[Nsa] 2012 Summer Colloquium Call for Proposals

[Paula Fisher]

Call for Proposals from the NCAR Staff

2012 ASP Summer Colloquium

Deadline: September 15, 2011

ASP invites proposals from the NCAR staff for the annual Summer 
Colloquium topic for 2012. As you may know, ASP hosts a summer 
colloquium designed for graduate students. We favor subjects that 
represent new or rapidly developing areas or research for which good 
course material may not yet be available. The colloquium brings together 
lecturers and graduate students for two weeks at NCAR for classroom 
presentations and other forms of instruction and interaction. ASP 
provides support for the costs of the meeting, typically for about 25 
student participants and up to 10 lecturers from the community at 
large.  The number of supported participants and lecturers will vary 
depending on travel expenses.

In 2011, ASP expanded the student colloquium to three weeks and will 
continue to support a three-week colloquium in 2012 and beyond.  The 
three weeks allow more time for students to work on projects, prepare 
presentations, absorb the lecture material, and interact with fellow 
attendees and lecturers.

In 2011, ASP also supported a workshop during the second week of the 
colloquium, known as the Researcher Colloquium (RC), and will do so 
again in 2012.  The purpose of the RC is for both senior and 
early-career scientists to meet to discuss research challenges of the 
Colloquium topic, or perhaps a sub-topic, and allow students to engage 
researchers in these discussions. The specific goals for the RC are 
determined by the colloquium organizers, but could include (a) 
strategizing collaborations necessary for progress, perhaps in the 
context of large proposals; (b) planning a particular program (e.g. 
model intercomparison, field project, etc.); or (c) brainstorming 
complex problems to generate pathways of possible investigation. The RC 
is meant to combine discussion and presentation with a schedule that is 
more relaxed than that of a typical meeting.  Colloquium organizers may 
wish to appoint a subcommittee to organize the RC.  A successful 
proposal will provide a strategy for effectively involving students in 
the RC while still allowing them time to complete the student-colloquium 
requirements.

Your proposal should be 2-3 pages in length. Successful proposals 
include a non-NCAR co-convener.  Please identify who the target students 
will be.  Please include some detail about how the colloquium will be 
structured, but not a day-by-day schedule. You may wish to include some 
information about hands on tutorials, along with prospective scientific 
co-organizers and lecturers.  If you plan to include hands-on computer 
tutorials or interactive exercises, please provide us with details about 
that tutorial such as what type of computers will be required and who 
will be providing the systems support for the tutorial.  Also, please 
let us know if any GAUS will be required.  Please keep in mind that the 
colloquium is not meant to support ongoing workshop activities; it must 
be a stand-alone event.

Feel free to contact me to discuss options with regard to tutorials.

The ASP typically schedules the Colloquium in June, but other times 
during the summer may be considered subject to the availability of rooms.

To see a list of recent colloquia, please see 
http://www.asp.ucar.edu/colloquium/summer_colloquiua.php

Questions and proposals should be referred to Paula Fisher, 
paulad at ucar.edu, x1328.

Sincerely,

Paula Fisher

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