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Applications Invited for 2025 NF-POGO Open Call for Shipboard Training Fellowships

Applications Invited for 2025 NF-POGO Open Call for Shipboard Training Fellowships

Organization: Ocean Training Partnership

Apply By: 30 Jun 2025

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About the Organization

Increasingly, new technology is enabling ocean observations to be made remotely and/or autonomously. However, it is important that in situ sampling and measurements are conducted for ground truthing and calibration of the remote sensing and autonomous measurements for the accurate modelling of the ocean systems.

To enable early career scientists to better understand the observations and to be able to monitor the biological, chemical and physical parameters of the oceans, research cruises for oceanographic sampling are necessary. However, there are relatively few opportunities for shipboard training available to young scientists.  The objective of the Ocean Training Partnership is to pool infrastruture, resources and expertise to provide marine science graduates with offshore technical skills and experience onboard research vessels whilst building capacity in ocean observations.

The Ocean Training Partnership is an initiative led by Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Founding partners also included the Strategic Marine Alliance for Research and Training (SMART) and Marinetraining.eu.

The project is funded by the Nippon Foundation.

About the Fellowship

The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) will be offering a number of shipboard fellowship opportunities onboard research vessels during 2025. This programme is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation scheme for the ocean. Normally, specific calls are made a minimum of six months before the cruise begins, in order to allow time for large numbers of applications to be reviewed, shortlisted candidates to be interviewed, and for the successful applicant to put the necessary paperwork in order, eg visas, travel documents, and essential medical/training certifications.  However, sometimes the POGO shipboard training programme is offered an available berth at shorter notice.  In order to make best use of these opportunities, the POGO Secretariat issues annual Open Calls for applications from early career scientists, technicians, postgraduate students (PhD or MSc) and Post-doctoral Fellows who are nationals of and involved in oceanographic work at centres in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The application form asks about the candidate’s specific training interests, including geographical areas and research/training topics.  It also asks about availability to travel during 2025. For the latter, candidates are asked to consider any dates where they may have prior commitments.  The secretariat will maintain a database of all qualified, interested candidates and, as training opportunities become available, will create shortlists by evaulating suitability for the particular project on offer.

What is offered:

Dependent on each particular fellowship opportunity.

Besides participating in the cruise, the selected candidate may have the opportunity to visit the host institution for one month prior to the start of the cruise to participate in cruise preparation and planning and/or one additional month back at the host institution after the cruise for further training in sample and data analysis and interpretation.

Eligibility

This fellowship programme is open to early-career scientists, technicians, undergraduate or graduate students (preferably MSc or early PhD) involved in oceanographic work at ocean sciences-related institutions in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Applicants must be citizens of developing countries or economies in transition, as defined by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD (see the list of eligible countries). Priority will be given to applicants with limited training/work/study experience in developed countries.

How to Apply

Applicants should complete and submit the online application (click the APPLY HERE button below), where they must upload a digital copy of their CV and a recommendation letter from their direct supervisor at their home institution. The recommendation letter must be written in English, on institutional letterhead, dated and signed by the supervisor.

Applications and recommendation letters must be written in English and letters submitted/uploaded in pdf format. Only applications that are complete in all respects will be considered for the Fellowship.

This is an open-ended call, and we will review applications as they come in.  Candidates will be contacted if they are considered to be suitable matches for shipboard fellowships as they become available.

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