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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