The first field-school of the International Partnership s for Excellent Education and Research (INTPART) project titled, "A rctic Field Summer Schools: Norway-Canada-USA collaboration" will be organized by University of Tromso (UiT) - the Arctic University of Norwa y and will convene 15 May-2 June 2017.
The “Arctic F ield Summer School” is funded by the Research Council of Norway (NFR) and N orwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU), under gra nt agreement number 261786/H30 (http ://cirfa.uit.no/intpart-project-to-cirfa-arctic-field-summer-school< /a>).
The project supports research and education collaboratio n among UiT-the Arctic University of Norway, International Arctic Research Center (IARC) of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), USA and Universi ty of Calgary (UC), Canada. Through a series of summer schools, the project will engage graduate students in exploring science questions related to Ar ctic challenges.
During this first Norwegian Field School, students w ill participate in a remote sensing and ship-based field school at Svalbard and Tromsø. The course is divided in two closely related segments, startin g with a one-week field course on board R/V Lance to the marginal ice zone in and around Svalbard, where the participating students will receive intro ductory lectures and collect in-situ and remote sensing data to be analyzed in the subsequent segment.
The second week will take place at the Ce ntre for Integrated Remote Sensing and Forecasting for Arctic Operations (C IRFA), located within the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics and Technology at UiT-the Arctic University of Norway. This part of the course will cover analysis of data collected in the field and addition al archived data. The participating students will have to submit an individ ual report or an oral presentation at the end of the school, and will be ab le to earn credits for participation based on an assessment of the work.
The class will be offered as a two-credit University of Alaska Fairbank s (UAF) summer course and students willing to earn credits need to enroll f or the class.
Travel grants (amounts will be determined later) will b e issued by IARC to cover round-trip international travel costs from USA to Tromsø, Norway, as well as travel between Tromsø and Svalbard. Accommodati on and meals are provided free of cost for the participant on board the shi p R/V Lance. All meals and standard university accommodation will be covere d during the stay in Tromsø. CIRFA will provide office space and other basi c infrastructure at the centre facilities at UiT-the Arctic University of N orway.
Important: This opportunity is open only for US-based graduate students enrolled at US universities.
Please send y our 1-page motivation letter that outlines how this course fits into your g raduate study and career plans, curriculum vitae and a recommendation lette r from your supervisor to Tohru Saito (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
For a complete description, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/Arctic-Summer-
School-2017.
Application deadline is March 20, 2017.
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