SI TL Application 2025

CUAHSI is seeking Research Project Theme Leaders to join the 2025 National Water Center Innovators Program Summer Institute to be held June 9 - July 24, 2025. As a Theme Leader, you will play a crucial role in guiding student research projects and research teams and ensuring a successful project-based learning experience. If you are eager to support the next generation of water researchers, we encourage you to apply.

For more information about the Key Responsibilities, compensation and additional information for this role, view the call for proposals here.

A successful applicant will demonstrate:

They are an active member of the scientific community with research experience in a relevant subject matter.
Experience and excitement for mentoring students and supporting student growth and learning.
Interest in collaborative science and experience leading a team.
Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive community of Summer Institute fellows and alumni.
Willingness to ideate new research projects aligned with program themes alongside program organizers and other theme leaders.

Possible Research Themes for the 2025 Summer Institute as recommended by the National Water Center:

Approaches to snow forecasting to estimate the current spatial distribution and volume of snow water equivalent
Surface Water Analyses to estimate the volume of water in natural and man-made water bodies
Data approaches to identify high flow thresholds
Use of advanced techniques for pluvial flooding prediction
Use of data analysis techniques to generate low-flow estimates
Development of machine learning techniques to improve deterministic or ensemble model performance
Development of enhanced visualizations approaches to understand past, current, and future inundation conditions
Use of historical time series to assess the universality of unit flow thresholds as currently used by the National Weather Service. Extend this analysis to NWM stream reaches using NWM retrospective scenario output.

Please feel free to contact Julia Masterman (jmasterman@cuahsi.org) with any questions or concerns throughout the application process.

Name*

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Why do you want to be a Theme Leader?*

Please rank which Themes you would be most interested in leading such that 1 is the theme you are most interested in, and 6 is the theme you are least interested in.*

Describe how your expertise aligns with a research theme that the National Water Center has identified for this year. Possible themes for the 2025 Summer Institute are listed above. *

Theme Leaders are responsible for leading general training modules at the boot camp in addition to some project-specific training. Select which of these possible trainings you would be interested in leading.*

Describe your approach to mentoring and/or leading a collaborative team.*

What unique experiences, knowledge, skills, or perspectives would you bring to the program?*

Have you been a Theme Lead before? If so, describe what you would repeat and what you would do differently.

Are you an alumni of the SI program?*

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Please include your CV here. *

Theme Leader Application