Director Margaret Leinen signs Scripps' first undergraduate Student Exchange Agreement with the University of Southampton.
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Term: Spring Quarter 2020 | Issue: 8
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International Relations and COVID 19
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Scripps' Office of International Relations sends its support and well wishes to our colleagues and global partners. Throughout this challenging time, we remain committed to keeping our international engagement active, while also supporting a safe environment for our faculty, staff, students, and extended community. Please read on for more news on how we are adapting our program in light of COVID-19.
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2020 U.S. ASPIRE Competition
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The ASPIRE prize promotes innovative research that advances society through “biodiversity for a prosperous economy.” This theme focuses on scientists’ contributions to biodiversity for prosperous economies across the APEC region by spurring research that contributes to local livelihoods, both traditional and modern medicines, and economic development.
The deadline for U.S. nominees is May 15th, 2020 using
this application
.
Young scientists from the United States who are engaged in research and/or product commercialization in line with the theme noted above are strongly encouraged to put forward applications or nominate their peers.
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Throughout the past several months, Scripps has been developing and renewing Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with our partners. These documents encourage international collaborations and exchanges with institutions oversees.
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New International Agreements
• Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
• University of Southampton (UCSD-wide)
• Southern Cross University, Australia
• BMKG Indonesia
• University of Oldenburg
• U of Haifa & IAA, Israel (UCSD-wide)
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Renewed International Agreements
• Ocean University of China, China
• Tokyo U Marine Science & Tech, Japan
• Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
• MARUM, Germany
• Seoul National Uni SEES, South Korea
• Yonsei University GEL, South Korea
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To view all of Scripps' MOUs, visit our International Relations
webpage
(login required). For any questions regarding our new agreements, or for assistance establishing an agreement, please reach out to
[email protected]
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UC San Diego Fulbright Day
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The
U.S. Student Fulbright Program
is now accepting applications for 2021. To learn more about the programs and the process for applying, join the Office of Global Education and the Graduate Division for the third annual
Fulbright Day on Wednesday May 20, 2020
. This virtual information session will explore the benefits of applying through the University as well as internal deadlines and insights from prior Fulbright awardees.
An invitation with webinar details will go out to the students when available.
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VIRTUAL CONFERENCES & WEBINARS
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The Virtual Ocean Dialogues will feature a series of panels on key challenges facing the ocean, with high-level global speakers and opportunities to participate in engaging breakout conversations to connect and exchange ideas with global and local leaders.
The United Nations will host a World Oceans Day virtual event on June 8th. More details will be shared in the coming weeks.
The Virtual Island Summit is a free and entirely online event designed to connect global islands to share their common experiences through a digital platform. Join islanders from around the world to share ideas, good practices and solutions.
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As organizations are making the shift to virtual platforms, there are numerous webinars and meetings each day discussing pressing global issues. Please note these webinars are not affiliated with nor endorsed by UC San Diego.
13 May, 7:00 – 8:00 AM PST
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by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
)
13 May, 7:15 – 8:00 AM PST
(by ETH Zürich)
14 May, 7:00 – 8:00 AM PST
(by Climate Action)
14 May, 8:30 – 10:00 AM PST
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by Security and Sustainability Forum and Arizona State University
)
19 May, 11:00 AM PST
(by IPCC and NOAA)
To view more upcoming webinars, check out the new resource for online climate related meetings,
Climate Online
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Key priority areas include: creation of new knowledge in Earth and space sciences; dissemination of knowledge, data & information on geophysics/geodesy; geoscience for sustainable development; geoscience and policy interface; geoscience education and outreach in developing countries
Deadline: June 1, 2020
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers teaching and/or research awards to U.S. faculty and experienced professionals in a wide variety of academic and professional fields in over 125 countries worldwide.
Deadline: September 15, 2020
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The Short-Term Fellowship Program allows selected candidates to come to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and is an excellent resource to provide support for graduate students and introduce them to tropical research.
Deadline: (Extended) May 15, 2020
Offers research, study and teaching opportunities in over 140 countries to recent graduates and graduate
students. Students must apply through UC San Diego's Graduate Division.
Intent to Apply: June 4, 2020
Deadline: October 4, 2020
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INTERNATIONAL POSTDOCS & JOBS
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The Simons Foundation invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support basic research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology, with an emphasis on understanding the role of microorganisms in shaping ocean processes, and vice versa.
Deadline: May 15, 2020
The advertised position is within the research group for quaternary geology and paleoclimate. Research activities in the group focus on marine and terrestrial quaternary geology and paleoclimate, and the group is responsible for running two national research infrastructure facilities relevant for their research activity.
Deadline: May 24, 2020
There are 13 Fellowship positions available at t
he Eni Enrico Mattei Foundation, a research institute that carries out research on issues related to sustainable development and global governance. Some topics include water management under climate change uncertainty; decarbonization;
monitoring, understanding and modeling coupled human-water systems; and more.
Deadline: May 24, 2020
The position is part of a project examining the role of microbial populations in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), in anaerobic digesters and in hydroponics (HYP) units with the goal of better understanding conditions that will maximize beneficial transfers of microbes and their products among components of decoupled aquaponics systems.
Deadline: May 31, 2020
The
Future Oceans Lab (FOL)
of the Marine Research Center (CIM) at the University of Vigo (Spain) is seeking applications for a 2-year project researcher position based in Vigo (Spain). The researcher will be responsible for managing and developing the tasks of an H2020 project where the group participates as partner with the tasks of developing climate vulnerability assessments in marine and transitional ecosystems.
Deadline: June 7, 2020
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COVID-19 and the UN Decade of Ocean Science
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The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development is set to begin January 1, 2021. Scripps has been actively involved in the two year planning process, with Director Margaret Leinen serving on the Executive Planning Group and many faculty members contributing to the planning documents. Due to global interest, the I
ntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) organized a virtual meeting on April 27th to discuss the impacts COVID-19 will have on Decade planning. Excerpts from their summary article can be found below.
The meeting brought together nearly 170 delegates from Permanent Delegations to UNESCO, all interested in hearing about how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted IOC’s activities, and whether any specific initiatives have emerged to meet the challenge. Despite the COVID-19 challenge, all Decade processes are advancing, including the review of the draft implementation plan (currently ongoing), final consultations within the UN System, the development of a global communications campaign and a series of virtual webinars and stakeholder engagement events. The meeting addressed the COVID-19 impacts and IOC responses across three of its main working areas: early warning and services, ocean research, and observing system and data management.
For tsunami early warning systems, IOC’s global coordination of tsunami warnings is being adjusted to the situation and is progressing towards contributing to multi-hazard warnings and disaster response taking into account the COVID-19 context.
In regards to ocean research, a study will be published in 6-12 months on the impacts of COVID-19 on the funding situation for ocean science, including infrastructure and human resources. Looking ahead, the Third edition of IOC’s flagship Global Ocean Science Report will be able to assess long-term impacts of this pandemic globally on investments in ocean science and the implementation of relevant elements of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 on the ocean.
On ocean observations and data management, COVID-19 is likely to create a disruption in ocean observing as personnel are confined around the world, ships are called back to port, and autonomous observing instruments could degrade due to lack of maintenance. IOC is designing a platform to reduce impact through cooperative actions.
To learn more about the meeting and Decade planning in light of COVID
, click
here
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