Multiple Summer 2014 Opportunities

Date

22 January 2014

Permafrost Summer Field School
19 June - 11 July 2014
University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Permafrost
Training Program in Arctic Atmospheric Science
Graduate Student Opportunities: September 2014
NSERC CREATE
Training Program in Arctic Atmospheric Science
Undergraduate Internship Opportunities: Summer 2014
NSERC CREATE

Permafrost Summer Field School
19 June - 11 July 2014
University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Permafrost

The University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Permafrost announces
that a Permafrost Summer Field School will be held 19 June to 11 July
2014. The course will be located at the University Centre in Svalbard
(UNIS), Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

Senior bachelor's degree students interested in obtaining an overall
knowledge about permafrost are invited to apply. The course will offer
insights into:

- Permafrost history and its distribution globally. 
- Permafrost temperatures in various parts of the World - climatic
and other controls. 
- Methods of permafrost observations, focusing on drilling, coring
and instrumentation.
- Permafrost databases and their use in permafrost analyses.
- How does permafrost affect local community infrastructure and
cultural life? 
- Interaction between carbon and water in permafrost landscapes. 
- How sensitive are permafrost landforms towards climate change?

This course can be taken as a 5 ECTS point course, finishing with an
oral graded presentation in the summer school. Alternately, students may
do an additional individual science project based on the course
knowledge, to be submitted by the end of the autumn/fall semester
following the summer field school, and then graded, to obtain 10 ECTS.
Students doing 10 ECTS will be given preference to the course.

There is no tuition fee for this course. There will be a possibility for
non-European students to apply for a travel stipend to attend this
course. Accommodation for students during the course will be in student
housing in Longyearbyen, and it will cost approximately 3,125 NOK (370
Euro). The course will be taught by partners of the Thematic Network on
Permafrost:

- Dr. Kenji Yoshikawa, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
- Dr. Hanne H. Christiansen, The University Centre in Svalbard,
UNIS, Norway & Center for Permafrost, University of Copenhagen,
Denmark
- Dr. Mikhail Prisyazhniy, North-Eastern Federal University,
Yakutsk, Russia 
- Dr. Atsuko Sugimoto, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Dr. Ole Humlum, The University of Oslo and UNIS, Norway
- Arne Instanes, The University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS, Norway and
Instanes Polar
- Guido Grosse, The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine
Science, Germany
- Paul Overduin, The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine
Science, Germany 
- Samuel Faucherre, Center for Permafrost, University of Copenhagen,
Denmark

Applications must be submitted using the UNIS online application system,
at: http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1030_Admission/how_to_apply.htm

Application deadline: 15 April 2014.

For further information, please contact:
Hanne H. Christiansen
Email: hanne.christiansen [at] unis.no

Kenji Yoshikawa
Email: kyoshikawa [at] alaska.edu

Training Program in Arctic Atmospheric Science
Graduate Student Opportunities: September 2014
NSERC CREATE

The NSERC CREATE Training Program in Arctic Atmospheric Science is a
six-year project, begun in 2010 and supported by NSERC's Collaborative
Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program. The Program takes
advantage of the unique capabilities of the Polar Environment
Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL), which is run by the Canadian
Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC) and located at
Eureka, Nunavut in the High Arctic. It is also linked to the new Probing
the Atmosphere of the High Arctic (PAHA) project, supported by NSERC.
The goal of the Training Program is to enhance the educational
opportunities available to young researchers interested in polar,
atmospheric, and climate sciences, enabling them to build collaborations
and networks, and to develop scientific, technical, communications, and
organizational skills.

NERSC is now recruiting students for Graduate Studies, and has some
projects and stipends available for September 2014. Students interested
in pursuing a graduate degree involving Arctic atmospheric science are
invited to contact the CREATE Investigator with whom they wish to study.
When a potential supervisor has been identified, students should apply
to the relevant university and department, and inform the CREATE
Training Program Director of their application. Information about the
program, supervisors, and application procedures can be found at:
http://www.candac.ca/create.

Participating Universities and Investigators:

- Department of Physics, University of Toronto (Kimberly Strong and
Kaley Walker)
- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie
University (James R. Drummond and Tom Duck)
- Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick (William Ward)
- CARTEL (Centre d'applications et de recherches en teledetection),
Universite de Sherbrooke (Norm O'Neill)
- Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering, Lassonde School
of Engineering, York University (Tom McElroy, Gordon Shepherd,
Marianna Shepherd, and Jim Whiteway)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western
Ontario (Wayne Hocking and Bob Sica)
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of
Saskatchewan (Doug Degenstein and Alan Manson)

For further information, please contact:
Kimberly Strong, CREATE Training Program Director
Email: create_grad [at] atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca

Training Program in Arctic Atmospheric Science
Undergraduate Internship Opportunities: Summer 2014
NSERC CREATE

Full stipend support is available for approximately eight summer
internships. These provide the opportunity for undergraduate students to
undertake research in Arctic atmospheric science. Each internship will
be approximately 16 weeks duration and will be awarded on a competitive
basis. Interested undergraduates from across Canada and elsewhere are
encouraged to apply.

Students with an appropriate background in science or engineering are
invited to contact the CREATE Investigator with whom they wish to study
to discuss possible projects. Summer salaries will be at the rate of
$1900-$2100/month depending upon the last year of undergraduate study
completed. Applicants should arrange to have an official copy of their
undergraduate transcript, a two-page (maximum) resume, and a one-page
(maximum) letter describing their research interests sent via email
(create_intern [at] atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca) or postal mail (Kimberly
Strong; Department of Physics, University of Toronto; 60 St. George
Street; Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada).

Application deadline: Saturday, 1 February 2014.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.candac.ca/create.