Are you a student, or have obtained a MSc or PhD degree within the past 7 years? If yes, you are an Early Career Scientist! In the EGU we take great care of the young scientists, and offer a wide range of opportunities, mostly associated with the General Assembly. My name is Jone Peter Reistad and I am the Early Career Scientist (ECS) representative in the Solar-Terrestrial division. My role is to make the ECS aware of the opportunities and activities that EGU offers to the scientists of the future, as well as engaging in creating and shaping the ECS venue.
The purpose of this blog-post is to draw your attention to the upcoming General Assembly in April next year. This might sound distant, but you should definitely start thinking about this now! Let me explain why: first of all, the EGU General Assembly is a special meeting for ECSs. Actually, more than 50 % of the meeting participants are covered by the ECS definition. During the last years there has been an increasing effort to make the General Assembly more relevant for ECS. There are numerous Short Courses addressing practical skills (both general and more division specific), hot topics, and other challenges that ECS face. Furthermore, social events such as the icebreaker reception, a networking reception, and the ECS forum, are held during the week. For these reasons, the EGU General Assembly is a highly relevant, and in my opinion outstanding meeting for Early Career Scientists to attend.
But why consider going to EGU now? The regular abstract deadline is January 10, however, if you send in your abstract by December 1st, you can apply for Early Career Scientist’s Travel Support. This will potentially cover your registration and abstract fee in addition to travel expenses up to €300. December 1st is only a few weeks ahead, so do not hesitate to submit your abstract and apply for travel funds.
Of special relevance to our Solar-Terrestrial ECS readers is a Short Course we will run now for the fourth time: “Meet the Experts: The future of Solar-Terrestrial research”. Being an Early Career Scientist, it is often hard to identify which questions are new and what has been answered before. In this short course we invite a panel of renowned researchers. They will give their view on how far we have come in our understanding, and most importantly, on what challenges lie ahead for the young scientists to embark upon. This is an excellent opportunity to meet with the experts and discuss the future of our community.
We are currently a team of 5 people involved in making the Solar-Terrestrial division, especially the General Assembly, more relevant for ECS. If you have any ideas to what could be done, or want to contribute in any way, please send me a notice to ecs-st@egu.eu.
