ESPIn2024

ESPIn 2024

CSDMS is excited to announce that ESPIn 2024 will be held July 29th through August 6th at the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) facility on the CU Boulder East Campus.

Participant costs (reimbursement for transportation costs up to $600 for national and $1200 for international students, enrollment, accommodations, breakfast and lunch on teaching days) will be supported for 25 participants. Continued lodging support will be provided from Sunday, July 28th through Tuesday, August 6th. Applicants are responsible for dinners, and all other incidental expenses.

All applicants selected for ESPIn 2024 are also expected to participate in a community webinar in Fall 2024 showcasing their demonstration projects.

Important Dates

• December 1: Application window opens
• January 26: Application window closes
• February 16 February 23 March 1: Notifications
• July 29-August 6: ESPIn 2024

Agenda

The 2024 preliminary agenda will be published in January. For comparison, the agenda for ESPIn 2023 can be found here.

The agenda may change slightly as we secure guest science lecturers and career panelists, but the ordering and duration of the lessons and team project development blocks are likely set.

Apply

To apply for ESPIn 2024, please fill out this Google Form (opens Dec 1, closes Jan 26).

For your application, please prepare one PDF document containing the following sections:

1. Motivation statement (250 words max). Why are you interested in earth surface process modeling? What research questions are you working on? Does your research involve modeling? What experience do you have in numerical modeling and data analysis? What programming languages and development tools do you use? What do you want to learn?
2. Diversity statement (150 words max). Explain any past or present activities that have contributed to increasing diversity, and describe how you envision your future work to contribute to increasing diversity.
3. Resume (half a page max). Be sure to list your proficiency with programming and model development.

Applications will be evaluated on a 10-point scale based on:

1. scientific motivation, relevance of research interests/goals, disciplinary background, and career stage (3 pts);
2. programming experience and motivation to ramp up skills (3 pts);
3. diversity statement (3 pts).