BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2f50812e2cbf9c83184cadc4aa01f9b1 CATEGORIES:Polar Online Events CREATED:20220106T085554 SUMMARY:Polar Radar Science and Technology Conference LOCATION:Online DESCRIPTION:A few updates on the upcoming Polar Radar Science and Technology Conference :\nAnnouncements\nAfter receiving some fantastic feedback to the questionna ire, we have settled on dates/times for the conference based on community f eedback. The conference will be held virtually on February 23-25, 2022 from 11am-3pm EST (8 am- 12 pm PST; 4 pm- 8 pm GMT). We plan to host a recap se ssion on Monday, February 28th (11 am-3 pm EST;8 am- 12 pm PST; 4 pm- 8 pm GMT) to follow up on takeaways from the conference. We look forward to seei ng many of you there! \nFor more information about the goals, schedule, and expected outcomes from this conference, please check out the website (http s://climatechange.new.umaine.edu/prstconference/) or enter: https://climate change.new.umaine.edu/prstconference/ (https://climatechange.new.umaine.edu /prstconference/)\nConference Grant - eligible expenses \nThis ‘travel’ gra nt provides financial assistance for attendees of this virtual conference a nd is eligible for U.S.-based participants (Excluding participants from the University of Maine). A grant up to $600 USD will be allocated to reimburs e costs associated with attending this conference for 15 participants or mo re, depending on need. Eligible costs include purchasing or renting equipme nt (WiFi, laptop, microphones, headphones, software, etc.), transportation costs to access technology, housing to access technology, dependent/child c are, unpaid leave/lost wages as well as other associated costs. Upon partic ipation in the conference and a brief report with expense budget, the grant will be disbursed to those awarded. \nEvaluation criteria \nWe are followi ng the format of the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) student travel gran ts (https://www.agu.org/Learn-and-Develop/Learn/Travel-Research-Grants/Fall -Meeting-General-STG) to award attendees for the upcoming conference. Grant s will be awarded based on the following: applicants from underrepresented backgrounds in the Earth and Climate sciences (https://nsf.gov/statistics/w omen/), applicants who demonstrate financial need, and early-career applica nts. Applicants who move through the first round of selection will then be reviewed with the following criteria: \nRelevance of radar within your rese arch or field of study \nhighly relevant - specifically using radar technol ogy/data \nrelevant - relying on partial datasets \nmoderately relevant - r elating other observations to radar technology/data \nnot relevant - no rel evant links observed in application\nCareer stage (prioritizing underrepres ented early career vs. mid to later stage career)\nPotential for broader im pacts, post-conference (interactions with other community members after the conference is gauged as low, medium, or high) \nPlease submit a brief writ e up addressing the above criteria and include information related to eligi ble costs to the following email addresses:\nscampb64[at]maine.edu\nzcourvi lle[at]gmail.com\nscott.braddock[at]maine.edu\n  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A few updates on the upcoming Polar Radar Science and Technology Conference:

Anno uncements

Afte r receiving some fantastic feedback to the questionnaire, we have settled o n dates/times for the conference based on community feedback. The conferenc e will be held virtually on February 23-25, 2022 from 11am-3pm EST (8 am- 12 pm PST; 4 pm- 8 pm GMT). We plan to hos t a recap session on Monday, February 28th (11 am-3 pm EST;8 am- 12 pm PST; 4 pm- 8 pm GMT) to follow up on takeaways from the conference. We look for ward to seeing many of you there! 

For more information about the goals, schedule, and expected outc omes from this conference, please check out the website or enter: https:// climatechange.new.umaine.edu/prstconference/

Confer ence Grant - eligible expenses 

This ‘travel’ grant provides financial assistance fo r attendees of this virtual conference and is eligible for U.S.-based parti cipants (Excluding participants from the University of Maine). A grant up t o $600 USD will be allocated to reimburse costs associated with attending t his conference for 15 participants or more, depending on need. Eligible cos ts include purchasing or renting equipment (WiFi, laptop, microphones, head phones, software, etc.), transportation costs to access technology, housing to access technology, dependent/child care, unpaid leave/lost wages as wel l as other associated costs. Upon participation in the conference and a bri ef report with expense budget, the grant will be disbursed to those awarded . 

Evaluation criteria 

We are following the format of the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) student travel grants to award attendees for the upcomi ng conference. Grants will be awarded based on the following: applicants fr om underrepresented backgrounds in the Earth and Climate sci ences, applicants who demonstrate financial need, and early-career appl icants. Applicants who move through the first round of selection will then be reviewed with the following criteria: 

  1. Relevance of radar w ithin your research or field of study 

    1. highly relevant - specifically using radar technolog y/data 

    2. relevan t - relying on partial datasets 

    3. moderately relevant - relating other observations to rada r technology/data 

    4. not relevant - no relevant links observed in application

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  2. Career stage (prioritizi ng underrepresented early career vs. mid to later stage career)

  3. Potential for broader impacts, post-conference (interactions with other community members after the confer ence is gauged as low, medium, or high) 

Please submit a brief write up addressing the abo ve criteria and include information related to eligible costs to the follow ing email addresses:

scampb64[at]maine.edu

z courville[at]gmail.com

scott.braddock[at]maine.edu

 
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