[Coral-List] Paid Grad Student International Research Exchange - LOREX

[Edna Fernandez]

ASLO is now accepting applications for the 2019 Limnology and Oceanography
Research Exchange (LOREX). These paid research exchanges are part of a new
NSF-funded initiative to provide professional development in international
research collaboration for graduate students.

The LOREX international exchanges will allow up to 30 U.S.-based graduate
students per year to travel to one of the six host institutions in
Australia, Canada, Israel and Sweden to conduct collaborative aquatic
science research that they propose. These sites represent diverse settings
for research ─ from coastal to open ocean, tropics to high latitudes
saline, and brackish and fresh waters. More information about each site,
including participating faculty and tentative dates for the research
exchange, and how to apply are available on the ASLO website.

Eligibility: Students must be an ASLO member to apply (student memberships
are $15).  Due to NSF regulations, the research exchanges are currently
only open to US citizens or permanent residents enrolled in a graduate
program. (Note: We hope to leverage support from other organizations for
students from additional countries in future years. If you have ideas or
suggestions for this effort, please contact us via reply email.)

Program Requirements: LOREX research program awardees are required to
participate in in-person (at the ASLO conferences) and online meetings in
preparation for the field work. Students participating in the program will
participate in a formal evaluation of the program and will also be invited
to present their work in a special session dedicated to the LOREX program
at the ASLO conference following their field work to share their experience
with the next cohort of students at that meeting. LOREX students will also
disseminate the results of their research exchange more broadly in
coordination with ASLO’s Communication and Science Office through
multimedia blog and social media posts as well as collaborative peer
reviewed publications. Students are expected to be present and conducting
research on the program dates outlined by the host institution (see Award
Dates). The LOREX coordinator will obtain and directly pay travel expenses
and lodging costs at the field sites. Students will be provided with an
adequate allowance for each site to cover other expenses (food,
transportation, etc.).

Detailed information about application requirements, including the
downloadable proposal template, is available at
https://aslo.org/page/lorex-applications. Applications are due by 30
October 2018.

We are very excited to launch this new endeavour and hope you will share
this announcement broadly. In addition to the research exchanges, there
will be events at the 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting open to all, as well as
online webinars in coming months.

Questions about the program may be addressed to program PI’s Adina Paytan
(UC Santa Cruz) or Adrienne Sponberg (ASLO).