Student Fellows

Details in Brief: 

Title: ESIP Student Fellowship 
Stipend: $2000/year + Travel to two ESIP Meetings
Location: Virtual, 2 physical meetings (Madison, WI and Washington, D.C.) 
Contact: Erin Robinson (erinrobinson@esipfed.org)
Deadline: Application due March 23, 2012 

Overview

ESIP Student Fellows are a group of graduate students that are interested in working in cross-discipline activities that further the development of Earth science technologies that improve the flow of data bridging the gap between informatics and Earth Science and applying research to real-world problems. This fellowship provides students a chance to work closely with professionals in an interdisciplinary, cross-sector group on current Earth Science problems. The students become engaged in the group as rapporteurs, documenting the work of the group on the monthly telecons and at the semi-annual meetings (Summer/Winter). As the student become more familiar with the group activities he or she may chose to tie in his/her own research to the group activities.

 

Benefits

  • Networking with professionals in your research field
  • Share research to a broader audience
  • Learn collaboration best practices
  • Exposure to potential job tracks - government, industry, academic

Duties

  • Rapporteur for a single cluster or work group that aligns with research interest
    • Document monthly telecons (~1 hr/month) on the ESIP Commons meeting template
    • Document Summer and Winter Meetings (~6 days total) using the ESIP Commons meeting template
  • Attend the Education Committee's Crash Course for Collaborative Technology
  • Support the cluster's use of collaborative technologies including, but not limited to: Twitter, WebEx, MediaWiki, Drupal, Facebook
  • Write one blog post every other month on current cluster initiatives or your research as it relates to cluster.
  • Share your research with community at the ESIP poster sessions during physical meeting

Skills/Qualifications

  • Research in Earth/environmental sciences, Computer Science or Earth science education.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Social media awareness/usage is desired.


Requirements

  • Must be in a graduate program (M.S./Ph.D.) or a post-doc less than 2 years beyond your Ph.D.
  • Must be able to attend the full duration of both Summer and Winter Meetings
  • Must attend telecons for the cluster; attendance only excused if the chair knows at least 24 hours before the call. Only 1 call will be excused.

Term

Fellows will serve a year-term starting from April 2012 - March 2013. Fellows will receive a stipend of $2,000 for participation, paid in two installments (one at the Summer Meeting and one at the conclusion of the year). In addition, required travel expenses will be borne by the Foundation for Earth Science. Participation in the Fellowship after the Summer Meeting is contingent on satisfactory performance. There will be an option to renew for a second year at the end of the first year.

Application Process

If you are interested in being considered for the ESIP Fellow position, please send a cover letter and resume to Erin Robinson, Information and Virtual Community Director, at erinrobinson@esipfed.org. Resumes will be reviewed on a rolling basis; those submitted prior to March 23, 2012 will receive priority. Phone interviews will be conducted in late March. Please indicate in your cover letter which graduate program you are attending and which cluster, work group or committee you would like to work with.

Schedule

February 27: Call for Applicants Released 
March 23: Deadline for receipt of applications (midnight EST)
March 23- April 15: Interview applicants
April 27: Notify recipients of Fellowship
May 1: ESIP Fellowship begins
July 17-20: ESIP Summer Meeting, Madison, WI
August - December, 2012: Fellows participate in clusters/work groups
Jan 2013 - : ESIP Winter Meeting 
Jan - April, 2013: Fellows participate in clusters/work groups
April 30, 2013: ESIP Fellowship ends 

ESIP Collaboration Areas

 

Collaboration Area Join List-serv
Air Quality List Link
CF Standards List Link
Climate Education List Link
Cloud Computing List Link
Preservation and Stewardship List Link
Data Management Training List Link
Decisions List Link
Discovery List Link
Drupal List Link
Earth Science Collaboratory List Link
Energy and Climate List Link
Education List Link
Geospatial List Link
Information Quality List Link
Information Technology and Interoperability List Link
Internal Education List Link
Products and Services List Link
Semantic Web List Link
Visualization List Link
 

2011-2012 Fellows

  • Brent Maddux, University of Wisconsin, Data Preservation and Stewardship
  • Eric Rozell, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Discovery
  • Jesse Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Education
  • Oleg Aulov, University of Maryland, Information Quality
  • Tom Narock, University of Maryland, Semantic Web
  • Yasmin Zaerpoor, Columbia University, Energy and Climate