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AGS Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | June 21, 2014 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | June 21, 2014 |
| Award Number: | 1441614 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
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Eric DeWeaver
edeweave@nsf.gov (703)292-8527 AGS Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | October 15, 2014 |
| End Date: | September 30, 2015 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $15,000.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $15,000.00 |
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4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE SEATTLE WA US 98195-1016 (206)543-4043 |
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4333 Brooklyn Ave NE Seattle WA US 98195-1202 |
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Paleoclimate, Climate & Large-Scale Dynamics |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
This award provides support to the 8th annual Graduate Climate Conference, to be held at the University of Washington's Pack Forest Conference Center, Octoberst 31 to November 2nd 2014. The goal of the GCC is to provide a discussion forum for graduate students undertaking research on climate processes over an array of disciplines, including atmospheric, biological, earth, and ocean sciences, as well as human dimensions of climate variability and climate change. This is a unique setting, bringing together graduate students in a environment organized exclusively by graduate students to discuss current research in climate science. The collegial, single-session format is designed to expose graduate students studying a single aspect of the climate system to the research that other graduates are doing in all aspects of the climate system. This opportunity allows graduate students to familiarize themselves with the breadth of climate science as well as the enormous range of tools available to help answer complex questions. Through this interdisciplinary conference, we aim to better prepare graduate students for scientific inquiry in a world that increasingly demands interdisciplinary approaches. Approximately 90 graduate students selected through a competitive process will attend the GCC. NSF funds will be used to provide travel and subsistence for 40 students from US institutions.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
Disclaimer
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Oct 31st-Nov 2nd 2014 marked the 8th Annual Graduate Climate Conference, hosted by the University of Washington (UW). Ninety-two graduate students filled the Charles L. Pack Experimental Forest Conference Center for three days, where they provided distinct presentations, had fruitful conversations and broadened their climate science repertoire. This single-session format conference was designed to acquaint new climate scientists with the diverse areas of climate research and to situate their own research within the broader context of the climate science community. This was accomplished as participants consider the major questions within climate and climate change sciences, share new techniques and avenues of research and discuss recent findings and their implications
The agenda for the program included oral sessions organized into themes (32 presentations), poster sessions (66 posters), and a keynote address from a UW distinguished professor, which is the only non-graduate student contribution to the event. The conference attendees came from afar, representing six international countries, thirty-one institutions from within the US, eight departments from within the UW, and more than half of the total attendees were women. Presentations were divided into sessions by topic, with each session preceded by introductory remarks from the session chair, designed to orient all students to the session topic, enable them to place the talks in context and facilitate greater interaction between participants from diverse fields. The seven themes comprising this single session conference were Carbon Cycle, Paleoclimate, Ecoclimate, Climate Dynamics, Cryosphere, Biology, and Human Dimensions.
In a post conference survey, attendees were asked to rate the conference overall on a scale from 1 to 10 and gave an average answer of 9/10. Nearly half (47%) of the attendees were only able to attend because of generous travel grants, largely provided through the NSF grant. Further, the graduate only nature of the conference was cited as a particular strength of the event, with 70% of those responding said that the graduate-only audiences made them feel more comfortable as a speaker.
Last Modified: 12/10/2015
Modified by: Luanne Thompson
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