The MICMoR Coordination Office recently welcomed a group of MICMoR Fellows and Scientists to a first MICMoR Fellow Meeting in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

The MICMoR Fellows got to know each other and gave short presentations on their academic background and PhD planning. In the afternoon the MICMoR group went on an excursion to the TERENO Observatory in Rottenbuch.

The research scope of the newly established Research School MICMoR is to understand the mechanisms and interactions of climate change in mountain regions. It will follow an integrative approach through research at the interfacess of atmosphere- biosphere- pedo-/hydrosphere processes. While the scope of climate change research in the past tended to be strongly specialized, focusing on a single Earth-System compartment, it is now essential to involve physical, chemical and biological processes over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales ...

MICMoR aims at training young scientsts for careers in the climate change field. Today much more is asked from the next generation of researchers: academic research skills in just one scientific field is often not enough, but an interdisciplinary approach is required to be able to cross boundaries and seek new innovative ideas. In addition, an international global orientation as well as networking and exchange with cooperation partners is crucial for scientific careers ...

MICMoR offers supplemental funding for up to 24 doctoral students from a climate change background performing their research in the MICMoR environment.

National and international PhD students with a disctinct orientation of their PhD topic towards interdisciplinary research at the interfaces of atmosphere-biosphere and pedo-/hydrosphere processes can apply for a fellowship.