Application Process

The application window for each year's cohort runs from Jan to mid-late Feb.

Applicants should prepare the following information before beginning the application process:

• CV (as a pdf file or document)
• Short statements describing:
1. your current level of expertise in stable isotope biogeochemistry, including any relevant coursework or research experience (<500 characters),
2. your current level of expertise in data science and/or coding, including any relevant coursework or research experience (<500 characters),
3. your current and/or future research work as it relates to stable isotope data, community databases, and/or spatial analysis (<1,000 characters), and,
4. what you hope to gain from the SPATIAL course (in terms of knowledge, skills, and/or networking and community building) (<1,000 characters).
• An email address for your primary advisor (for graduate students or postdocs) or another professsional referee. Your referee will receive an email with a link to the recommendation form.

Graduate student applicants who wish to apply for financial support should also prepare:

• A short statement describing your level of need and other sources of support available to you (<1,000 characters)

Applications are evaluated by a panel of SPATIAL faculty and admission is offered based on factors including preparedness, potential benefit, and diversity. Admission is competitive and the class size limited to ensure rich interaction among all participants.

Allocation of financial support occurs independently of and subsequent to admissions, and we attempt to balance criteria of merit and need. Our goal is to help all admitted students attend SPATIAL, but resources are limited and we are seldom able to fully offset the program costs for individual students.

Decisions will be communicated to all applicants in March.