[Coral-List] CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: WORKSHOP ON COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE

[Jessica R. Ward]

The following is a call for applications for an exciting  
International Networking for Young Scientists program on climate  
change communication.  All expenses will be covered for selected  
applicants. Please forward to any postdocs or PhD students in their  
final year that study any aspect of climate change. Applicants must  
be US or UK citizens.  Please see the website for more information  
and links to the application materials: www.britishcouncil.org/usa- 
science

Thank you,
Jessica
jrward at ucsd.edu

Jessica R. Ward, Ph.D.
Postdoc, Azam Lab
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Marine Biology Research Division
9500 Gilman Drive MC 0202
La Jolla, CA 92093


CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: WORKSHOP ON COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE

Young American Scientists Invited to Apply for Fully-Funded Workshop at
American University

The British Council USA, the UK's international organization for
educational and cultural relations, in partnership with American
University and SeaWeb/COMPASS, encourages early career scientists
involved in climate change research to apply for the International
Networking for Young Scientists (INYS) program in Washington, DC.


Designed to develop scientists' skills in communicating climate change
science to the media, "Communicating Climate Change: Science and Media
Networking for the Future" will bring prominent environmental
journalists together with young researchers from the US and the UK to
discuss issues in climate change communication and create a lasting
collaborative network.


"Communicating Climate Change: Science and Media Networking for the
Future" will take place at American University November 15-18, 2006.
The four-day workshop includes intensive, hands-on media training by
SeaWeb/COMPASS; participants will also hear from several prominent
journalists from US and UK publications, including Michelle Nijhuis,
contributing editor for High Country News, and NPR science correspondent
Christopher Joyce.


Approximately seven candidates from the US and seven candidates from the
UK will be selected to participate in the program.  Travel and expenses
will be fully funded by the British Council USA. The competition is open
to PhD students in their final year of research or early post-doctoral
researchers in fields related to climate change; all applicants must be
American or British scientists currently living and working in the US
and UK.


Completed applications must be submitted to the British Council USA by
no later than September 22, 2006.  Successful candidates will be
selected and notified by October 1, 2006.  For more information or to
download an application form, please visit
www.britishcouncil.org/usa-science.