USAPECS announces our call for applications for the 2023-2024 executive board. Members of the USAPECS Board work together to develop and execute activities of interest and beneficial to Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) members in the US. These activities can include anything you're passionate about—relevant to polar early career researchers—from organizing social events or panel discussions at meetings to running a remotely-hosted AMA (‘Ask-Me-Anything’) session or organizing a webinar.
Our activities in 2022-23 included:
Updating and increasing our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) initiatives by organizing events such as the Polar film feast, webinars, and more.
Organizing a blog series focusing on ‘Becoming a Polar Scientist’
Creating early career newsletters in collaboration with the IARPC Early Career Forum
Participating in International Polar Week activities including an AMA on reddit
Sharing research and other opportunities on our Twitter account (https://twitter.com/US_APECS)
Supporting various Arctic organizations to promote opportunities for Early Career Researchers and collaborating with polar communities such as APECS International, ARCUS, IARPC, COLDEX and PSECCO.
Task groups we hope to run in 2023-24 include:
AGU Events and outreach to other Polar conferences
Social media
Blog
Webinars
Website maintenance and redesign
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA)
IARPC Collaboration on the Early Career Forum (https://usapecs.wixsite.com/usapecs/iarpc)
Develop partnerships with our collaborators, which includes APECS international, ARCUS, PSECCO, IARPC and COLDEX
This is a great opportunity to become more involved in the broader polar science community within the US. The time commitment varies depending on your level of involvement but is typically two to four hours or so per month unless you are particularly involved in an activity (like running a sci comm workshop or leading the organization of the AGU fall meeting).
If you're interested in serving on the USAPECS Board in 2023-24, please send an email to USAPECS@gmail.com with:
your name
title of your current position (undergrad, Masters student, Ph.D. student, postdoc, faculty, science tech, science outreach coordinator, etc)
where you are employed (or the University you are attending)
a few short sentences on why you think you would be a good fit for the USAPECS board and activities you would like to help organize this year in the task groups organized by USAPECS. We especially welcome new ideas associated with the task groups we hope to run in 2023-24 and how you intend on helping to see those through.
Applications are due September 10th. We will have an online meeting to welcome new members in mid-to-late-September.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Kind regards,
Erika Schreiber, Lavanya Ashokkumar, and Alex Taitt
USAPECS Chairs