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Capacity-Building Activities

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SCOR promotes the enhancement of scientific capacity in developing countries and those with economies in transition by ensuring that every SCOR working group and other activity includes scientists from such countries. SCOR also administers a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to provide travel support to scientists from such countries to attend scientific meetings, participates with the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in supporting a program of visiting fellowships for oceanographic observations, and is developing an activity to promote regional graduate schools of oceanography and marine environmental sciences.

  • Travel Grants--SCOR continues to offer travel awards to ocean scientists from developing countries and those with economies in transition, as it has for the past 20 years. This program is supported through a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation and approximately 60 scientists are awarded full or partial travel grants each year to participate in major international ocean science meetings and short-term training programs.
    Instructions for Travel Grants

  • POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowships for Oceanographic Observations--SCOR has committed funds for this fellowship program in partnership with IOC and POGO. This program is designed to promote training and capacity building leading toward a global observation scheme for the ocean. The program is open to scientists, technicians, Ph.D.-level graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows from centers in developing countries involved in oceanographic work. It offers the opportunity for such individuals to visit other oceanographic centers for a short period (1-3 months) for training on any aspect of oceanographic observations, analyses, and interpretation. The first set of awards were made in 2001, and awards have been made annually since then.

  • Regional Graduate Schools of Oceanography and Marine Environmental Sciences--SCOR is also developing an activity on Regional Graduate Schools of Oceanography and Marine Environmental Sciences, which will foster the establishment of regional centers of excellence in marine science education in Southeast Asia, South America, Africa, and South Asia. Regional Graduate Schools of Oceanography and Marine Environmental Sciences would bring together students from a region with faculty from the region and from developed countries for specialized short-term courses and would fund students through scholarships.

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