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style="font-family:helvetica" class="">Forwarded Message from
Robert Pockalny:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">We are pleased to
announce a Chief
Scientist Training Cruise Opportunity <b class="">with
an emphasis on Marine Geology and Geophysics research</b> that
will take place
in December 2016 (2 – 17 December) aboard the R/V Sikuliaq
during a transit
from Honolulu, HI to San Diego, CA. </span></p>
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style="font-family:helvetica" class="">Please share with your
colleagues and
anyone else you think might be interested!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">The Chief Scientist
Training Cruise
Opportunity will include:</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class=""><span class="">-<span style="font:7pt "times new
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class="">a 2-day pre-cruise informational workshop on using the
ship as a
tool, cruise planning and proposal writing in Honolulu, HI
(29-30 November)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class=""><span class="">-<span style="font:7pt "times new
roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class="">phone conference planning sessions (this is pre-arrival
at HI)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class=""><span class="">-<span style="font:7pt "times new
roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class="">move onto the ship (1 December)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class=""><span class="">-<span style="font:7pt "times new
roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class="">a 16-day research cruise aboard the R/V Sikuliaq (2-17
December)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class=""><span class="">-<span style="font:7pt "times new
roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:helvetica"
class="">on-board presentations and demonstrations</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">The goal of this program
is to help
early-career marine scientists (e.g., <b class="">PhD
students, postdocs and new faculty</b>) plan and write
effective cruise proposals,
plan surveys to address significant scientific questions,
execute surveys at
sea, and generate at-sea cruise reports for marine geological
and geophysical
research and education. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">Participants will plan
and execute six
days of at-sea marine geophysical research that will take
advantage of the ship’s
installed equipment to address specific scientific questions
identified during pre-cruise
preparations. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">Travel costs, research
supplies, and
shipping will be paid for participants. Space is limited. To
apply you must be
an employee or student (U.S. Citizen or permanent resident) at a
U.S.
institution or a U.S. citizen working abroad.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b class=""><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">Application
deadline extended to October 7, 2016. </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">Please complete the
Survey Monkey
on-line application at:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sikuliaq_chief_sci_training"
class=""><span style="font-family:helvetica" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sikuliaq_chief_sci_training">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sikuliaq_chief_sci_training</a></span></a><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class=""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">This 10-15 minute survey
will request
basic contact and demographic information, as well as research
background and interests.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">If you have any
additional questions,
please contact:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:helvetica" class="">- Bernard Coakley
(<a href="mailto:bjcoakley@alaska.edu" class="">bjcoakley@alaska.edu</a>),
or</span></p>
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style="font-family:helvetica" class="">- Robert Pockalny (<a
href="mailto:rpockalny@uri.edu" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rpockalny@uri.edu">rpockalny@uri.edu</a></a>)</span></p>
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