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SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar Program – Call for Applications </span></b></p>
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MS",sans-serif">From: Marianna Shepherd
(mshepher[at]yorku.ca)</span></font></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">The
submission of applications for the 2019 SCOSTEP Visiting
Scholarship is now open.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b></p>
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size="-1"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">The SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS)
program is a capacity building activity of SCOSTEP (Scientific
Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics), which complements
SCOSTEP’s scientific programs (currently VarSITI, Variability
of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact, <span
class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.varsiti.org/">http://www.varsiti.org/</a></span>)
and SCOSTEP’s public outreach activities.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><font
size="-1"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">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 institutes, for one to three months. 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 the host institute will provide the living
expenses (accommodation, sustenance, ground transportation,
visa fees and other incidentals). Trainees should have their
own health insurance or arrange a provision with the host
institution.</span></font></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">Applications
will be accepted in two categories, Category 1 – graduate
students (MSc, PhD), and Category 2 – Postdoctoral fellows
(PDFs) with experience up to 5 years from date of graduation
at the time of application. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="-1"><span
style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">Interested
candidates should contact one of the SVS program hosts listed
at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a
href="http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=2103">http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=2103</a></span>,
develop a project and work out the details of the visit. Once
the applicant and the host agree on a visit, the applicant
needs to prepare an application package including the
following details of the visit: <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">(i) work to be performed
described in the form of a 2-page proposal; (ii) applicant’s
curriculum vitae, (iii) dates of the visit and an estimate
of the airfare in economy class; (iv) letter from the
applicant’s supervisor, and (v) a recommendation letter from
the host scientist/institution</i><span style="color:red"> </span>indicating
that the proposed work will be mutually beneficial.</span></font></p>
<font size="-1"> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">A single pdf file of the above materials
and indicating the category (1 or 2) should be sent to SCOSTEP’s
Scientific Secretary, Dr. Marianna G. Shepherd
(mshepher[at]yorku.ca). Deadline for applications: <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">February 20, 2019</b>. </span></font>
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Dr. Marianna G. Shepherd, Adjunct Professor
Scientific Secretary
Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/">http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/</a>
c/o Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
Phone: +1 416 736 2100 ext. 33828
FAX: +1 416 736 5626
Mobile: +1 647 236 8382
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mshepher@yorku.ca">mshepher@yorku.ca</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mshepherd1607@gmail.com">mshepherd1607@gmail.com</a></pre>
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