[Grad-postdoc-assn] DISCCRS climate leadership symposium

[Matt Higgins]

Hi all,

Erin Towler and I did DISCCRS this past October. I thought it was a 
great experience. If you have questions or would like to know more about 
it, please contact me and I'm happy to fill you in.

-Matt

On 1/6/2012 9:51 AM, Paula Fisher wrote:
> Remember Sue Weiler from the NSF who spoke at our Retreat in November?
> This is her program and I encourage you to participate.
>
> Paula
>
> *DISCCRS VII**Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium
> *_http://disccrs.org/disccrsposter.pdf_
>
> *Dates*: October 13-20, 2012
>
> *Location*: La Foret Conference and Retreat Center
> Colorado Springs, CO
>
> *Application Deadline: *February 29, 2012
> Participation limited to 30 early-career Ph.D. scholars
> Airfare and on-site expenses are supported through grants from NSF and NASA
> http://disccrs.org <http://disccrs.org/>
> *
> Eligibility: *Ph.D. requirements completed between August 1, 2009 -
> February 29, 2012 in any natural or social science field relevant to the
> study of climate change, its impacts, or its societal implications. U.S.
> citizens and residents have preference though limited funds are
> available for non-U.S. participation.
> See http://disccrs.org/files/DISCCRS_VI_Symposium_Scholars.pdf
> for information on the previous symposium’s scholars.
>
> Since 2003, DISCCRS has hosted symposia for early-career researchers to
> catalyze formation of interdisciplinary collegial networks, while
> fostering skills to better prepare graduates to conduct collaborative
> research and respond to the myriad challenges posed by climate change
> and its impacts. Participants will share their research; engage in
> discussions with peers, mentors, and funding agency representatives; and
> participate in communication and team training. Thirty early-career
> scholars will be selected through a review process with the expectation
> that invitees will become leaders in their chosen fields. Airfare and
> on-site expenses are supported through grants from NSF and NASA.
> *
> Symposium Application Instructions
> http://disccrs.org/application_instructions****
>
> **DISCCRS Resources*
>
> *Webpage *http://disccrs.org <http://disccrs.org/>: The DISCCRS webpage
> includes information about symposia, a Ph.D. dissertation registry, news
> and links to other climate research sites, DISCCRS symposium and program
> reports and publications from the symposia, information.
>
> *Online Ph.D. Dissertation Registry *http://disccrs.org/register: Join
> over 2500 climate change researchers by registering your Ph.D.
> dissertation and adding your abstract to our fully searchable database.
> Or browse the registry to identify other climate change researchers.
> *
> Career Resources *http://disccrs.org/career: In addition to the
> Dissertation Registry, the DISCCRS website includes a wealth of valuable
> resources for finding a job, developing your professional skills,
> locating funding opportunities, crafting grant proposals and more.
>
> *Electronic Newsletter*: With weekly climate-change job listings, news
> stories, funding opportunities and more, our weekly e-newsletter is
> automatically provided to anyone who registers their Ph.D. You can also
> subscribe by following instructions at http://disccrs.org
> <http://disccrs.org/>.
> *
> DISCCRS Sponsors
> *AAG <http://www.aag.org/>, AERE <http://www.aere.org/>, AGU
> <http://www.agu.org/>, AMS <http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/>, ASLO
> <http://www.aslo.org/>, ESA <http://www.esa.org/>, ESS-ISA
> <http://environmental-studies.org/>, STEP-APSA
> <http://www.apsanet.org/content_4991.cfm>, TOS <http://www.tos.org/>,
> USSEE <http://www.ussee.org/v2/>*
>
> DISCCRS Funding*
> *U.S. National Science Foundation* <http://nsf.gov/>**Collaborative
> Grants: SES-0931402 to the University of Oregon and SES-0932916 to
> Whitman College
> *National Aeronautics and Space Administration*
> <http://www.nasa.gov/>**Grant NNX10AJ53G to Whitman College
>
> *Contact*: info at disccrs.org <mailto:info at disccrs.org>
> *Organizers*: Ronald B. Mitchell (University of Oregon) and C. Susan
> Weiler (Whitman College)
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