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Creating Digital Opportunities in Native American Communities through Tribal Resource Centers: Building Resilience to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
Registration
Mason's Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities (C-RASC) is organizing a Design Thinking Workshop on "Creating Digital Opportunities in Native American Communities through Tribal Resource Centers: Building Resilience to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics." The workshop will be held online in three 2-hour sessions from 7-9pm ET (4-6pm PT) on June 28-30, 2021. The workshop supports research led by the People-Centered Internet (PCI) in support of a grant from the Internet Society Foundation.
CRASC welcomes academics, practitioners, Tribal members, and other stakeholders to take part in a collective conversation on the challenges and perspectives in digital connectivity in indigenous communities. Participants will be a part of the strategic planning process, creating effective models and processes for building this infrastructure in Tribal Nations, choosing the product prototypes, and creating digital opportunities based on an understanding of the interplay of cultural, social and technological factors. A specially designed workshop will lead participants through the analysis of root problems, empathetic understanding, collaborative ideation, and goal setting processes.
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Call for Proposal: University Global Coalition 2021 Annual Gathering
The University Global Coalition (UGC) was launched in 2019 with the purpose of encouraging collaboration and collective action in higher education to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mason is one of the original signatories of the UGC – a global platform of universities and other higher education organizations working together to address SDGs locally and globally.
The UGC is now accepting proposals to lead 45-minute virtual sessions on teaching, research, operational practices, and partnerships (within and beyond) higher education. Suggested session formats include (but are not limited to): a mini-workshop, a structured conversation, or panel presentations. All submissions must: cover topic/s or project/s that are applicable to a broad variety of stakeholders and/or are scalable, pertain to at least one SDG, actively engage the audience.
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George Mason University Arboretum Earns Accreditation
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Weeks and her team at the George Mason University Arboretum for the Level II accreditation from Arbnet, the only international accreditation program specific to arboreta. Showcasing a collection of more than 100 native and non-native trees and shrubs, the Mason Arboretum is featured as an accredited arboretum in the Morton Register of Arboreta, an international database of the world’s arboreta and gardens dedicated to woody plants. The trees and shrubs in the Arboretum enhance the 80,000-specimen collection housed within the Ted R. Bradley Herbarium, the third-largest herbarium in Virginia. Explore the interactive Arboretum map!
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Resilient Fairfax Survey
The survey asks respondents to share their personal experiences with climate impacts such as flooding, and preparedness for extreme weather and temperature events. Additionally, the survey seeks input from respondents on potentially vulnerable segments of the population and types of infrastructure within the county.
Findings from the survey will be published later this summer on the Resilient Fairfax public engagement page, and will help to inform the development of the county’s first-ever Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan. Respondents may complete the survey in one of four languages: English, Korean, Spanish, or Vietnamese.
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ISE Faculty Profiles
The ISE faculty directory is a tool for you to find others with complementing expertise and for external and internal audiences to find you! If you haven’t yet submitted your research profile information for the directory, please complete your profile here.
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Building a Resilient Mindset through The Arts
The past year has taught us that being well means much more than simply physical health. As we begin to emerge to life beyond the pandemic, it’s important to understand the tools and strategies that can help us build resilience and achieve an optimal mindset. In this webinar, we’ll take an in-depth look at how the arts can support well-being, as well as provide tangible ideas for how to engage with the arts more actively.
For part of the presentation, we’ll learn and then practice strategies to intentionally engage with music, as we enjoy a performance by George Mason University Dewberry School of Music student cellist Eddie Adams.
Please join The Mather and George Mason University's Center for the Advancement of Well-Being as we explore the connection between the arts and well-being, along with the value of tapping into our own creativity.
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STEMNoire 2021
Thursday, June 24, 2021, 5:45pm - Saturday, June 26, 2021, 6pm ET
Registration
Join the 2021 STEMNoire virtual research conference and holistic wellness program intentionally curated to connect, uplift, and empower women of the African diaspora in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Mason's College of Science is co-sponsoring this event and has a limited number of complimentary event admissions. If interested, please contact Tracy Mason for details and to claim your ticket.
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City Policy: Forming Unique Partnerships to Improve Health
- City Policy and Health: Catherine Patterson, MPP, Co-Executive Director, CityHealth.
- The Armed Forces’ Role in Community Health Partnerships: Captain Kimberly Elenberg, RN, DNP, U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
- Developing Collective Impact in Communities, Approaches and Lessons: William Hazel, MD, Senior Deputy Executive Director, Claude Moore Foundation.
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Wetland Program Development Grants
Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) assist state, territorial, tribal, local government agencies and interstate/intertribal entities in developing or refining state/ territorial/tribal/local programs which protect, manage, and restore wetlands. The primary focus of these grants is to develop/refine state, territorial, and tribal wetland programs. A secondary focus is to develop/refine local (e.g. county or municipal) programs.
- Funding source: Environmental Protection Agency
- Anticipated funding amount: $250,000
- Deadline: July 16, 2021
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Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities
This initiative will support (1) observational research to understand the role of structural racism and discrimination (SRD) in causing and sustaining health disparities, and (2) intervention research that addresses SRD in order to improve minority health or reduce health disparities.- Funding source: National Institutes of Health
- Anticipated funding amount: $500,000
- Deadline: July 20, 2021
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hold much promise as sectors of the economy where we can expect to see continuous vigorous growth in the coming decades. STEM job creation is expected to outpace non-STEM job creation significantly, according to the Commerce Department, reflecting the importance of STEM knowledge to the US economy.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in developing and implementing efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United States. Through the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide framework of investments.
- Funding source: National Science Foundation
- Anticipated funding amount: $3,000,000
- Deadline: July 21, 2021
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Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program
This fuding opportunity is seeking applications for funding under the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) Grant Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting and assisting county, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions in improving efforts to reduce violent crime in and around schools.
- Funding source: Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice
- Anticipated funding amount: $74,000,000
- Deadline: August 16, 2021
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Behavioral Economics for Implementation Research (BEIR) to Improve Use of Evidence-Based Practices for HLBS Conditions
This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is intended to stimulate the use of behavioral economics strategies for implementation research (BEIR) in order to develop more effective strategies for implementaion of evidence-based practices (EBP) to address heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) conditions. NHLBI encourages applications that recognize the importance of cultural context, patterns of behavior change, and motivators for change across decision-making levels, including individuals (e.g., patients, parents, clinicians, others), groups, healthcare systems and/or communities. Applications that focus on the use of behavioral economics to develop implementation strategies for user-driven, sustainable interventions that may be simplified and minimally disruptive when possible are encouraged. Applications may propose either a clinical trial or non-clinical trial design, as appropriate to the research objectives.
- Funding source: National Institutes of Health, DHHS
- Anticipated funding amount: Not available
- Deadline: October 5, 2021
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Dear Colleague Letter: Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity
Deadline: Application accepted on rolling basis
Application
An NSF supplemental funding opportunity is available in fiscal years FY 2021 and beyond to provide graduate students with experiential learning opportunities through research internships to acquire core professional competencies and skills to support careers in any sector of the U.S. economy. NSF currently invests in a number of graduate student preparedness activities and has historically encouraged principal investigators (PIs) to include such activities in research proposals to NSF. This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) describes funding opportunities at NSF to ensure graduate students are well prepared for the 21st-century STEM workforce.
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Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Graduate Student Paper Prize 2021
Deadline: Saturday, July 10, 2021
Application
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) Board invites individuals who are students in a graduate degree-granting program (including M.A., Ph.D., J.D., LL.M., S.J.D. etc.) to send papers centering on the analysis of political and/or legal institutions and processes. These papers should be original and not submitted previously or simultaneously for review or publication elsewhere.
APLA awards a cash prize of $350.00. The prize winner will be announced in Anthropology News. The winning paper will be considered for publication in the peer-reviewed journal of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology, PoLAR: The Political and Legal Anthropology Review. Papers must be submitted by July 10, 2021.
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Strategic International Ties at the Local Level: The Case of Northern Virginia and Region Stuttgart
Thursday, June 24, 2021, 11am ET
Registration
Local governments around the world face similar challenges like climate change, public safety, economic development and infrastructure revitalization. By looking beyond country borders for strategies and solutions through global engagement with other local governments, communities and regions may find a way to prosper and strive.
In a policy paper for the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA, authors Dr. Dale Medearis (NVRC) and Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich (George Mason University, Schar School for Public Policy) point out the current challenges local governments in the U.S. confront when trying to work internationally and ways in which NVRC’s model might inform potential application by other local governments in the U.S. and Europe.
The panel of experts will discuss the observations of the paper, their own work with the issue of global engagement by local governments, and thoughts about how future transatlantic ties may look like.
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3rd NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences
Monday, September 13 - Friday, September 17, 2021
Additional Information
This hybrid workshop is a continuation of the NOAA series of workshops on “Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences.” The third event continues the successes of previous workshops and encourages participation by scientists, program managers, and leaders from the public, academic and private sectors who work in AI and environmental sciences.
The theme for this year’s workshop is “Transforming Weather, Climate Services, and Blue Economy with Artificial Intelligence.” As a hybrid event, in-person capacity at Boulder will be limited in accordance with the most recent public health guideline while the virtual event will be open broadly to the public.
The workshop is currently accepting abstracts relevant to the theme of this year’s workshop until June 18, 2021.
Key Dates:
- Abstract submission: June 18, 2021
- Notification to authors: July 16, 2021
- Registration open: July 16, 2021
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The Institute for a Sustainable Earth (ISE) aims to connect members of the Mason community with others across the Mason community–and with other communities, policy-makers, businesses and organizations–so that, together, we can more effectively address the world’s pressing sustainability and resilience challenges.
The ISE Newsletter provides up-to-date information on conferences, funding opportunities, and research pertaining to environmental science and sustainability. The biweekly newsletter aims to facilitate information sharing among researchers, practitioners, and relevant local, national, and international organization.
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