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Become a student at the 2022 Heliophysics Summer School on Using Global Models to Connect In-situ and Remote Sensing Data Throughout the Heliosphere. Deadline May 6, 2022.

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Welcome New Fellows!

We are delighted to welcome the 32nd class of the NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellowship!

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CPAESS' Ocean Science Research

Our world oceans play a critical role in climate change and weather modeling. So it is no surprise that we have brilliant staff all over the globe whose work focuses on 71% of the earth's surface, our oceans. CPAESS scientists are involved in a wide variety of ocean science research. Take a peek at their work!

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Meeting Postponements

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic several of our scientific meetings and conferences have been postponed or cancelled. If you need your meeting translated into a virtual gathering please contact us.

See our list of postponements and future meetings and also see a more comprehensive list of Earth System Science meetings that are postponed or cancelled.

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Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD)

The GOLD Program strives to increase participation and belonging within the geoscience fields in underrepresented communities. The website serves to distribute information regarding the program.

See the great collection of Resources on this topic.

US Carbon Cycle Program

U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program

The U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program, in consultation with the Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group CCIWG), coordinates and facilitates activities relevant to carbon cycle science, climate and global change issues under the auspices of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Interagency Committee or USGCRP Principals. Learn about this important work.

CPAESS - Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science

Announcements

CPAESS Discovery Seminar Series: Neil Jacobs

Please join CPAESS for our May Discovery Seminar Series on Wednesday, May 18th.

3rd Eddy Symposium

Register for the 3rd Eddy Cross Disciplinary Symposium: Sun, Earth, Planet, Space, Atmosphere and Ocean on June 6-10, 2022. Deadline for Graduate Student & Postdoc Travel Funding Application is Friday, March 25th.

New CEDAR Website

We are delighted to share the newly revised CEDAR website that we had the pleasure of working on with NCAR's HAO!

What is CPAESS?

CPAESS serves the Earth system science community in three distinct areas of service. We partner with federal agencies and businesses to hire critical scientific staff enabling a more robust workforce. Through our scientific programs we seek to edify new research with our postdoctoral programs, our visiting scientist and internship programs, along with our interagency support programs. We also help build the Earth system science community by convening and managing summer schools and institutes, conferences, and advisory committees.

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Opportunities

We provide professional development, training and research opportunities for early career to expert scientists.

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Events Management

We provide the framework for end-to-end event planning and management.

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Science & Partnerships

We assemble experts and early career scientists, engineers, IT and program managers to work on large-scale efforts that address compelling national science problems.

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Testimonials

"CPAESS was always a step (or several) ahead of me. The logistics were flawless in all aspects..."

"The mentoring I received has been very stimulating and intellectually challenging. I was very impressed with the responsiveness of the CPAESS office during my fellowship."

"CPAESS played a truly pivotal role in making this meeting of the panel highly successful as well as comfortable and relaxed."

"Even the unexpected was adequately planned for! ..."

"It was so nice having you there to manage the logistics so we could focus on other things."

"I can't tell you all how great it is to work with you! I wish every meeting I planned had such fantastic (and fun) support."

"The Summer Institute provided great presentations and an outstanding cohort of active and former fellows."

"I think this is the most successful postdoc fellowship program out there."

"The C&GC fellowship experience has been very productive and rewarding. I have learned a lot in terms of research, teaching, & applying for faculty positions."

"Everything CPAESS staff arranged worked out just the way it was supposed to."

"The CPAESS administration has greatly facilitated my research work. I appreciate the superior service and timely help from all the staff."

"We quite literally could not have done these workshops without you and want to thank you and your entire team for your tireless efforts - and patience - in working with us to pull them all off."

"Postdoctoral fellows of the caliber supported by this program are of colossal value to the intellectual energy of any lab ..."

"... JOSS (now CPAESS) brought a level of expertise and experience in planning these kinds of scientific investigators meetings that was superb."

"I would like to thank CPAESS and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research for outstanding supporting of the 10th meeting of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG)."

"I have found this very valuable for building a diverse new skill set and professional relationships. CPAESS was an excellent administrator of this fellowship."

"CPAESS staff was more than pleasant when dealing with the 220+ scientists we had at the meeting. They were prepared and there were no glitches."

"I only wish every administration was as responsive, proactive, and pleasant as the people I've interacted with at CPAESS."

"The structure of this program is wonderful. The Summer institute has a lasting impact on the fellows, through the connections that they make..."

"The UCAR VSP staff facilitated me taking some time away from my research in order to teach an undergraduate class for one semester."

"I am grateful to CPAESS and the Naval Research Lab for the valuable opportunity that this appointment provided for my career growth."

"The WCRP community is indeed fortunate to have the skills of such a talented group of individuals available for such critical events."

"I have only good words to say about CPAESS. Everyone is prompt and courteous in helping. I really appreciate the policy from UCAR that allows postdocs to be co-PIs on grant proposals."

"...it’s just a pleasure to have a project where there is a target date, inevitable small hassles and changes, and yet the end result is that everything gets done, it’s perfectly workable, on time..."

"I had an absolutely amazing time as a NOAA fellow – a really life-changing experience that has set me up for a career in science."

"By allowing me to extend my fellowship due to the maternity leave..., UCAR made it possible for me to balance my personal commitments and professional goals."

"Your staff did an exemplary job in all aspects of coordination. This meeting was one of the rare instances that I did not hear a single complaint regarding organization."

"They know exactly what they are doing and are therefore quite relaxed but at the same time in full control."

"The UCAR CPAESS administration was very helpful in facilitating my appointment. They should keep doing what they are doing."

"The NOAA C&GC fellowship has been crucial in allowing me to pursue a career in atmospheric chemistry..."

"I really appreciate the great support you all provide. It sure makes hosting meetings a breeze."

"The professional staff at CPAESS has made it their business to understand every aspect of program management relevant to investments in scientific research."

"The C&GC program allows the flexibility to collaborate with other researchers, which leads to opportunities after the fellowship."

"Thanks for the great job organizing and handling us. Everything worked great, and I was really pleased that all went so well."

"The CPAESS staff have been exceptionally accomodating throughout the process of the application and award...Each of my interactions was pleasant and enjoyable."

"The academic freedom provided by this program is of utmost importance for an early career scientist."

"The fellowship program is valuable because it provides hosts an opportunity to work with excellent young scientists without a lot of administrative burden."

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