Full Travel Grants Available
Second Call for Applications
Arctic Science Planning Meetings
Arctic Ocean Sciences Board
Application Deadline: Wednesday, 15 October 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.aosb.org/programs.html#nrg
Or contact:
Sara Bowden
Email: sbowden [at] ucar.edu
Phone: 703-272-7300
The Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB), in collaboration with the
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and the Association of
Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), is pleased to announce its second
call for applications from early career scientists to support their
involvement in international arctic marine planning meetings.
The AOSB has set aside $14,000 US to support early career scientists who
wish to attend the following meetings:
- Arctic Science Summit Week
23-28 March 2009, Bergen, Norway
- Arctic Ocean History, From Speculation to Reality: A Workshop to
Prepare for Arctic Ocean Scientific Drilling
3-5 November 2008, Bremerhaven, Germany
- IMPETUS 2008: Techniques in Polar Ocean Observation and Monitoring
19-22 November 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Pacific Arctic Group Trans-Arctic Planning Meeting
2-3 December 2008, Shanghai, China
Application requirements and deadlines:
To be eligible for these travel grants, applicants must be "Early Career
Scientists." Early Career Scientists are defined as individuals under 35
years old or individuals with less than 5 years experience since
receiving their doctorate.
To apply, submit a half page statement describing your motivation for
attending the planning meeting, how doing so will advance your research
goals in arctic marine sciences, and what long-term activities you hope
to engage in to facilitate international collaboration. A 2-page CV must
be submitted with the application.
Applications for travel support to attend an international science
planning meeting should be sent to AOSB secretariat
NRG_application [at] aosb.org by 15 October 2008. Please put "NRG
application" in the subject line.
Background
This new initiative entitled NRG (New Research Generation) aims to
promote the inclusion of early career arctic scientists and engineers in
the arctic marine science planning process. Every week, a meeting occurs
that deals with what is prosaically called "science planning," that is
scientific plans that are communicated to governments and influence the
way funding is distributed and science is done in the Arctic. Early
career scientists are generally absent from those meetings and do not
typically get a chance to act upon the agenda. It is AOSB's intent that
through this project early career scientists will not only attend one or
two meetings, but will become involved in the planning process over the
long-term, finding ways to contribute to their future as arctic
researchers. It is a unique chance to understand the way decisions are
made in top-level meetings behind close doors. Through this initiative
early career scientists have the opportunity to gain knowledge of
science planning and will be mentored on site by an AOSB representative
to facilitate your involvement in the process.
Individuals meeting requirements may apply for the meetings listed above
or any international planning meeting occurring between 1 November 2008
and 30 May 2009.
Funding is limited to travel support only and may not exceed $2,000 per
award. Recipients will be asked to provide a report to AOSB within four
weeks of the planning meeting.
AOSB is an international organization, which facilitates Arctic Ocean
research by the support of multinational and multidisciplinary natural
science and engineering programs. For more information on AOSB please
visit http://www.aosb.org.
For further information about this initiative, please go to:
http://www.aosb.org/programs.html#nrg
Or contact:
Sara Bowden
Email: sbowden [at] ucar.edu
Phone: 703-272-7300