Final Call For Synthesis Workshop

• Application Deadline:

THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED.

• Application Form:

Click here. (Please read the information below first)

• Information:

This is the final call for proposals for Synthesis Workshops. We anticipate supporting 3 more workshops out of this call. The range of topics remains open to the entire breadth of EarthScope science, although preference will be given to proposals that do not overlap with the workshops supported to date. Several of the successful past proposals have been regional rather than topical, but that reflects the proposals received rather than a specific preference for regional syntheses. See also the evaluation rubric at the bottom of the page.

EarthScope science offers many opportunities for synthesis, both within and between disciplines. More information can be found at https://www.earthscope.org/research/synthesis_workshops, including a list of the 6 workshops supported so far.

Synthesis Workshops are envisioned to be small workshops of 10-15 people that are intended to help start successful working groups. They will allow the group to work towards synthesis of multiple types of data focused on a single topic or region. For example, data from USArray, PBO, and SAFOD studies could be linked with results from other disciplines. We will be using the output of these workshops as part of its efforts to bring EarthScope science to the public, and we hope that the workshops themselves will lead to working groups that will follow up with additional research, papers, or their own proposals as appropriate. Travel and other costs for the workshops selected will be supported by the ESNO, and the ESNO will handle other logistical arrangements.

To apply you will need: workshop title, primary contact name & email, eventual additional co-organizers, anticipated key participants, proposed location, proposed time of year (if there is some preference), motivation for the workshop, types of EarthScope data used, relationship of the topic to EarthScope science goals, what progress toward synthesis you think could be made at the workshop, additional information, text and figures that represent a commitment to work on the topic (size should not exceed 8MB). Workshop locations are flexible, but inexpensive locations with easy flight access are ideal.

After workshop topics have been chosen, the ESNO will host applications for participation. After participants have been selected, the ESNO will ask all applicants individually to submit working material that will be used in the workshops. What the organizers should submit now in the supplemental file should be limited to figures and/or text that clarify the scope and aims, and illustrate their own commitment to the topic (not a full submission of everything they would bring to the workshop).