<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-a2abfe38-7fff-ebd7-c4c9-40c97e1d6cd3"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>ESIP is now accepting applications for its 2026 cohort of Community Fellows!</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ESIP Community Fellows are graduate students and post-docs (<2 yrs since graduation) interested in bridging the gap between informatics and Earth Science. This fellowship provides Fellows with a chance to work closely with professionals in an interdisciplinary, cross-sector group (ESIP collaboration area) on current Earth Science problems. Community Fellows become engaged in ESIP collaboration areas, helping to document group activities on monthly virtual meetings and at ESIP’s semi-annual meetings. As Fellows become more familiar with collaboration-area activities, they may choose to integrate their own research, which can result in publication and additional funding opportunities. This opportunity has numerous benefits, including:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Inter,sans-serif">Networking with professionals in your research field</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Inter,sans-serif">Opportunities to share your research with a broader audience</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Inter,sans-serif">Opportunities to learn collaboration best practices</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Inter,sans-serif">Exposure to potential career tracks – government, industry, academic</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Inter,sans-serif">Fellows receive a stipend of $2000. They also receive support to attend the </span>ESIP’s<span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"> semi-annual meetings, which bring together the most innovative thinkers and leaders around Earth science data.</span></li></ul><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);vertical-align:baseline">Fellows must be able to attend both semi-annual meetings to participate, as well as be able to work legally in the US. You can </span><a href="https://www.esipfed.org/meet-the-2025-esip-community-fellows/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Inter,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">learn about the 2025 Class of Community Fellows on our website</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);vertical-align:baseline">. </span><a href="https://www.esipfed.org/student-opportunities/community-fellows/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Inter,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Learn more about the opportunity and apply by 10/10</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Alycia Crall</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">(<a href="https://namedrop.io/alyciacrall" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">pronunciation</a>)</i><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i>She/Her/Hers</i><i><br></i>Community Director<div><b><a href="https://www.esipfed.org/" target="_blank">Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)</a></b><br></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/earth-science-information-partners" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://github.com/ESIPFed" target="_blank">GitHub</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ESIPFed%C2%A0" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://www.esipfed.org/join-slack" target="_blank">Slack</a> | <a href="https://esip.figshare.com/" target="_blank">Figshare</a></div><div><a href="https://calendar.app.google/AsxrS6tsGoSeMhey6" target="_blank">Schedule a Meeting</a></div></div></div></div></div>