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                            to the DeSSC Early Career Scientist program,
                            and learn about what it takes to design and
                            implement deep sea research, as well as how
                            to better your chances of getting funding.</span><br
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                            National Deep Submergence Facility (or NDSF)
                            manages and operates the U.S. submersible
                            Alvin, the remotely operated vehicle
                            Jason/Medea, and the autonomous underwater
                            vehicle Sentry. These deep submergence
                            vehicles are renowned for facilitating and
                            advancing deep-sea research, including the
                            discovery of hydrothermal vents, and more
                            recently their investigations of the
                            Deepwater Horizon oil spill.</span><br
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                            Deep Submergence Science Committee (DeSSC)
                            is a standing committee of scientists who
                            provide support and advice to the NDSF. The
                            DeSSC fall meeting is an open forum for
                            marine scientists to learn about scientific
                            discoveries and technical advances, as well
                            as to express their opinions about NDSF
                            activities. The DeSSC meeting is held
                            annually on the Sunday before&nbsp;</span><span
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                            fall meeting.<br>
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                            DeSSC is committed to increasing the
                            involvement of students and
                            postdoctoral/early career scientists. To
                            that end, we have developed a program to: 1)
                            expose students and early career scientists
                            to DeSSC and the NDSF, 2) engage
                            participants in DeSSC advisory activities,
                            3) offer participants training and mentoring
                            in the process of developing research
                            programs that use NDSF vehicles, and 4)
                            enable participants to network with
                            scientists actively involved in
                            NDSF-supported research. These goals will be
                            achieved through a meeting workshop (prior
                            to the DeSSC meeting) in which scientists
                            provide instruction on deep-sea research,
                            grant-writing, technology, and data
                            management, and by directly involving
                            participants in the DeSSC fall meeting.<br>
                            <br>
                            The early career workshop will be held on
                            Saturday, December 7th from 1:00 pm to 5:00
                            pm followed by an evening workshop dinner
                            (6:30 pm to 9:00 pm) featuring a guest
                            speaker(s). The DeSSC fall meeting will
                            occur on Sunday, December 8th (the day
                            before the start of the 2013 AGU Fall
                            meeting) in San Francisco, CA. The workshop
                            program will provide topics of interest to
                            both first-time participants as well as
                            participants who have attended the workshop
                            in previous years.<br>
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                            Students and early career scientists can
                            apply for financial support to offset the
                            cost of travel and lodging for the DeSSC
                            meeting. Participants must attend the entire
                            workshop, evening dinner, and DeSSC meeting.<br>
                            <br>
                            For more information about UNOLS and DeSSC,
                            please visit our website at:<br>
                            &middot; UNOLS homepage:&nbsp;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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