Applications open for INSTANT Fellowship Scheme

Goal

• The goal of SCAR INSTANT fellowships is to increase the engagement of Early Career Scientist (ECR) in INSTANT activities and to promote participation of scientists from regions currently under-represented in INSTANT, i.e., South America, Asia and Africa.

Themes

• The programme is structured into 4 Themes:
  • Atmosphere-Ice Interactions: Improved understanding of atmospheric forcing processes on ice sheet dynamics, and vice-versa.
  • Ocean-Ice Interactions: Improved understanding of ocean forcing processes of marine-based ice sheet dynamics, and vice-versa.
  • Earth-Ice Interactions: Improved understanding of solid Earth processes and feedbacks on ice sheet dynamics and regional to global non-uniform sea-level variations.
  • Science-Stakeholder Interactions – Antarctica’s contribution to sea-level change with improved knowledge of instabilities, thresholds and impacts. Here the aim is to integrate the science outputs of Themes 1-3 and improve the ability to reconstruct and predict the Antarctic ice sheet contribution to sea-level change and reduce uncertainties: They will provide greater understanding to policy-makers, practitioners/operators, and publics of the importance of improved projections of the Antarctic contribution to global sea-level change, as well as their impacts and implications.

Funding Information

• Instant fellowships are USD $7500.

Eligible Activities

• Research visits to laboratories, research groups, etc for collaboration
• Research synthesis, fieldwork or analysis
• Science stakeholder engagement
• Educational activities/capacity exchange related to Antarctic research
• Activities to promote leadership and project management skills
• Participation in workshops and schools to develop capability
• Research/activities to support participation in policy decision processes
• Science communication efforts aimed at policy making
• Dissemination and outreach activities, e.g., production of media pieces about INSTANT activities, research highlights, etc

Outcomes

• INSTANT is an umbrella co-ordination initiative with limited funding, and therefore its role is facilitative, but with a strong emphasis on encouraging delivery of outputs and outcomes that benefit both the research community and broader society:
  • support for collaborative opportunities,
  • help with leveraging funding,
  • focus on key research areas and questions,
  • delivery of scientific journal articles and papers in the peer-reviewed literature,
  • facilitate the co-production of policy-relevant research updates and products as appropriate,
  • to encourage research focus relevant to WCRP Core Activities and Grand Challenges and IPCC Reports.
  • support capability development and training
  • undertake public outreach and engagement
    • Stakeholder engagement
    • Publications in peer-reviewed journals
    • Submissions to the Antarctic Treaty system
    • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    • Other reports
    • Workshops and conferences
    • Brochures and other PR material
    • Stakeholder engagement

Eligibility Criteria

• PhD candidates: Applicants should be currently enrolled in a PhD program
• ECR: those who have obtained a PhD within 7 years of application. The period excludes career breaks due to parental leave, health issues, etc.
• Applicants from underrepresented regions in INSTANT, e.g. South America, Asia, Africa
• The visiting (host) institution must also support the application.

For more information, visit SCAR.