:

We are located on the outskirts of Sheffield. The visit would be to a class of mainly Year 2 pupils with a small group of Year 1s ( about 6 years of age). We are doing a topic on the Polar regions this term and we will be looking at explorers as part of that. We will be looking at Scott of the Antartic so the visit would be to show a modern day slant on this if possible. Obviously it's also a good opportunity to bring in eco issues.

The talks would be best maximum 40 minutes and visual aids would help the children stay focused that long. We will be looking at the equipment Scott of the Antartic used so any examples of modern equipment would be great. May be a focus on how exploration has changed would work. Any day of the week beginning 7th December would be fine. We can be flexible about times but avoid between 12.15 and 1.15.

Scotland:

Our school is in Kennoway, Fife and students involved would be primary 6 and we have two classes with a total of 54. Would love to have some sort of activity and question and answer session? Was hoping we could squeeze this in before Christmas if possible, and there may be some funding available it would clearly depend on the cost.

Please email me (reussschmidtk@gmail.com) if you're interested and I'll put you in contact with the teachers.

Cheers,

Kassandra

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

UK Antarctic Science Conference 2016

Dear UKPN,

Please see the below from Karen Heywood at UEA- and watch this space should we be able to get a UKPN side meeting organised!

Sammie

Dear UK Polar Network!

We are pleased to announce that the 2016 UK Antarctic Science Conference will be held at the University of East Anglia in July 2016. The conference will run from lunchtime Tuesday 5th July to lunchtime Thursday 7th July. We welcome everyone working on Antarctic or Southern Ocean science, including techniques such as in situ measurements, numerical models, laboratory experiments or remote sensing. The conference welcomes all science disciplines, including cryosphere, earth, atmosphere, marine, climate and life sciences.

There are rooms booked for associated meetings Monday - Tuesday and Thursday - Friday, so if you would like to organise a side meeting (e.g. UK Polar Network, Sea Ice group) then please contact us. Likewise if you are interested in sponsoring the conference or having a stand or display at the conference.

We look forward to welcoming you to Norwich. Details of conference website, deadlines, registration and abstract submission will follow shortly.

Karen

Professor Karen J. Heywood
Physical Oceanographer
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
-44-1603-592555
k.heywood@uea.ac.uk

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Postdoc Positions in UK Polar Sciences

Dear all,

We hope this email finds you well! On behalf of the UK Polar Network and the UK Arctic and Antarctic Partnership, we are looking into trying to improve support and address current issues for postdocs through this year within the UK research framework, and we'd like to see what the community thinks are the most pertinent questions and issues that are worth tackling.

In this regard, we'd like to ask you, as members of the UK polar sciences community, to fill in a short questionnaire about how organisations like us can better support postdocs in their research and life. Truly, this questionnaire is short! 5 questions are simply clicking boxes, and 2 questions needs a short paragraph--5 minutes max. You can answer this form anonymously, so please be as critical as need be!

The survey is open to anyone in the polar sciences community regardless of current stage of career: It's quite important that we get a variety of responses from as many people as possible. This will feed in to discussions in both UKPN and UKAAP, in which committee members are made up of early careers, senior lecturers and scientists, administrators, and funding agency (e.g. NERC, UKRC) representatives. So what you say will actually be heard by the relevant people that can actually make these changes.

We will keep this form open until the 18th November 2015, giving just under a month for you to fill in your responses.

Lastly, the link to the questionnaire: goo.gl/frJQ2D

Best wishes in your research and postdoc aspirations,

TJ, Anne, Clare and Ruth, on behalf of the UKPN and UKAAP

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TJ Young

PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Co-President, UK Polar Network

Web: http://www.polarnetwork.org/ukpn-committee/tj-young/

Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org

Phone: +44 (0)7539 526731

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Postdoc Positions in UK Polar Sciences

TJ Young

PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Co-President, UK Polar Network

Web: http://www.polarnetwork.org/ukpn-committee/tj-young/

Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org

Phone: +44 (0)7539 526731

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

PhD position at British Antarctic Survey on Air quality above Snow

Dear all,

currently we are advertising a fully funded PhD studentship at the British Antarctic Survey on air quality above snow with the possibility to do field work in Antarctica (application deadline 6-Jan 2016):

A source of nitrous acid (HONO) in Antarctic snow – understanding the self-cleansing capacity of air above snow packs

http://www.enveast.ac.uk/projects/display/-/asset_publisher/G2PAL8zto56C/content/frey_ubas16ee

Please bring this to the attention of anyone interested and with the required background. Candidates must satisfy UK residency conditions to be eligible for the full stipend. Get in touch with me for further information about the project and application process.

Best Regards,

Markus

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Markus M. Frey, PhD

British Antarctic Survey - NERC

Cambridge, UK

maey@bas.ac.uk

+44 1223 221268

http://www.bas.ac.uk

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PhDs at the British Antarctic Survey

PhD's advertised by Paul Holland at BAS:

Dear Colleagues,

We are currently advertising two PhD studentships based at the British Antarctic Survey, to start in October 2016.

1) Is ocean melting driving Larsen C Ice Shelf towards collapse? (with University of East Anglia)
<http://www.enveast.ac.uk/projects/display/-/asset_publisher/G2PAL8zto56C/content/holland_ubas16ee>

2) The effect of Amundsen Sea freshwater on melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. (with University of Southampton)
<http://noc.ac.uk/gsnocs/project/effect-amundsen-sea-freshwater-melting-west-antarctic-ice-sheet>

Please bring these opportunities to the attention of any talented individuals that might be interested. Candidates must satisfy UK residency conditions to be eligible. I'm very happy to answer enquiries about the projects.

Thanks,

Paul

Dr. Paul Holland
British Antarctic Survey
p.holland@bas.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1223 221444
http://www.bas.ac.uk/profile/pahol

Thursday, October 8, 2015

PhD position: UAVs in Greenland, available at the University of York (UK)

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Fully funded PhD at York:

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as part of our NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, a fully-funded Ph.D. position is being advertised in the Environment Department at the University of York, entitled: "Evolution of Greenland’s surface drainage from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle surveys" (supervised by myself and Dr Andrew Sole of the Department of Geography, Sheffield). Further details can be found on the FindAPhD website (at: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=66657&LID=1601

Evolution of Greenland’s surface drainage from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle surveys at University of York on FindAPhD.com

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Monday, October 5, 2015

Fwd: Apply for the IASC Fellowship Program 2016 until 15 November 2015!

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Apply for the IASC Fellowship Program 2016 until 15 November 2015!

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The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), invites Early Career Scientists (ECS) to apply for the IASC Fellowship Program 2016.

The IASC Fellowship Program is meant to engage ECS in the work of the IASC Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human and Terrestrial. Each year, one Fellow per WG is chosen. IASC Fellows are doctoral or postdoctoral researchers who actively participate in selected activities of the IASC WGs. They are expected to scientifically contribute but also to help organizing specific activities and to coordinate the reporting to the IASC Secretariat. Thus, the Fellowship Program provides the opportunity for ECSs to become involved in leading-edge scientific activities at a circumarctic and international level, to build an international network of contacts and also to develop management skills.

The total duration of the IASC Fellowship Program is 1+2 years. In their first year, selected Fellows will receive travel support to attend two consecutive Arctic Science Summit Weeks (ASSWs) where the annual WG meetings are held. After the first year, Fellows have the opportunity to stay involved for up to 2 more years without dedicated funding support from IASC and the further involvement is individually decided by the WG Steering Group and the Fellow.

For more information please see http://iasc.info/home/iasc/iasc-fellowship-program or contact the IASC Fellowship Coordinator Maja Lisowska: maja.maslowska@gmail.com.

For this round of applications, interested ECSs have to fulfill the following criteria:

PhD student/candidate or postdoctoral researcher (up to 5 years past the PhD)
able to commit to participating in the activities of one of the IASC WGs for at least 12 months from March 2016 to April 2017.
able to attend the two upcoming ASSWs: 12–18 March 2016 in Fairbanks (Alaska, USA) and 31 March -7 April 2017 in Prague (Czech Republic)
located in an IASC member country (Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark / Greenland, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA)
have a very good command of English

How to apply:

If you are interested in this amazing opportunity then please send us:
A full CV
A statement of interest including:
- your research background
- why you are interested in becoming an IASC Fellow
- which IASC WG you would like to join and why you are interested in that particular WG

Please send your application to info@apecs.is no later than 12 GMT on 15 November 2015. Successful applicants will be notified before the end of the year.

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