Fresh Eyes on CMIP

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Who are we?

Fresh Eyes on CMIP is a new working group integrating the voices of early career researchers, scientists and practitioners in CMIP. Researchers, scientists and practitioners early in their career provide a unique insight into climate science. Coming into the system more recently enables ECRs to have a fresh perspective on CMIP. ECRs regularly undertake the often time consuming task of generating, downloading, processing, and analysing data from CMIP and as such, have a unique, working insight into the successes and flaws of CMIP phases. Fresh eyes on CMIP would be a new working group comprised of scientists, researchers, and practitioners in the early stages of their careers to sit alongside the CMIP7 task teams. Fresh Eyes on CMIP will also work to significantly increase collaborations with scientists working in the global south.

Members of the group will each act as liaisons to the CMIP7 Task Teams, the WGCM Infrastructure Panel, and the CMIP Panel.

What is an Early Career Researcher?

Early career researchers (ECRs) are scientists, researchers, and practitioners in the early stages of their career. Typical definitions of ECRs suggest this period is within seven years of obtaining their highest degree (excluding career breaks). For this group, we will not impose this strict time definition but include it for reference. Application is open to all scientists, researchers and practitioners in the early stages of their career.  Practitioners are those working at the interface of society, policy, practice, and research.

Objectives and Goals

  • Directly integrate the voice of ECRs into CMIP.
  • Provide invaluable insight into the generation and access of CMIP data.
  • Creating opportunities and encouraging participation for ECRs in the CMIP community
  • Engage ECRs in the broader scientific and research community intersecting academia, NGOs, private sector, and Governmental institutions.
  • Present proposals to the CMIP Panel and CMIP7 Task Teams
  • Opportunity for task team liaisons to attend task team meetings.
  • Opportunity for co-leads to attend (wider) panel meetings
  • Work with IPO on making CMIP sustainable and identify avenues for reducing the carbon footprint of CMIP.
  • Work with IPO on designing dedicated CMIP ECR activities and increasing ECR involvement in wider activities.

Members

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Engagement opportunities

1. Data Preparation co-lead application call

Two spaces have recently become available to join the Fresh Eyes on CMIP group in the role of Data Preparation Subgroup co-lead.

The pipeline from planning model experiments to publishing data on the ESGF contains many complex steps. The Data Preparation subgroup will consider ways to ease the preparation of data prior to publication, including the proposal and design of tools.  This subgroup will liaise with the Data Request Task Team.

The successful co-leads of this group will be responsible for steering the group’s direction and for chairing meetings. They will also sit on the wider Fresh Eyes on CMIP Steering Group as a representative of the Data Preparation group, to ensure effective collaboration across the whole Fresh Eyes group.

Details about how to apply can be found by following this link. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2023 at 23:59 UTC.

2. Fresh Eyes Directory

We’re also delighted to announce that we’re launch the Fresh Eyes Directory. This a new initiative to ensure that opportunities and collaboration within the CMIP Early Career Researcher (ECR) community is as open as possible.

Any ECR can now register to join the Fresh Eyes Directory. This will lead to your name, email, and short biography becoming available to others in the Fresh Eyes Directory. Any member of the directory can then find other scientists to collaborate and network with.

Joining the directory will also ensure that you will always hear about new CMIP-relevant opportunities, events, and job adverts straight into your inbox. The Fresh Eyes on CMIP group may also reach out to the Fresh Eyes Directory with consultations and other engagement opportunities, as well as advertising when new positions in the Fresh Eyes on CMIP group become available.

Find more details on joining the Fresh Eyes Directory by following this link.

Activities

Check back soon to see what the Fresh Eyes group is working on.

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