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📢 Seeking geo grad students and postdocs as peer-reviewers for students applying to the #GRFP this year! We have an amazing group of students taking our course this summer 🔥 DM us if interested. We will be offering a lecture on crafting impactful broader impacts for volunteers!
📢 CURRENTLY RECRUITING STUDENTS: NSF GRFP application prep short course for geoscience students, held virtually August-September! Deadline to apply is June 30th! 📢
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Final call for applicants - deadline is today! 🔥
📢 CURRENTLY RECRUITING STUDENTS: NSF GRFP application prep short course for geoscience students, held virtually August-September! Deadline to apply is June 30th! 📢
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PS: enrollment is FREE, but seats are limited (30 students)!
📢 CURRENTLY RECRUITING STUDENTS: NSF GRFP application prep short course for geoscience students, held virtually August-September! Deadline to apply is June 30th! 📢
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You can now follow futureROCKdoc founder Kristina Butler here: @kristinalbutler. We are switching this page to exclusively futureROCKdoc.com content! Follow our other awesome [future]ROCKdocs at: @swmgeorge @TonyTheRockGeek @emilyemixon

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📢 CURRENTLY RECRUITING STUDENTS: NSF GRFP application prep short course for geoscience students, held virtually August-September! Deadline to apply is June 30th! 📢
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I started a live #Python #code lecture series, '#DataScience Basics in Python', with linked well-documented codes and recorded walk-throughs so you can follow along. Let me know what you think? I welcome suggestions for additional lectures. On #YouTube @ youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… ∀!
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woohooo! super proud of @gneisscathy and excited this is out in the world! 💪💪💪💪
Thrilled to share @gneisscathy et al. "Paleoclimate controls on lithium enrichment in Great Basin Pliocene−Pleistocene lacustrine clays". The first data paper from my lab @BrownGeoSci/@Brown_IBES, and first student-led paper! doi.org/10.1130/B36572.1 #lithium
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Writing a great abstract can be tricky! This writing template by @Nature is super helpful 👉
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📢📢📢USA GEOSCIENCE GRAD STUDENTS/POSTDOCS: we need a few more peer-review mentors for the GRFP short course - anyone willing to do 1 round of edits on a student's GRFP proposal?? DM me!
Looking for just a few more peer-reviewers for the GRFP short course - anyone willing to commit to one editing session of a student's GRFP proposal, please DM me!
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Just in time especially since I am about to start my PhD soon. A book by Dr @ZJAyres, anyone with access to Springer via their affiliation can download it here: link.springer.com/book/10.10… #Academicchatter
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Was reminded today of this excellent list of scientific jargon to avoid, from R Somerville and @ClimateComms long ago but still completely relevant, especially as climate change work has become even more interdisciplinary.
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futureROCKdoc updated our "mental health in grad school" page including links to pre-order @ZJAyres new book and the @academicvoices podcast 💪💪💪 we all need these resources, any many are custom to academia, take a peek! futurerockdoc.com/#/mental-h…

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Are you 'Excited to share my new paper!' Harsh truth: Most people don't care 5 tips on how to tweet about your new paper to get real engagement @OpenAcademics @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter
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Looking for just a few more peer-reviewers for the GRFP short course - anyone willing to commit to one editing session of a student's GRFP proposal, please DM me!
📢Get excited! futureROCKdoc is hosting a short course with @geosociety for URMs in geoscience prepping their GRFPs. More info to come and still seeking GRFP awardees and reviewers to volunteer successful proposals and advice! 🙌
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📢futureROCKdoc is looking for peer-review mentors for our GRFP short course! Graduate students/postdocs etc. interested in mentoring URM geoscience students prepping their NSF GRFP applications please reach out!! We need 15-30 mentors!!!
📢Get excited! futureROCKdoc is hosting a short course with @geosociety for URMs in geoscience prepping their GRFPs. More info to come and still seeking GRFP awardees and reviewers to volunteer successful proposals and advice! 🙌
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