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Call for Applications: Young Talents REA Workshop 2023
Young Talents in REA Workshop – 2023
The Young Talents Workshop in the area of Resilience Engineering (RE) will take place on the 26th of June 2023, in conjunction with the 10th Symposium on Resilience Engineering 26–30 June 2023 at Sophia Antipolis, France.
What is the Young Talents Workshop?
The Workshop is an initiative by the Young Talents Program of the Resilience Engineering Association (REA). During this one-day workshop, Masters’ and Ph.D. students within the field of Resilience Engineering will have the opportunity to present their work to prominent researchers in the field.
Who can apply for the Young Talents Workshop?
PhD students who are currently pursuing research in the areas of RE can apply. Masters’ students are also welcome if conducting relevant research in RE. More information on eligibility requirements is provided below under “What is required to become a Young Talents?”.
What are the benefits of participating in the Emerging Talents Workshop?
The Young Talents workshop offers selected students a unique opportunity to participate in a one-day workshop with some of the foremost experts within the fields of RE. Selected graduate students will be expected to present their main research plans/progress; this will be followed by a discussion, during which experts will provide personalized feedback and suggestions. The discussion is designed to help students reflect upon the challenges they face in their work, and provide potential solutions and refinements. In summary, the workshop has the following aims:
- Provide selected graduate students with an opportunity to develop their oral presentation skills.
- Provide students with feedback and advice on their research plans/progress.
- Provide students with the opportunity to meet and engage with experts from different backgrounds working on topics related to RE.
- Facilitate interaction between graduate students and foster an exchange of ideas.
Is funding available to successful applicants?
Yes! We aim to have sufficient funding to cover 10 selected students. Graduate students selected for the Workshop will be entitled to reimbursement of travel and subsistence costs up to a substantial limit, commensurate with the actual distance/cost of travel. The maximum amount of reimbursement is 1000 euros. Funding will be available from several sources including the Resilience Engineering Association.
How can I apply to participate in the Young Talents Workshop?
You should prepare an application package (one PDF document) that includes:
- A cover page including your name, institution, department, and primary thesis advisor.
- A brief (max 800 words) description of the work you are pursuing in the area of RE, using the following structure:
- Background/Motivation
- Clearly formulated research questions/hypotheses
- Method (actual or proposed)
- Work completed so far (e.g., planned research, completed pilot study, collected main data, analysis)
- Results (obtained/expected)
- Expected impact and future directions
- Letter of recommendation from your advisor stating that he/she supports your participation in the doctoral consortium. Your advisor should also include information about your need for travel funding to attend the conference. If your advisor is already covering your travel expenses, then they should state this and describe whether the funding will cover all, or only some, of your travel expenses. Similarly, if you have (or will) obtain funding via your university (e.g., graduate student council travel award), your advisor should state this and make it clear whether you require additional funding to attend the conference.
- Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages).
- A personal statement (max 400 words) explaining:
- Why you would like to participate in the Emerging Talents Workshop
- How your work relates to the symposium’s theme “Resilience at frontiers, frontiers of resilience”
- What you would like to discuss during this day (e.g., what aspects of your research are you seeking specific feedback on)
- How you would like to contribute to the Emerging Talents network after the workshop, e.g., organizing the next Emerging Talents Workshop in 2023, writing a blog on the REA website, managing a social media account, launching a campaign for young researchers, etc.
The ideal candidate would be a student who has already developed some preliminary analyses for his/her research project, or has already collected partial or full data and set up the analysis, prepared a thesis proposal, contributed to (or developed) a method or model. To ensure that the research is germane to RE, reviewers would look for the following themes:
- Adaptive capacity
- Preparedness or readiness to respond
- Socio-technical system design
- Joint Cognitive Systems
- Safety-I/Safety-II
- Proactive learning and risk management in complex systems
- Modelling and/or measuring resilience potential (FRAM, RAG, etc.)
To facilitate in-depth discussion during the workshop, the number of students admitted to the workshop is limited to 10. The deadline for application is 27th January 2023. The outcome of the review process will be announced to all applicants by 24th February 2023.
Submit your application to: youngtalents.rea23@gmail.com . Please ensure that all documents are merged into one PDF file.
Queries regarding the upcoming workshop in 2023 can be submitted to: youngtalents.rea23@gmail.com
Other queries regarding Young Talents Program in general can be submitted to talents@resilience-engineering-association.org
[ You can see the Young Talent Program over the years here ]