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Royal Society Committee on Antarctic Sciences
The Royal Society Committee on Antarctic Sciences (RSCAS) was formed to provide advice to the Society on Antarctic Science matters.
RSCAS also acts as the National Committee on Antarctic Science when co-ordinating matters for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), a subcommittee of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), such as for protected area management plans or guidelines on environmental impact assessment.
The committee is serviced by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Convenor : Professor Bryan Storey, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury
Executive Officer : Eddie Davis, Royal Society of New Zealand
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Trans-Antarctic Association
The Trans-Antarctic Association is a charity which exists to promote, organise, encourage or support scientific research or expeditions of discovery in the Antarctic.
SCAR Fellowship Scheme
The standard Fellowships are intended to allow researchers from one SCAR Member country to undertake short term visits to major international laboratories, field facilities, and/or home institutions in or operated by other SCAR Member countries, so as to become acquainted with recent advances in research and/or to develop long-term scientific links and partnerships. The work shall be carried out in a research group of a SCAR nation different from that of the applicant's origin.
Awards will be up to US$15,000, providing, as needed, economy-class round trip travel and a modest subsistence allowance for the fellowship period. The Fellow's home institute will bear all expenses incurred in his or her own nation (domestic travel, visa costs, etc.), and the host institute will waive any bench fees that they might normally charge trainees. Three to four awards will be made in total depending on the quality of the applications and the budget available.
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