Program Structure#
The Impact Scholars program runs between October 2024 and March 2025. The program is designed to be part-time, requiring approximately 3 hours a week. Regular participation and consistent progress are expected to ensure meaningful contributions to the project group.
What is involved#
💻Computing resources. Selected groups will be provided with computing resources until the end of the program with a possibility of further extension if the scholars and their mentor are interested in working towards a peer-reviewed publication. Climatematch scholars will have access to the Climatematch JupyterHub, while Neuromatch scholars will receive Colab Pro access.
📝 Citable micropublication. At the end of the program, the scholars will write up their results in a micropublication that will be publicized on the program website and assigned a DOI. The scholars will also be offered a chance to share their work in their native language to increase its impact in their community.
🦉 Mentorship. We endeavour to match every team to a suitable mentor who connects with the scholars synchronously and asynchronously at least twice a month and provides guidance, support, and feedback on their research outputs.
🗣️ Seminar presentation. Also at the end of the program, the scholars will give a 20-minute virtual seminar that will be advertised on Neuromatch and Climatematch social media and recorded for subsequent sharing on the Academies website.
🧑🤝🧑Community support. There will be regular check-ins from the program organisers on the #isp-community forum channel on the Climatematch’s and Neuromatch’s Discord Community Server for participants to share both successes and struggles.
We are actively working to provide participants with further professional and academic opportunities. Stay tuned for more information!
Program tentative timeline#
| 12 August 2024 | Applications open |
| 16 September 2024 | Application deadline |
| 30 September 2024 | Application decisions |
| 6 October 2024 | Impact Scholars Entrance Survey deadline |
| 13 - 14 October 2024 |
Welcome event for scholars and mentors
13th October 2024, 6:00-7:00 AM UTC
14th October 2024, 6:00-7:00 PM UTC The same event will be offered at two different times to accommodate various timezones. |
| October 2024 - January 2025 | Regular check-ins on Discord and mentor meetings |
| 28 October 2024 | Workshop on Git & GitHub
28th October 2024, 7:00-8:30 AM UTC
28th October 2024, 7:00-8:30 PM UTC The same event will be offered at two different times to accommodate various timezones. |
| 11 - 12 November 2024 | Workshop on Clean and Reproducible Code
Part 1: 11th November 2024, 2:00-4:00 PM UTC
Part 2: 12th November 2024, 2:00-4:00 PM UTC The workshop is divided into two parts, each focusing on a different topic. |
| 18 - 19 January 2025 | Workshop on micropublications |
| 18 February 2025 | Workshop on Mastering Scientific Presentations
18th February 2025, 1:00-2:00 AM UTC
18th February 2025, 1:00-2:00 PM UTC The same event will be offered at two different times to accommodate various timezones. |
| 3 March 2025 | Micropublication submission deadline |
| March 2025 | Feedback on micropublications |
| 24 - 30 March 2025 | Seminar presentations |
| 28 April 2025 | Revised micropublication submission deadline |
| May 2025 | Micropublication release |