Welcome Ambassador Program Co-Chairs

Welcome to your role as Ambassador Program Co-Chair!
This page is private and reserved for our verified Co-Chairs. Here you’ll find your role recap, responsibilities, and resources to guide Ambassadors and support the success of the program.


As a Co-Chair for the Neuromatch Ambassador Program, you’ll help oversee and support our Ambassadors as they represent Neuromatch Academy or Climatematch Academy on their campuses and online. This is a leadership-focused volunteer role, perfect for alumni, TAs, Mentors, or other engaged members of our community who want to provide guidance, encouragement, and ownership over a global outreach program.

Time commitment: September 2025 – April 2026



Your Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as a primary point of contact for Ambassadors, answering questions and offering guidance.
  • Coordinate and host key program events.
  • Encourage and support Ambassadors in their outreach activities.
  • Track progress toward Gold Ambassador status and distribute certificates/badges.
  • Liaise with Neuromatch staff and volunteers to share updates, insights, and challenges
  • Promote a positive, inclusive, and motivating environment within the Ambassador Slack channel.
  • Track program metrics to help evaluate the program.


What You’ll Gain as a Co-Chair

  • Leadership and program management experience.
  • A stronger professional network across Neuromatch and Climatematch.
  • Direct impact on the success of a global outreach program.
  • The chance to support volunteers in thriving and making a difference.
  • A meaningful role in advancing equitable, high-quality computational science education worldwide.


Timeline & Core Tasks


September-October 2025
Join the #a_25-ambassadors Slack channel
Review applicants and agree with who we will accept
Help provide an update to introduce yourself on  Ambassador Co-Chairs  for the Ambassadors
Introduce yourself and welcome Ambassadors as they join channel
October - December 2025
If you're interested, we'd love to feature you on social media and link to that post in our newsletter. Muriah will be in contact to arrange.
Help host the 'Welcome Meeting' for new Ambassadors
  • When planning a meeting we often use  When2Meet  to gather what time would work best for people.
  • If Muriah can attend, she can set up the meeting and provide the Zoom link. If not, Courtney can work on getting you access to a shared Zoom account. Alternately, you can also start meetings in Slack (people go to channel at given time/date and you start the meeting/"huddle" in that channel) but this hasn't been as common in Neuromatch.
  • When we share the meeting in the channel, it's best to share the time in UTC and share a link to  Event Time Announcer  so that people can see what it is in their time zone.
  • Best practices for meeting:
  • Have a goal for the meeting; what do you want to achieve? what decisions need to be made?
  • Have an agenda and share before! Have some room at the end for attendees to ask questions or bring up issues.
  • Report back to the wider channel for people who can't attend. This can be done in the Ambassador Slack channel.
Check in regularly in Slack, answer questions, and encourage outreach activity
Track and support early progress toward Gold Ambassador status
January 2026
Support Ambassadors participating in webinars for prospective students...and join the panel too if you'd like!
Answer any questions from Advocates and Ambassadors and give encouragement
Advocate for training or materials needed for the program
Confirm and distribute Gold Ambassador recognition
February 2026
Help host the Mid-Program Check-In Session
Celebrate outreach highlights (social shares, events, etc.)
Confirm and distribute Gold Ambassador recognition
March – April 2026
Join March panel webinars, if interested
Continue Q&A support in Slack
Help host a Closing Social / Celebration
Confirm and distribute Gold Ambassador recognition
Share feedback and recommendations for next year