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Bjerknes Proposal Writing Workshop 2025 From idea to project: Writing successful project proposals
Registration deadline: 24.04.2025
Link for registration: https://forms.office.com/e/GA2YrAYWjP
Venue: UiB Læringsarena, Nygårdsgaten 5, Bergen
Workshop leaders: Friederike U. Hoffmann, Research coordinator at GFI and EU expert evaluator; Nadine Goris, Researcher and research adviser at NORCE; Catherine Downy, Research adviser at NERSC
Credit point: 1 (ECTS)
Maximum number of participants: 15
Target group is early career scientists (Post Doc, early career researchers, PhD) in climate sciences with little or no experience in proposal writing. The workshop targets both those who already have a concrete project idea and a plan to write a proposal, and those who want to gain general proposal writing and project development skills.
The workshop will enable you to apply for external funding of your own research. You will learn how to develop a research idea into a draft for a successful research project proposal.
Using your own research ideas, you will learn:
how to present a project idea shortly and concisely (pitch presentation)
how to develop and sharpen your research idea
how to plan and structure a draft proposal
how to develop the different components of the draft proposal
how to draft a project budget
where you can apply for funding
The course includes lectures, group work and plenary discussion. During the workshop, the participants will develop the project ideas of 3 participants into ready-to-use draft proposals.
Priorities if the workshop is overbooked: 1. Bjerknes members with project ideas, 2. Bjerknes members without project ideas, 3. Non-Bjerknes members with project ideas. For PhD students: this workshop makes the most sense if you are in the 3rd (or 4th) year of your PhD. PhD students in their 1st or 2nd year will not be prioritized – unless they are working on a proposal, such as for a travel grant, support for events, etc. In this case, please indicate this in your registration.
Find general information about the workshop here
Find reports on the workshop here
For questions, please contact Friederike.Hoffmann@uib.no
BCCR Seminar: “Past Climate from Water Isotopes in a High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core and Speleothem Fluid Inclusions”.
BCCR Monday Seminar will be given by Prof. Ryu Uemura from Nagoya University. He will talk about “Past Climate from Water Isotopes in a High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core and Speleothem Fluid Inclusions”.
Abstract
This presentation will introduce two recent studies using the stable isotopes of water to investigate past climate variability. The first study presents a high-resolution ice core drilled by a Japanese team from southeastern Greenland. A multi-month age scale was developed by matching oxygen isotope data with isotope-enabled climate model outputs (1871–2020 CE). High snow accumulation (ca. 1 m yr⁻¹) preserved sub-seasonal signals, enabling monthly order dating. The chronology was validated using accumulation rates, hydrogen peroxide, and volcanic signals. The second study analyzes fluid inclusion (liquid water trapped in calcite) isotopes in a stalagmite from Okinawa (Japan) to assess hydroclimate responses to volcanic and solar forcings during the Holocene. The results show that clusters of large volcanic eruptions coincide with cooling phases, suggesting that clusters of volcanic activity during the mid-Holocene likely contributed to climate change at multi-decadal scales via a teleconnection between the subtropical Northwest Pacific and the North Atlantic regions.
Bjerknes Hackaton
Hi all!
We're excited to announce that we will be holding the Bjerknes hackathon over two half-days, on May 20th and May 21st!
This is an opportunity to build your skills working with earth systems datasets, and will cover retrieving, analysing and visualising data. The theme of the hackathon will be Air-ice-sea interactions in the Arctic and North Atlantic. In addition to skills development, we expect some really interesting results to emerge from bringing together the diverse expertise of Bjerknes members to tackle this task. In addition to exploring this central focus, we will be providing a crash course on Earth systems data, which should have something for everyone whether you count yourself as a novice or expert data analyst.
The event will run from 9am-12am on May 20th, and 9am-2pm on May 21st. There will be plentiful bolle, coffee and lunch provided for attendees.
If you're interested in attending then register at the link below by next Friday, April 11th :
https://forms.gle/rJJaK6uc6ghkFYLCA
Look forward to seeing many of you there!
Josh Dorrington and Stephen Outten
Stormtracks group meeting
Hi everyone,
Next Wednesday (May 21), we’ll be having our regular Storm Tracks group meeting from 14:00 to 15:00 in room U105 (near the canteen). Qidi will give us a talk about Impact of diabatic heating on cyclone forecast biases.
The meeting will be hybrid and here is the zoom link for those who want to join remotely.
https://uib.zoom.us/j/62886269543?pwd=ajWbi97zr0hbniaoQdZkUtD2EUSSri.1
Meeting ID: 628 8626 9543; Password: qSKTfKU3
The meeting schedule of this semester is in following google doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17fjgrGX7AJzYHleHM7ns6h6Bw_tKJjRrMPOZ_8PQt5Q/edit?usp=sharing
See you all there!:)
Cheers,
~Hari and Yangfan
Machine Learning Journal Club
Ocean Science Bar, Sea Level Change, One Tide at a Time?
Welcome to Ocean Science Bar Thursday 22nd of May at 1900 in Statsraaden Bar & Reception!
(Note the change of date - we normally have Ocean Science Bar the last Thursday of the month but had to make an exception here)
Bergen at the turning point: Sea Level Change, One Tide at a Time?
How much has the sea around Bergen risen recently? Is it going to keep rising – and how fast? And what does Greenland have to do with it? Sea level isn’t as steady as it might seem. It moves, slowly but surely. The factors driving these changes are complex, and understanding them is key to knowing what’s ahead for Bergen.
In this talk, Konstanze Haubner (University of Bergen, SEAS fellow) and Kristin Richter (NORCE) explore how and why the ocean is slowly reshaping the Norwegian coast. Drawing on research focused on regions like Greenland and Western Norway, they reveal the forces behind sea level change - and what it means for Bergen.
Join us for a talk and a pint, meet colleagues and get an update on the latest ocean research - welcome to all! Please help spread the word in your group.
See full description here: https://www.uib.no/en/ocean/177655/bergen-turning-point-sea-level-change-one-tide-time
i2B Invites Workshop on Arctic Past Climates
Local organisers: Stijn De Schepper and Petra Langebroek
Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit seminar: Applications of climate predictions
Agenda:
• 14:00-14:20 Erik Kolstad (NORCE). Useful and skillful applications based on subseasonal forecasts
• 14:20-14:40 Jesse Schrage (NORCE). The climate service mirage: data abundance, decision drought
• 14:40-15:00 Manuel Hempel (NORCE): Bridging Farming and Climate Science: Communicating Long Term Forecasts to Norwegian Farmers
• 15:00-15:20 Eurico Noleto (UiB). NorCPM-AI: Integrating Climate Forecasts and Stakeholder Engagement through Web Applications and Artificial Intelligence
• 15:20-15:30 Mariko Koseki (UiB). Update on our real-time seasonal forecast with NorCPM1 (initialized on May 1st)
Contact: bcpu-lead@uib.no
Den store bredagen
Forskning og friluftsliv - for deg med hjarte for breen
Breane smeltar verda over. 2025 er av FN utnemnt som Det internasjonale breåret, for å skaffe merksemd om bevaring av breane i alle verdsdelar.
Bli med på ei rundreise til verdas brear gjennom kort-korte foredrag:
1800-1845 Brear på den sørlege halvkula:
* Opning ved Jostein Bakke
* New Zealand og Andesfjella - Ben Robson
* Sørishavet - Jarle Sleire
1 min posterpitch
* Antarktis - Elin Darelius
* Grønland - Konstanze Haubner
* Himalaya - TBA
* Alpene - TBA
1845 - 1915 Pause med poster
1915 - 1945 Brear på den nordlege halvkula
* Våre brear - Rebekka Frøystad
* Svalbard - Willem van der Bilt
* Om breopplevingar og friluftsliv - Knut Inge Engelbreth, breinstruktør og styremedlem i BHT Fjellsport
1945-2000 Pause
2000 Diskusjon: Turismeparadokset
Korleis kan vi ivareta breane samstundes som presset frå turismen aukar?
* Turismeparadokset ved Halvor Dannevig, Forskingsleiar ved Vestlandsforsking
Paneldiskusjon:
* Dag Sandvik, naturvernansvarleg Bergen og Hordaland Turlag
* Karin Lillevold, Doktorgradsstipendiat UiB
* Halvor Dannevig, Forskingsleiar ved Vestlandsforsking
* Marta Rongved, seniorrådgjevar for reiseliv i Vestland fylkeskommune
Meld deg på her - heilt gratis
Stormtracks group meeting
Theme TBD
Bjerknes Summer Party - save the date!
More info to come! Save the date!
Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit seminar: Mechanisms for predictability