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This may be of interest to some - note deadline is Friday 22nd September. (Only just received this myself!) >Subject: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE >WORKSHOP FOR BRITISH SCIENTISTS >Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:06:16 -0400 >From: "Kenny, Pamela \(United States\)" <[log in to unmask]> > >We are looking for UK applicants for this fully-funded workshop in the >US. If you know anybody who may be interested, please forward it on to >them. The application deadline is this Friday, Sept. 22. > >Sincerely, >Pamela Kenny > >Young British and American Scientists Invited to Apply for Fully-Funded >Workshop at American University > >The British Council USA, the UK's international organization for >educational and cultural relations, in partnership with American >University and SeaWeb/COMPASS, encourages early career scientists >involved in climate change research to apply for the International >Networking for Young Scientists (INYS) program in Washington, DC. > >Designed to develop scientists' skills in communicating climate change >science to the media, "Communicating Climate Change: Science and Media >Networking for the Future" will bring prominent environmental >journalists together with young researchers from the US and the UK to >discuss issues in climate change communication and create a lasting >collaborative network. > >"Communicating Climate Change: Science and Media Networking for the >Future" will take place at American University November 15-18, 2006. >The four-day workshop includes intensive, hands-on media training by >SeaWeb/COMPASS; participants will also hear from several prominent >journalists from US and UK publications, including Michelle Nijhuis, >contributing editor for High Country News, and NPR science correspondent >Christopher Joyce. > >Approximately seven candidates from the US and seven candidates from the >UK will be selected to participate in the program. Travel and expenses >will be fully funded by the British Council USA. The competition is open >to PhD students in their final year of research or early post-doctoral >researchers in fields related to climate change; all applicants must be >American or British scientists currently living and working in the US >and UK. > >Completed applications must be submitted to the British Council USA by >no later than September 22, 2006. Successful candidates will be >selected and notified by October 1, 2006. For more information or to >download an application form, please visit >www.britishcouncil.org/usa-science. > > >This message is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. > >If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender >and delete it.The British Council accepts no liability for loss or >damage caused by software viruses and you are advised to carry out a >virus check on any attachments contained in this message. Our >purpose is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people >in the UK and other countries and to increase appreciation of the >UK's creative ideas and achievements. The British Council is >registered in England as a charity. -- Dr. Meric Srokosz, Room 254/43,National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK Tel:+44-(0)23-80596414 (direct line); Fax: +44-(0)23-80596400 e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/SAT/pers/mas.html Science Coordinator NERC Rapid Climate Change Programme http://rapid.nerc.ac.uk/