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Congratulations to ISE’s new Faculty Fellows!
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Dr. Celso Ferreira - Sustainable and resilient communities and ecosystems
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Dr. John Qu – Clean energy, decarbonization, and climate action
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Dr. Cher Weixia Chen - Peace, justice, and strong institutions to support thriving economies
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Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021) is the world’s first transdisciplinary gathering in sustainability – it will be a space of fierce advocacy for sustainability scholarship, innovation, collaboration and action. The annual event unites global sustainability leaders, experts, industry and innovators to inspire action and promote a sustainability transformation.
SRI2021 will be a hybrid event, with a diverse and innovative online program alongside onsite participation in Brisbane, Australia. SRI2021 will take place June 12-15, 2021 with activities, networking, training and more both prior and following the event. SRI is a joint initiative of Future Earth and the Belmont Forum. Early-bird registration for SRI2021 is now open.
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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 this brief survey.
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Women Seeking Refuge: Displacement and Protection in 2021
What is the future of US immigration policy in a Biden Administration? And how will it impact displaced women? Join the Schar School's Gender and Policy Center for a discussing on the future of immigration policy and its implications for refugee women.
- Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
- Time: 12:00pm ET
- Location: Virtual
- Registration
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How data and technology can help address corruption in IUU fishing
The Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) in colloboration with Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) is organizing a virtual panel exploring how data and technology may assist in addressing natural resource corruption, particularly in IUU fishing, where challenges exist like open seas, lack of capacity for inspection, and lack of corporate supply chain enforcement. Experts will examine current technologies that exist and discuss their potential effectiveness in aiding the detection of IUU fishing and its associated corruption.
- Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
- Time: 9:00am - 10:30am ET
- Location: Virtual
- Registration
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Freedom and Learning Forum
The Schar School's Power Lunch Event series gathers some of the world's top political leaders, journalists, and experts to discuss the prospects for the next four years of US public policy.Black Memorabilia asks the provocative questions: When are objects immoral, and when is it right or wrong to possess them? Does historic value supersede offensiveness?
Each week, influential thinkers address some of the most pressing issues facing the United States and the world. This week's discussion will focus on "immigration policy" featuring Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times; Jeff Flake, former US Senator (R-AZ); Krishanti Vignarajah, LIRS. The event will be moderated by Justin Gest.
- Date: Friday, December 4, 2020
- Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
- Location: Virtual
- Registration
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Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation: Distributed Chemical Manufacturing and Engineering the Elimination of End-of-Life Plastics
This program provides a funding opportunity for interdisciplinary teams of researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental engineering research. For this solicitation, we will consider proposals that aim to investigate emerging frontiers in one of the following two research areas:
- Distributed Chemical Manufacturing (DCheM
- Engineering the Elimination of End-of-Life Plastics (E3P)
EFRI seeks proposals with potentially transformative ideas that represent an opportunity for a significant shift in fundamental engineering knowledge with a strong potential for long term impact on national needs or a grand challenge.
- Funding source: National Science Foundation
- Anticipated funding amount: $30,000,000
- Anticipated number of awards: 15
- Deadline: Letter of intent: December 9, 2020; Preliminary deadline: January 5, 2021; Full proposal: April 19, 2021
- Contact: Sohi Rastegar
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NEW: Applied Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: Round 1
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the U.S. State Depatment announces a Request for Statements of Interest from organizations interested in submitting Statements of Interest for applied research and evaluation projects that support the following goal to build a portfolio of evidence to further identify democracy and human rights program strategies that are effective in order to improve program relevance and impact.
- Funding source: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Deadline: December 21, 2020
- Anticipated funding amount: Up tp $450,000
- Contact: Sharon D. Beard
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NEW: Promoting Health, Safety, and Recovery Training for COVID-19 Essential Workers and their Communities
The purpose of this NIEHS Worker Training Program is to provide support for successful applicants to develop partnerships with local worker centers and community organizations specifically targeting under served and disadvantaged communities with higher than average COVID-19 transmission rates.
- Funding source: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Deadline: December 30, 2020
- Contact: Sharon D. Beard
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Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks
The goal of this program is to fund convergent research and education that will advance sustainable regional systems science, engineering, and education to facilitate the transformation of current regional systems to enhance sustainability. To further the advancement of sustainable regional Systems science, engineering, and education, NSF will support full scale proposals and planning grant proposals for Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks (SRS RNs).
- Funding source: National Science Foundation
- Anticipated funding amount: SRS RNs Full Scale Awards (Track 1): $15,000,000; SRS RNs Planning Grants (Track 2): $150,000.
- Deadline: January 11, 2021
- Contact: Bruce Hamilton
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Biology Integration Institutes
The aim of the Biology Integration Institutes program solicitation is to bring researchers together around the common goal of understanding how the processes that sustain life and enable biological innovation operate and interact within and across different scales of organization, from molecules to cells, tissues to organisms, species, ecosystems, biomes and the entire Earth. The Biology Integration Institutes program supports collaborative teams of researchers investigating questions that span multiple disciplines within and beyond biology.
- Funding source: National Science Foundation
- Anticipated funding amount: $15,000,000
- Deadline: January 13, 2021
- Contact: Reed Beaman
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Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning
The purpose of the program is to fund exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (to include, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for teaching and learning in the future. The program accepts proposals that focus on learning, teaching, or a combination of both. The scope of the program is broad, with special interest in diverse learner/educator populations, contexts, and content, including teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in foundational areas that enable STEM (e.g., self-regulation, literacy, communication, collaboration, creativity, and socio-emotional skills).
- Funding source: National Science Foundation
- Anticipated funding amount: $19,000,000
- Anticipated number of awards: 20
- Deadline: January 25, 2021
- Contact: Amy Baylor
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NEW: Environmental Convergence Opportunities in Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
- Funding source: National Science Foundation
- Estimated Number of Awards: 5 to 6
- Anticipated funding amount: $8,500,000
- Deadline: Preliminary proposal due: February 11, 2021; Full proposal due: May 07, 2021
- Contact: Christina Payne
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Connected Communities
Connected Community (CC) is a group of grid-interactive efficient buildings GEB with diverse, flexible end use equipment and other distributed energy resources (DERs) that collectively work to maximize building, community, and grid efficiency. Under this FOA, DOE will select a portfolio of “Connected Community” projects totaling up to $65 million in varying climates, geographies, building types, building vintages, DERs utility/grid/regulatory structures and resource bases. Through funding these projects, DOE hopes to find and share technical and market solutions that will increase demand flexibility and energy efficiency.
- Funding source: Department of Energy
- Anticipated funding amount: $19,000,000
- Deadline: Full application is due March 3, 2021
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Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020, solicits basic and applied research in support of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). ROSES is an omnibus NRA, with many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD.
- Funding source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Anticipated funding amount: Program will fund ~1250 proposals totalling ~$600 million over the lifetime of the awards
- Deadline: April 14, 2021
- Contact: Max Bernstein
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Congratulations! Funding Announcements, Awards & Accomplishments
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Global Population Trends Project PI: Jack Goldstone, Schar School of Policy & Government Funding source: George Mason Univ Foundation
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Interactive Monitoring of IoT Devices, Phase II PI: Robert Simon, Volgenau School of Engineering Funding source: U.S. Department of Defense
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Genes, physiology, and reproductive fitness in high altitude environments Managing Division PI: Jiayang Sun, Volgenau School of Engineering Funding source: National Science Foundation
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Genes, physiology, and reproductive fitness in high altitude environments Managing Division PI: Jiayang Sun, Volgenau School of Engineering Funding source: National Science Foundation
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COVID-19 Training Modules PI: Rebecca Sutter, College of Health & Human Services Co-PI: Pamela Fine, College of Health and Human Services Funding source: Virginia Department of Education
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Creating a Roadmap for Reskilling Displaced Leisure, Hospitality and Gig Workers for Technology Employment in a Post-COVID-19 Economy PI: Terry Clower, Schar School of Policy & Government Funding source: Virginia Department of Education
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NEW: People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Student Design Competition
EPA's P3 - People, Prosperity and the Planet – Program is a unique competition that is open to teams of university students working to design solutions for a sustainable future. P3 offers students hands-on experience that brings their classroom learning to life, while also allowing them to create tangible changes in their communities.
This annual, two-phased research grants program challenges students to research, develop, and design innovative projects that address real world challenges involving all areas of environmental protection and public health. Phase I serves as a “proof of concept,” where teams are awarded a one-year grant of up to $25,000 to develop their idea and showcase their research in the spring at EPA's National Student Design Expo. These teams are then eligible to compete for a Phase II grant of up to $100,000 to implement their design in a real world setting.
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Generation Chemical: How Environmental Exposures are Affecting Reproductive Health and Development
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) presents a discussion with top scientists and experts on the impact of environmental exposures and toxics on reproductive health, pregnancy, and development. This seven-part webinar series will run from October 29, 2020- Spring 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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