[DIALOGnews] Application DEADLINE for IPY NGPY Symposium Applications

[Ruth Ladderud]

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Early-Career Polar Researchers:
Become Part of the International Polar Year (IPY) Legacy
  http://www.disccrs.org/ngpr/

IPY NGPR Symposium
  May 4 - 11, 2008
  La Foret Conference Center
Colorado Springs, CO

Application Deadline:  October 15, 2007
  http://www.disccrs.org/ngpr/apply.html

IPY NGPR SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW:

The IPY 2007-2009 is a unique opportunity to blaze a new trail for  
polar research, one that will include pathways across the natural and  
social sciences to benefit the scientific research enterprise and  
society. The symposium will bring together 36 advanced graduate  
students and recent Ph.D. graduates conducting independent research  
during the 2007–2009 IPY. Scholars will present and discuss their  
research to increase awareness of work conducted by their peers  
during this IPY, establish an interdisciplinary collegial network,  
and provide a foundation for future collaborations.

The symposium represents a unique opportunity to provide a new  
generation of polar researchers with a common sense of history and  
purpose. Several internationally recognized polar experts, including  
veteran polar scientists who were actively engaged in the 1957–1958  
IGY, will join the new scholars to share perspectives on the history  
and future of polar research. The setting will provide an open forum  
for discussions and interactions that should provide a lasting  
contribution to the IPY Legacy, and lead to new research directions  
advance science at the intersection of science and society.

SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS:

Participants will be competitively selected by committee through a  
rigorous application process with the goal of identifying a diverse  
group of early career scientists who are likely to become part of the  
IPY legacy, just as David Keeling and others who were “early career”  
during the 1957/58 International Geophysical Year (IGY) went on to  
make major contributions to our understanding of the Earth system  
through polar research.

ELIGIBILITY:

Advanced students and Ph.D. graduates conducting research in the  
Arctic or Antarctic region during the IPY and who complete their  
degree between January 1, 2002 - March 31, 2009 are eligible to  
apply. Applicants must be conducting polar research during the IPY,  
but they do NOT need to be part of an IPY-approved project.

Scholars from the full range of natural and social sciences are  
eligible. While the focus is on the US system with preference given  
for American citizens and U.S. residents, a few slots will be  
reserved for citizens of any country who are residing outside the US  
and demonstrate interests in working with U.S. researchers.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

http://www.disccrs.org/ngpr/apply.html.


For more details contact Susan Weiler (weilercs at whitman.edu) or  
Sheldon Drobot (drobot at colorado.edu).

The NGPR is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation's  
Office of Polar Programs through grant #ARC-0632324 to Whitman  
College, C.S. Weiler PI, and #ARC-0632312 to University of Colorado,  
Sheldon Drobot PI.

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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Office for Earth System Studies       Tel:   509-527-5948
Whitman College                          Fax:  509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
   weiler at whitman.edu
     DISCCRS: Initiative for recent PhD's engaged in climate  
change'impacts:
       http://disccrs.org
     NGPR Symposium for IPY researchers:
       http://www.disccrs.org/ngpr/




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