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GLEON Fellowship opportunity for LTER-affiliated graduate
students<br>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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We are pleased to announce <span>GLEON</span>'s first graduate
student <a href="http://students.gleon.org/" target="_blank"><b><span>Fellowship</span>
<span>Program</span></b></a>, an NSF-funded training <span>program</span>
for graduate students in the environmental sciences, ecology,
geography, and engineering fields (NSF Award #s 1137327 and
1137353). Applications will be accepted through August 1, 2014,
and successfully funded students will convene in New Hampshire
January, 2015 for the first Cohort Workshop.<br>
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<b>US and international doctoral students at least 1 year from
degree completion are encouraged to apply.</b> See attached
announcement for <span>program</span> summary, and visit <i><a href="http://students.gleon.org/" target="_blank">fellowship.<span>gleon</span>.org</a></i>
for additional <span>program</span> details and requirements
and to apply.<br>
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Please feel free to distribute this announcement and attached
.pdf to interested parties.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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The <span>GLEON</span> <span>Fellowship</span> <span>Program</span>
Leadership Team:<br>
Kathleen Weathers, Paul Hanson, Hilary Dugan and Grace Hong<br>
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---<br><p><b><i>The <span>GLEON</span> (<a href="http://gleon.org/" target="_blank"><span>gleon</span>.org</a>)
<span>Fellowship</span> <span>Program</span> trains
cohorts of graduate students to exploit the rich
information content of large and diverse data sets,
operate effectively in diverse international teams, and
communicate outcomes to a broad range of audiences.</i></b></p><p>Over the past several decades environmental issues and
concerns have become increasingly transdisciplinary in scope
and global in scale. The scientific community has responded by
acknowledging the need to develop new science that matches the
complexity and scale of these emerging environmental issues.
Yet, developing large spatial scale understanding of
environmental patterns and processes presents a formidable
challenge; it requires diverse expertise, data, and models. It
also requires scientists with the organizational and
collaborative human skills and understanding to both catalyze
and lead transformative science. Scientists will increasingly
work within networks to conceptualize issues in new ways and
work with complex data using new and effective
cyberinfrastructure. Learning to work in these kinds of
networks is not trivial and involves skills seldom developed
in graduate student training. </p><p>Students in the early- to mid-stages of doctoral research in
both academic and professional environmental science, ecology,
and engineering career tracks will begin the <span>program</span>
with an international, collaborative student cohort, and will
finish the <span>program</span> as integrated members of a
grassroots scientific network. </p><p>The <span>GLEON</span> <span>Fellowship</span> <span>Program</span>
is centered on</p>
<ul>
<li>Development of technical, conceptual and analytical skills
critical to carrying out macroscale biology and network
science</li>
<li>Development of communication skills for collaboration,
education and public outreach</li>
<li>Active participation in existing networks of people, data,
and technologies</li>
<li>Training and guidance by experts in how to build and
sustain human networks through pedagogy, organizational
structure, and leadership training</li>
</ul><p>The <span>GLEON</span> <span>Fellowship</span> <span>Program</span>
will provide <i><b>full funding and logistical support</b></i>
to bring a cohort (~ 12 students) together for in depth
training in network science. Over the course of 1.5 years, <span>fellows</span>
will</p>
<ul>
<li>Travel to three week-long workshops for in-depth training,
supplemented by online activities and network-level
interactions at <span>GLEON</span> all-hands meetings</li>
<li>Gain access to existing networks of people, data,
technologies, students, and technical experts</li>
<li>Complete an interdisciplinary, collaborative scientific
project</li>
</ul><p> The <span>Fellowship</span> Cohort will meet for their
first workshop in January, 2015. Contact Hilary Dugan (<a href="mailto:reade@caryinstitute.org" target="_blank">hilarydugan@gmail.com</a>) with questions.</p>
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<div><font>Emily K. Read<br>
Postdoctoral Associate<br>
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies<br>
and University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology<br>
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email: <a href="mailto:reade@caryinstitute.org" target="_blank">reade@caryinstitute.org</a><br>
skype: emilylouisekara<br>
website: <a href="http://www.caryinstitute.org/science-program/our-scientists/dr-emily-k-read" target="_blank">www.caryinstitute.org/science-program/our-scientists/dr-emily-k-read</a><br>
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<font><font>OR<font>CID: <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9433" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9433</a><br>
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