10 December
11am-12pm CT
Zoom Meeting

During this virtual networking event, you will be able to meet other students and early career scientists from distinct AGU sections. With the increasing demand for collaborative and multidisciplinary research for the development of more robust and sustainable solutions to worldwide problems, we created this virtual space to help enhance your own collaborative network as well as discuss career challenges, opportunities, and pathways you might have come across or you might be interested in.

12 December
4-6pm CT
Grand Ballroom D-1st Floor
Hilton Riverside

During this welcoming reception, you will hear about the exciting career paths of two early-career scientists as well as their perspectives on “Being a Scientist in the 21st century”. We will provide this space for discussion, where you will have the opportunity to talk about current challenges in science while asking questions regarding your own experiences and expectations as students and early-career scientists. After the Q&A session, you will also network with peers while enjoying refreshments.

13 December
11am-12:30pm CT
Online only

This interactive session will describe academic practices and institutional structures that allow for harassment, bullying and other hostile behaviors to persist, discuss initiatives to address harassment as research misconduct, and provide training in personal intervention strategies to protect and support targets of harassment. As a result of this session, participants will be able to identify: (1) different ways in which sexual and other types of harassment and bullying can manifest in research environments; (2) strategies for bystander intervention, and (3) resources to share with their home departments for cultural change. Led by members of the ADVANCEGeo Partnership with support from the Earth Science Women’s Network, Association of Women Geoscientists, and AGU.

13 December
4-5:30pm CT
Skills for Science Room, B1,
Convention Center

The mentor/mentee relationship is important for the success of training the next generation of scientists and the success of science. Here, we discuss a couple of mentoring programs within AGU (e.g., Mentoring365 and AGU Mentoring Network), the concept of needing multiple mentors for the well-being and success of the mentee, and will provide time to discuss with mentors and about how to improve the dialogue between mentors and mentees.

14 December
11am-12:30pm CT
Online only

How do you make your proposal as NSF-savvy as possible? How do you best describe your broader impacts? What is cutting edge in data management? How do you identify the best program for application? How do you access available education and outreach funds? There are also always new initiatives starting at NSF, beyond core programs. How do you identify and apply for these opportunities? How are initiatives different than core programs? How can you design effective integrated research? Answer these questions, critique sample text from past NSF proposals, and meet in small groups with Program Officers to get to know what they are looking for, and learn how to ask the right questions, give the right answers, and get funded. This workshop is open to all AGU Fall Meeting attendees and will be particularly helpful to early-career to midcareer participants, especially graduate students, post-docs, researchers, and tenure-track faculty thinking about applying for NSF funding for the first time. Co-sponsored by the Earth Science Women’s Network and AGU.

14 December
11:15am - 12:15pm CT
Rooms 346-347
Convention Center

Calling all students and early career scientists! Do you have questions about student/early career (S/EC) presence at AGU? Do you have ideas of how AGU can better support S/EC scientists? Or maybe you just want to know who represents S/EC members at AGU and how you can get involved! This town hall is organized by a group of S/EC volunteer leaders at AGU with two primary goals. First, we would like to introduce ourselves and make sure everyone knows what our roles are at AGU, and we also want to meet all of you! Secondly, we would like to open the floor (in-person & virtually) to any questions and/or discussions pertinent to S/EC scientists. Come along to meet new people from across the organization and let your voice be heard!

14 December
4-5:30pm CT

As research scientists, students and early career researchers develop a multitude of skills that are applicable outside of the traditional academic research setting. This panel session will feature professionals who pursued careers outside of academia sharing their stories and answering questions from the audience.

15 December
11am-12:30pm CT
Online only

Have you ever overhead a comment that you knew wasn’t right but didn’t know what to say? Are you ever the one who feels the need to “laugh” at a “joke” that’s more harmful than funny? Do you ever find yourself heading home after work thinking, “I should have said...”? Would you like to have some specific skills designed to help interrupt the break-room gossiping? Dr. Moses Milazzo offers a program that’s designed to help you and your team start or continue the difficult conversations about behaviors that are harmful to the team as a whole as well as to individuals in the team. This workshop will provide you with some tools and skills to help step up and intervene when you witness or experience the kinds of situations described here.

15 December
4-5:30pm CT
Skills for Science Room, B1
Convention Center

As a scientist, there are many career paths available to you which provide exciting opportunities to do impactful research from academia to industry to government organizations and national labs. In this workshop, we will provide a framework for exploring these different career options as they relate to your personal working style and strengths.

16 December
12-1:30pm CT

A key aspect of life as a researcher is securing funding to materialize our ideas and complete research projects. In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn the basics of proposal writing tailored to specific funding agencies at a national and international level. You will be able to ask questions you might have about the process to program managers and people involved in the process of reviewing and selecting successful proposals.

14 December
7-8am CT
Grand Ballroom A-1st Floor
Hilton Riverside

Meet and eat with AGU section leaders, many of whom wrote your textbooks! The Macelwane Early Career and Student Breakfast will provide an opportunity to interact with AGU Fellows, past and present Macelwane Medalists, and other mentors.

14 December
10-11:30am CT
Skills for Science Room, B1
Convention Center

Geoscientists may be required to have a license or professional certification to document competency before they may work in many parts of the world. Students and early career professionals need to know of these requirements to capture the benefits that will contribute to their success. Faculty should also know about licensure and certification requirements to further the success of their students after graduation. The Workshop will review a variety of programs for credentials available to geoscience professionals throughout the world.

15 December
12-1:30pm CT
Skills for Science Room, B1
Convention Center

This workshop will discuss the do’s and don’ts of job interviews and the ways interviews can differ depending on the job sector or level of the position. Come with plenty of questions.

16-December
1-2:30pm CT
Skills for Science Room, B1
Convention Center

Whether you are a student or early-mid career professional, if you are considering employment this interactive workshop will familiarize you with resume and C.V. essentials. Resumes and C.V.s are marketing tools that communicate how your experiences and strengths demonstrate your alignment for a particular job. It is a way for you to emphasize your assets as a positive first impression. Learn which format is appropriate for different job ads and how to get yours to the top of the applicant stack.

17 December
12-1:30pm CT
Skills for Science Room, B1
Convention Center

Today’s careers opportunities look very different from the traditional careers of the past. Join this interactive session to learn and ask questions about how one can navigate career transitions effectively.