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General information
The 2025 JAMSTEC GO-SHIP P4W expedition will traverse the western end of 10oN line (P4W) in the tropical northwest Pacific Ocean, observing a variety of Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs), including temperature, salinity, oxygen, major nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon, and microbial communities. This expedition will contribute to the GO-SHIP observation network, which aims to detect long-term changes in ocean properties across all major ocean basins.
Priority areas
oceanography
What is offered
The selected fellow will join the 40-day expedition on board the R/V Mirai, participating in water sampling and analysis onboard, working alongside world-class scientists and technicians, and gaining hands-on experience in techniques essential to producing high-quality datasets. In addition to taking part in the cruise, the fellow will spend one week prior to the cruise and one week after the cruise at JAMSTEC (Yokosuka, Japan). Under supervision of Dr. Shinya Kouketsu and Dr. Yuichiro Kumamoto, the fellow will learn about oceanographic observation and research at JAMSTEC, conduct preliminary data analysis, and assist with the mobilisation and demobilisation of the cruise.
Application
Who can apply
Early-career scientists, technicians, postgraduate students (PhD/MSc), post-doctoral fellows with a background in oceanography, who are nationals of and working in developing countries and countries with economies in transition (see eligible countries here). The working languages onboard the ship will be English and Japanese.
How to apply
In the application form, you will be required to upload pdf copies of:
- one recommendation letter from your parent institution supervisor on institutional letterhead, dated and signed, and
- a short CV including related experience, publications and previous trainings.
Review process
Representatives from POGO and the host institution will review the applications. In their decision-making, the Selection Committee will consider the following points:
- Quality of the application/proposal;
- Experience and qualifications of the applicant;
- Evidence that the training will lead to capacity-building with potential lasting impact on regional observations;
- Relevance (i.e., research interests of applicant match with cruise objective).
Terms
- The fellowship DOES cover a round-trip international airfare between the fellow’s home institute and the host institution; subsistence allowance for the duration of the fellow’s stay in the host country, based on the specific’s of the training; travel to and from departure port (if applicable); accommodation in the host country and departure port (if applicable); seafaring medical examination and sea survival training (if required).
- Ship messing fees and any institutional bench fees will be waived by the host institution.
- The fellowship DOES NOT cover expenses incurred within the fellow’s own country or during transit, including domestic travel, visa costs, meals in transit, personal or travel insurance.
- POGO does not provide insurance of any kind and assumes no responsibility for compensation in the event of sickness, accident, death, or disability. It is the fellow’s responsibility to arrange suitable travel insurance for the journey to and from the ship, as well as to ensure suitable insurance cover is provided by the parent institute for the duration of the cruise.
- Fellows are not considered agents or staff of POGO, and shall not be entitled to any privileges, immunities or compensation beyond what is explicitly provided and are not authorised to commit POGO to any obligations or expenditures.
- The fellow and the supervisors at the parent and host institutes are required to provide a short fellowship report at the end of the training period, to evaluate the success of the fellowship programme.
- By applying, you consent to the use of your personal data for communication regarding the training and for POGO’s internal administrative and reporting purposes. Access to your data is strictly limited to authorised personnel, in accordance with the the POGO Privacy Policy .
