<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear colleagues,<br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) announces the establishment of a new capacity building activity, the SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program. In the paragraphs below we describe our vision for SVS and solicit your help in the identification of institutional partners for the SVS program implementation plan.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">As you may know, SCOSTEP is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science, which strives to bring together different scientific disciplines to address scientific issues of international relevance. The SVS program will complement the current scientific program and public outreach activities of SCOSTEP.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The objective of the SVS program is to provide training to young scientists and graduate students from developing countries in well-established solar terrestrial physics laboratories, for periods of between one and three months. Our aim is to fund four scholars each year, one related to each of the four SCOSTEP VarSITI themes (<a href="http://www.varsiti.org/">http://www.varsiti.org/</a>). The training will help the young scientists to advance their career in solar terrestrial physics using the technique/skill they learned during the training. SCOSTEP will provide the airfare, while it is expected that the hosting lab will provide the living expenses (lodging, meals, ground transportation, visa fees and other incidentals). Trainees should have their own health insurance or arrange a provision with the host </div><div class="gmail_default">lab.<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">We envision that the SVS process will operate in conjunction with existing visiting scientist schemes with similar aims, whether organized by individual laboratories or other programs. For the first call therefore, we wish to identify existing schemes that would be willing to partner with SVS in this capacity building effort. Please contact the SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary Marianna Shepherd (<a href="mailto:mshepher@yorku.ca">mshepher@yorku.ca</a>) to register your institution and/or program as an SVS partner.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">We look forward to hearing from you, and to your engagement in this capacity building enterprise.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The SCOSTEP SVS committee: M. Grande (chair), M. Hagan, N. Vilmer, A. Yoshikawa, B. Rabiu, J.-P.Raulin. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Prof. Manuel Grande</div><div class="gmail_default">Aberystwyth University<br></div><div class="gmail_default">Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3BZ,<br></div><div class="gmail_default">Wales, UK.<br></div><div class="gmail_default">Phone: (44)1970 622624, Fax: (44)1970 622826, Mobile: (44) 7881 858945<br></div><div class="gmail_default">Email <a href="mailto:M.Grande@aber.ac.uk">M.Grande@aber.ac.uk</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><div><div dir="ltr">Maura Hagan<div>National Center for Atmospheric Research</div><div><a href="mailto:hagan@ucar.edu" target="_blank">hagan@ucar.edu</a></div><div>+1-303-497-1537</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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