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Apply To Serve on the SCINet Scientific Advisory Committee

The SCINet Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is seeking a representative from the Northeast Area for a 3-year term.

The SAC meets monthly to provide input on planning, educational and communication activities of the SCINet Initiative. There is also opportunity for input on planning and policy initiatives. For example, SAC members created a quarterly SCINet newsletter, facilitated a user-needs virtual meeting with scientific points-of-contact across ARS research units, launched the new SCINet website, and hold multiple computation workshops and trainings annually.

This is a 3-year term which begins immediately and will end March 2024. Please reply to Kathleen Yeater (Kathleen.yeater@usda.gov) with nomination(s) by next Friday April 23, 2021. Self-nominations are accepted. Please provide e-mail contact information of nominees, and the SAC Membership committee will continue with the application process for the NEA representative to SAC.

The SCINet Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) seeks new members for 3-year terms every February-March.

The SAC meets monthly to provide input on planning, educational and communications activities of the SCINet initiative. For example, in the past year SAC members have created a quarterly SCINet newsletter, designed a user needs survey, created this new SCINet website, and held multiple computational workshops and trainings.

If you are interested in serving please check this page during the February-March timeframe for access to an application (short paragraph description of your interest and background).