The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research and the Cabot Institute for the Environment are currently helping to address some of the many aspects of our environment and health affected by climate change in our Climate Change and Health work. 

We would therefore encourage researchers who already have experience with analysing environmental data, and who are keen to experience working with different scientists and institutes, perhaps on topics not immediately in their area, to sign up to the CMIP6 data Hackathon in the UK which will take place from 2–4 June 2021.

Scientists from the Universities of Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, UCL and the Met Office are hosting this event, open to all UK researchers in the field, to produce cutting-edge research using Climate Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6) data. They aim to showcase outputs from the hackathon as part of the COP26 delegation in November, and through peer-reviewed publications. 

The closing date for the applications is 16 April 

Researchers can sign up to topics ranging from climate change to oceanography, biogeochemistry, and more. Teams will be led by senior academics from a range of disciplines at the Met Office partner universities, but participating researchers can be from any UK academic institution. This opportunity is open to Early Career Researchers (ECRs), for instance PhD students, postdocs and fellows, with the intention that ECRs will build strong relationships with their peers from other institutes.