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Call for Nominations: Arctic Research Consortium of the United States Board of Directors Nomination submission deadline: Monday, 4 November 2024, 5:00 p.m. AKT The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces a call for nominations for our Board of Directors election. There are two seats up for election in a vote of the ARCUS Membership Council that will take place in December. Terms will be three years and begin in January 2025. We seek nominations of candidates with enthusiasm and time (minimum 40 hours/year) to dedicate to ARCUS, who are willing and able to help ARCUS fulfill its vision and mission and achieve its strategic goals. Nominees are welcome from any career level and type of organization. We strive to embody our value of “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging” in our Board. The essential responsibilities of the Board are to: Develop, and advocate for, ARCUS’ values, mission, goals, and activities Hold fiduciary and legal responsibility for the corporation Promote the interests of its member institutions and the larger Arctic research community For a full job description for the ARCUS Board, please visit: https://lnkd.in/epNNT6aW Expectations and commitment: Participate in virtual Board meetings (approximately six times/year); Stay informed about the organization’s mission, policies, and programs; Serve on committees or volunteer for Board tasks; and Make an annual donation at a personally-meaningful level. How to submit a nomination: Nominations should include the person's name, affiliation, contact information, a short (no more than two pages) curriculum vitae or resume, and a brief statement on why the person would be an asset to the ARCUS Board of Directors. We request that prior to submitting a nomination, you first obtain the consent of the nominee. Self-nominations are welcome. The ARCUS Board will select a slate of nominees from the nominations; that slate of nominees will be sent to the ARCUS Membership Council for voting in December. Nominations or questions should be sent to: Brit Myers, ARCUS Engagement Director, at brit@arcus.org.

Funding for your research project can hinge on expertise and resources you only THINK are unavailable to you. https://lnkd.in/ekkMRFx7

Happy Leave a Review Day! 🎉🌟 In honor of this day, comment below to let us know how we are doing. Are we helping provide you with specimens for your research? Have you been with the CHTN for a long time or are you a new investigator? We appreciate your support! #LeaveAReviewDay #cooperativehumantissuenetwork

Technopolis helped the Austrian Science Fund FWF improve the Emerging Fields programme funding processes to identify original, innovative, paradigm-shifting research proposals.    We delivered an accompanying process evaluation of the programme processes to critically review the process end-to-end📈, identify strengths and weaknesses in design💪, and provide evidence-based recommendations to the FWF and its supervisory bodies on improving processes for the next EF call📊.  FWF has published a plan to implement our recommendations: https://lnkd.in/d9HP8ZsS Our findings show that the #EmergingFields programme positioning and three-stage assessment process are well-designed and attract highly novel proposals. We provided recommendations to improve the transparency of the process. The evaluation approach employed a mix of methods - a desk review, application analysis, observation of hearings and jury meetings, surveys, interviews, and in-depth bibliometric and text analysis of applications. The latter used a novel approach to construct novelty indicators and assess the originality of applications.    Curious about the other insights? Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dGMrpksd Tobias Dudenbostel, Anete Vingre, Erik Arnold, Laura Sutinen, Diogo Machado, Peter Kolarz #TechnopolisGroup #Evaluation

🌍🚀 Exciting times for the #TwinSubDyn project! Our team member, Slaven Tenodi, has started a 6-month secondment at Forschungszentrum Jülich under the guidance of PD Dr. Lutz Weihermüller. 🧑🔬 Slaven will be working on managing and modeling data collected from long-term lysimeter experiments conducted at UNS PMF. The goal? To deepen our understanding of water balance and dynamics in poor sandy soils, improved with various amendments. 🌱💧 Stay tuned for updates on this important research! #ScienceInAction #SoilHealth #WaterManagement #twinsubdyn #science #europeancommission #resources #Eufunded Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Grant agreement No. 101059546

📢 70th Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar 🗓️ Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (CET) 📌 Public Sector Open Source Program Offices - Archetypes for how to Grow (Common) Institutional Capabilities 👤 Johan Linåker, RISE & Lund University, Sweden 🌐 Public online event, open to all interested parties 🔗 Registration: https://lnkd.in/eX5bMZm9 📄 In his talk "Public Sector Open Source Program Offices - Archetypes for how to Grow (Common) Institutional Capabilities", Johan Linåker will present a study, commissioned by the European Commission, which delves into the structural configurations and strategic utilisation of Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs) within the public sector domain, with a specific focus on OSPOs within European Union (EU) member states, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland. The investigation is based on interviews conducted with 18 OSPO representatives across 16 cases. The study classifies OSPOs into six distinct archetypes, providing insights into their organisational structures, responsibilities, and contributions to the adoption of Open Source Software (OSS). It also highlights the challenges encountered by OSPOs and provides recommendations for both policymakers and practitioners. #OpenScience #OSPO (lmf)

Capilano University and Langara College launched an inaugural series of joint research exchange events on Nov. 1. Funding for the series came from each institution’s NSERC Mobilize grants. More: https://lnkd.in/gmVS5B-8

In this research pitch I briefly explain what my research entails and what it can mean for the industry. The recording of this research pitch was done in cooperation with the University of Mons. #PhairywinD #GhentUniversity #OffshoreWind #EnergyLaw

🌍 As a member of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, AERG has officially submitted its Action Plan ✅. This is a key step in fulfilling the commitments outlined in the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment. ✨ Read the full Action Plan on Zenodo: https://lnkd.in/eVPXwQTs #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #AcademicExcellence

EuroMarine (European Marine Research Network) is a European marine science network that seeks to be a voice for the European marine scientific community. The two primary goals of EuroMarine are to: • Support the identification and initial development of important emerging scientific topics and methodologies in marine sciences. • Foster new services relevant to the marine scientific community. For the EuroMarine Foresight Workshops (FWS) Grants, assistance is available for research teams to scope and collaborate on an existing or emerging topic in marine science research. While the call is open to any marine topic, proposals are welcomed that address EuroMarine priorities, as defined in EuroMarine's 2018 publication Ocean Frontiers for Sustainable Development Manifesto. Additionally, topics related to the Ocean Decade and the EU Mission 'Restore our Oceans and Waters' are encouraged. Find out more about ResearchConnect: https://lnkd.in/e36PnUYm #ResearchConnect #ResearchFunding