Tips for success

Where science and communication meet: the editorial world of scientific journals.

Vale Cigala & Giulia Roder September 2, 2019

Sunset on Montescaglioso landslide, in Italy, on 3 December 2003. The landslide caused the destruction of roads, commercial buildings and private dwellings, and generated several direct and indirect economic losses. Credit: Emanuele Intrieri (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The ultimate scope of scientists is to publish their research advancement and share it with the scientific community and civil society. Researchers, whether coming from academia or research institutes, publish their results in peer-reviewed journals, that are usually highly technical and often incomprehensible to anyone except the major experts in the field. In some subjects is inevitable given th ...[Read More]

Gaius Plinius Secundus and Sergey Soloviev, two names and awards.

Vale Cigala June 10, 2019

The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (c. 1821) by John Martin

The EGU has an award system in place aiming at recognising eminent scientists for their outstanding contribution in Earth, planetary and space science. There are different medals a researcher can be nominated to, including Division ones. Ah, before I forget: the deadline for this year nominations is 15 June! Don’t miss the chance to appoint an outstanding colleague. You can find more information o ...[Read More]

Job matchmaking in the water sector

Giulia Roder February 18, 2019

Sooner or later in your career, you have turned lunch breaks, entire weekends or nights into a job search. Looking for a job can be like dating: it can either be an easy going match, quickly finding the right job position for you, or it might be a long and unsatisfying search over millions of websites. The climax arises if you want to use your past research expertise into something new, a multidis ...[Read More]

Fantastic grants and where to find them, part 1.

Vale Cigala June 4, 2018

At some point in your career, usually, sooner than later, you will need to write a grant proposal to ensure yourself a paid research position. Funding agencies are out there waiting to receive your great and original ideas and possibly grant you some money to transform these ideas into actual science. One can spend an entire day just researching on the internet the best funding scheme. To h ...[Read More]