<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">This is a great opportunity for an early to mid-career person interested in understanding and supporting the ecosystem of actors working on air pollution issues across the world.</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">christa</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">****</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">I'd appreciate if you could please help share this one-of-a-kind opportunity to work alongside our team to support
 the global air quality ecosystem:</span></div><div><b style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Contractor for Global Air Quality Data Gaps Research (6 months)</b></div><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Seeking Expressions of Interest by Sept 5, 2023</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">The Air Quality Programs Team at the </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/uchicagoenergy/" id="m_3699012054535953745m_-425782744153082801m_-3235679919381474009m_-4650694600686895208OWA7ca67f35-7529-e855-e61b-137270196793" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:inherit" target="_blank">Energy
 Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)</a><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"> is exploring new ways to understand and support local
 air quality monitoring groups across the world. We are especially interested in understanding the landscape of local ambient PM2.5 monitoring efforts in countries where there are major PM2.5 data gaps and where potentially even a single, sustained monitoring
 effort could have an outsized positive national policy impact, as well as contribute to the global air quality ecosystem.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">To that end, we are looking for a short-term (6 month) contractor with expertise in data analysis, air pollution,
 community engagement, and environmental policy to assist us with building a report identifying opportunities to fill air quality data gaps across the world.  </span></div><div><b style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Time Frame:</b><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 30-40 hours per week over 6 months, starting by mid-September 2023.</span></div><div><b style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Location:</b><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"> This work will be conducted remotely. The contractor will need to have their working business
 day overlap by at least 2-3 hours with Central European Time.</span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yn1fw0qq81mifacdz2ljl/AQDG-contractor-September-2023.pdf?dl=0&rlkey=e8gqtc9u21717vmalfcdf85oy" title="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yn1fw0qq81mifacdz2ljl/AQDG-contractor-September-2023.pdf?dl=0&rlkey=e8gqtc9u21717vmalfcdf85oy" id="m_3699012054535953745m_-425782744153082801m_-3235679919381474009m_-4650694600686895208OWA3e2f9d61-0f67-2ff0-e4ba-5fda2f148ac3" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">More
 on the opportunity and how to express interest here.</a></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Christa</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">PS>  Relatedly: Thanks so much to many of you who have helped disseminate our form for a
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5vVSEM78q3YOgvAaI6c9GWB0SyJKD0ADXOl-wcerwxE_kgg/viewform" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5vVSEM78q3YOgvAaI6c9GWB0SyJKD0ADXOl-wcerwxE_kgg/viewform" id="m_3699012054535953745m_-425782744153082801m_-3235679919381474009m_-4650694600686895208OWAf0c39f6b-ddf6-407c-b08c-f98635c0ac81" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">
public registry</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> of data gap-filling entities/individuals across the world. It remains open! And we're especially seeking registrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, DRC, Rep of Congo, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Laos, Central African Republic,
 Honduras, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Djibouti, and Benin.</span></div><div><br></div><div>________________________________________________</div><div>Christa Hasenkopf, PhD</div><div>Director, Air
 Quality Programs</div><div>Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)</div><div>US: +1 507.246.2097</div><div>Germany: +49 484 162 3035</div></div></div></div></div>