[Nsa] 2015 Summer Colloquium Proposals

[Paula Fisher]

Call for Proposals from the NCAR Staff

2015 ASP Summer Colloquium

Deadline: September 30, 2014

 ASP invites proposals from the NCAR staff for the annual Summer Colloquium
topic for 2015. 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 three 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 recent years, ASP has supported an additional workshop during the second
week of the colloquium, known as the Researcher Colloquium (RC).  The
details of the RC are included at the bottom of this announcement.  No
funds are currently identified to support the Researcher Colloquium for
2015.  Those submitting a proposal may choose to include plans for a
Researcher Colloquium should internal or external funds be identified to
support one.  However, including a Researcher Colloquium component is not
required for a successful proposal.

In recent years, the student colloquium has been three weeks in length.
 However, funds are only available for a two-week colloquium in 2015.  ASP
will work to identify additional funds to support a third week. ASP will
provide administrative support throughout the duration of the colloquium
regardless of its length.   Please focus your proposal on a two-week
colloquium, but also briefly summarize how you would extend your plan to
three weeks if funds are found to support and additional week.

Your proposal should be 2-3 pages in length. Colloquium proposals will be
evaluated based on the following criteria:

1. Identification of a colloquium topic that represents a suitable balance
of (a) established knowledge with numerous major questions ripe for
investigation; (b) breadth to interest students with diverse backgrounds
yet enough focus to allow adequate treatment in three weeks. While a
detailed agenda is not required, the proposal should contain a rough
outline of lecture topics, tutorials (if any), and the scope of student
projects.  The target student audience should be clearly identified.

2. Assembly of an appropriate group of organizers, led by at least one NCAR
staff member and consisting of at least one non-UCAR person.

3. Timeliness of the colloquium, both in terms of the science topic and
from the perspective of other recent or nearly concurrent workshops geared
toward students.  Past ASP colloquium topics may be found at
http://www.asp.ucar.edu/colloquium/summer_colloquia.php

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

P.S. 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.  An
important objective for the RC is to effectively involve students while
still allowing them time to complete the student-colloquium requirements.
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