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EGU virtual Science-Policy Pairing Scheme with MEP Maria Spyraki

Chloe Hill May 28, 2021

Up and down the European Parliament staircase. Credit, European Parliament. Distributed via Flickr

The EGU sponsors an annual science-policy pairing scheme each year to help promote a culture of evidence-informed policymaking and encourage stronger science-policy partnerships! The EGU’s 2020/21 pairing scheme was slightly different from normal, being run virtually rather than in person as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions. This month’s GeoPolicy blog post is written by Renée Bic ...[Read More]

vEGU21: What makes a good CV?

Michaela Wenner April 18, 2021

This year for vEGU21 we couldn’t have our normal CV board for our attendee’s to share their skills and talents, so instead we added the ‘Ask me for my CV’ sticker that you can put in your profile to let people know that your CV is available. But what about the actual CV itself? Seismology Division Early Career Scientist Michaela Wenner has collected some of the best advice ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: EGU science for policy: what’s coming up in 2021?

Chloe Hill January 15, 2021

Credit: European Parliament. Distributed via Flickr

There were a lot of big changes to the EGU’s science for policy programme in 2020 with many of our activities, such as the annual science for policy event and science-policy pairing scheme, moving online. But 2021 promises to be an even bigger year with a greater number of opportunities to engage and activities becoming even more accessible! So, if you haven’t engaged with science for policy befor ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: European Research Council funding opportunities – Your questions answered!

Chloe Hill December 9, 2020

The European Research Council (ERC) is a leading European funding body supporting frontier research, investigator-driven, across all fields of science.The ERC offers various different funding opportunities with grants budgets of €1.5 to €3.5 million for individual scientists with the sole criterion for selection being scientific excellence. In October, the EGU hosted a webinar that highlighted som ...[Read More]