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A vision for fostering and coordinating collaboration among graduate students and graduates conducting subduction zone research
Subduction Zones for Grad Students and Graduates (SZ4Grads) is a grassroots, collaborative, and intercultural network under the SZ4D Research Coordination Network umbrella. Established in early 2022, SZ4Grads connects early-career geoscientists worldwide who are dedicated to investigating subduction zone processes. As the next generation of principal investigators tackling critical scientific questions in subduction zone science, we aim to foster open discourse, promote open data, and facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration.
The SZ4Grads Executive Committee (ExComm) leads the SZ4Grads network by organizing initiatives that foster collaboration, professional development, and community building among early-career researchers, while also contributing to broader SZ4D efforts through advocacy and outreach.
Our Main Goals
1.) Coordinating collaboration in the subduction zone science community
2.) Improving the accessibility for early career researchers to get involved in SZ4D
3.) Forging mentorship and skill development opportunities
What Do We Do?
We coordinate collaboration by building community, hosting conference events, and facilitating networking opportunities for early career researchers.
SZ4Grads improves accessibility for early career researchers by representing their voices within SZ4D, advocating for their involvement, and creating inclusive pathways to participate in the broader initiative.
We support early career researchers by offering mentorship matchups within SZ4D, hosting webinars to showcase ECR science, and leading skill-building workshops on writing, coding, and science communication.
SZ4Grads is founded on the intercultural collaboration essential to SZ4D’s success, working alongside AndesSur and advocating for equal access through multilingual support and live translated captions in online meetings.
Where we are in sz4d?
SZ4D Committees on Committees
CoC
SZ4D Center Steering Committee
Executive Committee
Operations Planning Committee
OPC
Collective Impact Planning
CIC
Working & Integrative Groups
Landscapes and Seascapes (L&S) Working Group
Magmatic Drivers of Eruption (MDE) Working Group
Faulting and Earthquake Cylces (FEC) Working Group
Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction (MCS) Integrative Group
Building Equity and Capacity with Geoscience (BECG) Integrative Group
SZ4Grads
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Does SZ4Grads do research?No, it is not in our goals to do research as SZ4Grads but to foster collaborations between researchers. If you want to know more about the science go to sz4d.org.
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What are examples of things that SZ4Grads does?We do a lot of things! We organize webinars, meet-ups (for example, at conferences), and DEI discussions, and host online discussion platforms. We also communicate early career interests to the SZ4D leadership. If you have more ideas about what we should do, please contact us.
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How can I participate in SZ4Grads if I don’t live in the US, Chile, or Argentina?Regarding collaboration and participation, SZ4Grads is for anyone who would like to join. It does not matter where you are from or where you are based! If you are asking about the SZ4D experiment and research, there is a recently funded initiative called SZNet: SZNet is an effort to fund the international collaboration component of the SZ4D vision, with an emphasis on the comparative studies of subduction zones. The SZNet proposal provides resources for community workshops and coordination.
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Can I join SZ4Grads if I don’t do research directly related to subduction zones (e.g. lab rock experiments, melt production models)?Of course! Your science and perspectives are welcome and will enrich our community.
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How do I learn more about SZ4D without having to read the Implementation Plan?Please visit the SZ4D YouTube channel.
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Can I attend the meetings or give presentations/seminars if I am not an SZ4Grads member?Of course! Most of our activities and events are open for anyone to participate in, with some exceptions that are targeted to specific groups.