IASC Fellows at the Arctic Science Summit Week 2014 in
Helsinki, Finland
Left to right: Yoo Kyung Lee
(IASC
Secretariat),
Elena
Kuznetsova, Volker Rachold
(IASC Secretariat), Paul Suprenand, Louis-Philippe Roy,
Noemie Boulanger-Lapointe,
Candice Lys, Emily Choy and
Malgorzata Smieszek. Not on
photo: Jeffrey Ross.
Photo: IASC Secretariat
year, from one Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW)
will be coordinated with the APECS Secretariat, in
to the next. The coordinator of IASCĀ“s mechanisms
consultation with the WG Steering Groups.
to promote Early Career Scientists is overseeing
the program. The selection process is managed by
To enable the participation in two consecutive WG
the IASC coordinator and conducted in close coop-
meetings, IASC Fellows receive travel support to at-
eration with the Association of Polar Early Career
tend two ASSWs, so that at each WG meeting there
Scientists (APECS). A call for applications is released
is one outgoing and one incoming IASC Fellow. Ad-
each year in October through the IASC and APECS
ditionally, IASC Fellows can receive travel funding to
mailing lists, websites and Facebook. Any doctoral
participate in selected workshops or other meetings
or postdoctoral researcher from IASC member coun-
of the WG, provided that they facilitate the meeting
tries can apply. The required qualifications include
and follow-up activities, including reporting. IASC
demonstrated scientific interest and skills within a
Fellows are introduced on the IASC website and
field that is relevant to the respective WGs and a
receive appropriate certificates confirming their po-
good command of English. The selection process
sitions.
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