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Research to Action Webinar: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions to Support Thriving Economies
This webinar will address issues such as peace and conflict resolution mechanisms, good governance, the rule of law, judicial and administrative systems, and transparent and accountable public institutions. In doing so, speakers will highlight how they connect research to action and shed light on the institutional frameworks, inclusive decision-making, and participatory processes required for fostering representative, responsive, and inclusive societies and strong economies.
Moderator
Karina Korostelina, Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution.
Panelists
Cher Chen, Associate Professor, School of Integrative Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Earth Month 2021: "Mason Patriots for our Planet”
All Earth Month related programs, events, and initiatives are available on the Earth Month Calendar! The calendar is updated throughout the month. If there are events and initiatives you would like to see featured on the calendar, please complete this brief survey.
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Sign up to Participate in Mason’s 17 Rooms-U Initiative!
Become part of the action at Mason to create a just, prosperous, and sustainable future! The United Nations established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a call to action to tackle the most pressing social and environmental challenges, including ending poverty, eradicating hunger, eliminating inequalities, addressing climate change, preserving ecosystems, and creating resilient and sustainable communities. The 17 Rooms protocol was developed by the Brookings Institution and the Rockefeller Foundation to spur community action on all of the SDGs.
Mason’s 17 Rooms-U will convene 17 dialogues -- inclusive of faculty, staff, students, and partners – this year. Each of the 17 groups will meet a few times over the next few months to discuss and identify near-term actions that we can and will take together to make progress on all of the 17 SDGs. A Summit event on October 1st, 2021 will bring participants from all of the rooms together to finalize an action plan and launch initiatives. For more information, check out our website that includes a recording of our informational webinar or contact Judit Ungvari. Or if you are already interested please sign up to participate by completing this form.
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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 Tall with Mass Timber
Manufactured mass timber allows buildings to be built faster, more sustainably with a smaller carbon footprint than steel and concrete, and with a natural look which is healthier for space users. In Charlottesville, Virginia, the tallest mass timber building in the state is rising with the eight-story 187,000 sq. ft. Apex Clean Energy Headquarters building. In Washington D.C., a two-story 105,000 sq. ft. vertical expansion of 80 M Street, a Class-A office property, is the District’s first mass timber commercial office project.
Join the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship and the Institute for a Sustainable Earth for a discussion with architectural firms William McDonough + Partners and Hickok Cole on these two pioneering real estate developments. Our featured speakers are:
Eric Ross – Partner, William McDonough + Partners
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Quality Enhancement Plan Town Hall
Wednesday, April 28, 2021, Noon - 1pm ET
Zoom Meeting Link
Members of the Mason community are invited to join a virtual town hall to learn about Mason’s next Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) “Transformative Education through Anti-Racist Community Engagement.” During the town hall, members of the QEP Development Committee will outline the QEP planning process and details, as well as provide opportunities for attendees to ask questions and share feedback.
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Computational Genomics Conference
Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 1 - 6:15pm ET
Registration
Computational and data science technologies are changing the landscape of genetic and genomic research. With resources like cloud computing and big data storage, scientists are able to investigate complex questions and work towards ensuring genetic and genomic advances benefit all.
Join the College of Science for this workshop featuring a series of speakers sharing their expertise through use cases and discussing the funding mechanisms to support research and training programs. The keynote speaker and successive sessions will provide an overview of computational and data sciences with an outlook on where the fields are headed.
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A History of Zoning and Segregation in Virginia: Lessons for Today
Thursday, April 29, 2021, 5 - 6:15pm ET
Registration
The issues Northern Virginia faces today regarding affordability and inequitable access to housing are not just a result of market forces of supply and demand. Our history of zoning and development shaped the way housing and neighborhoods in our cities and suburbs look and function today.
Join the Business for a Better World Center and the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship of the George Mason School of Business to discuss the historic roots of housing inequities and the opportunities for change, based on the recent “Zoning and Segregation in Virginia” report from a leading law firm in our area, McGuire Woods.
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Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Development: The Case of the Stuttgart Region
Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 1 - 2pm ET
Registration
Join Mason's Schar School, Arlington Chamber of Commerce, and Northern Virginia Regional Commission for this webinar on sustainable development in the Stuttgart Region. The region of Stuttgart, Germany, is a global pioneer in sustainable development and stands out as a model for its partnerships among local governments, businesses, chambers of commerce and crafts as well as education institutions that have integrated environmental, economic and social policies towards an economically prosperous, climate-resilient and socially inclusive region.
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NEW: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Developing and Testing Multilevel Physical Activity Interventions to Improve Health and Well-Being
The Office of Disease Prevention and participating ICOs are issuing this notice to highlight our interest in encouraging highly innovative and promising translational research to improve our understanding of how to increase and maintain health-enhancing physical activity using multi-level interventions in a wide range of population groups across the lifespan.- Funding source: Department of Health and Human Services
- Deadline: June 5, 2021
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NEW: Building Resilience Against Climate Effects: Implementing and Evaluating Adaptation Strategies that Protect and Promote Human Health
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to build and enhance the resilience of U.S. cities and states to the health impacts of climate change. Resilience, the ability to prepare for, absorb, recover from, and adapt to the health impacts of climate change, will be enhanced through three overarching strategies implemented by funded recipients. These strategies include 1) collaboration with stakeholders to create a Climate Impact Compendium that includes data on local climate projections, health effects, social determinants of health, and current adaptive capacity; 2) implementation and evaluation of adaptation actions that address the threats identified in the Compendium; and 3) use and dissemination of evaluation results to improve adaptation actions and enhance understanding of effective climate resilience adaptations in public health and related fields. - Funding source: Department of Health and Human Services
- Anticipated funding amount: $400,000
- Deadline: June 18, 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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NEW: 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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Greenhouse & Gardens Academic Internship Program's Summer 2021
Deadline: April 30, 2021
Design your custom Greenhouse & Gardens Academic Internship experience with the Office of Sustainability to learn about composting, sustainable food systems, pollinators, hydroponic food production, and more! Earn academic credit & gain hands-on experience – apply today! In-person, virtual, and hybrid options are available. Email Doni Nolan, the internship supervisor, to get started.
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SCB Graduate Student Research Fellowship Awards
Deadline: May 18, 2021
Application
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) allocates awards funding to support ten graduate student members whose research advances the science and practice of conserving biological diversity and is now accepting submissions for the 2021 application cycle.
The fellowship is designed to support graduate students who need assistance with costs toward field expenses in order to complete their degree.
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Learn Coastal Classroom Internship
Deadline: Application reviewed on rolling basis
Application
City Parks Learn has operated interdisciplinary environmental education programs in schools and parks since 1992. Coastal Classroom focuses on coastal ecology, water quality, urban waterfront restoration and preservation in shoreline parks. Coastal Classroom offers multi-session programs for summer camp organizations, community based organizations and other youth summer groups.
Coastal Clasroom is seeking a College Intern to assist Coastal Classroom Staff in providing instruction and guidance to middle school students and paid high school interns under the supervision of the Coastal Classroom Program Manager.
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Harnessing Science for a Sustainable Future: Bridging the Policy, Research, and Community Divide
Monday, May 3, 2021, 7:45 - 9am ET
Registration
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about mass global disruption and presented a significant setback to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, it has also paved the way for more science-informed decision-making, enabling the research, scientific, and policy communities to join together like never before, and proving the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to combating the crisis, developing effective policies, and accelerating innovation.
On the sidelines of the UN Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation, join Springer Nature and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for a special virtual debate on how to bridge the divide between the research and policy communities to accelerate innovation on the SDGs and build resiliency post COVID-19. The debate will also draw on insights from a new white paper on how to foster greater collaboration and inclusive problem-solving between these communities.
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Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production: Virtual Experts Workshop
Monday, May 10 - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Registration
The Belmont Forum is scoping a new international funding call focused on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SSCP). Experts are invited to share their perspectives on transdisciplinary approaches and priorities relevant to SSCP and discussion about whether these approaches and priorities have shifted post-pandemic. The workshop will be conducted with a government-secured Zoom platform on May 10 and 11, 2021 to maximize global input to this process.
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Climate Exp0
Monday, May 17 - Friday, May 21, 2021
Registration
Climate Exp0 will showcase the latest thinking and most relevant international research in the run-up to COP26 around five key themes. Online, free, and open to all, it’s an opportunity to connect policymakers, academics and students across the world, and harness the power of virtual collaboration to help deliver a zero-carbon, resilient world.
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SRI Virtual Idea Market
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Submission form
The Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress provides an exciting opportunity for students, young professionals, and innovators to share their sustainability advances, concepts, designs, prototypes, and products in a global Virtual Idea Market. Participants in the Idea Market are invited to create a short, 3-minute video/digital presentation of their idea to the SRI Congress Virtual Market. Please visit our website to view an example Idea Market submission. Submissions can be at the idea stage and do not need to be developed concepts or results.
Virtual Idea Market participants need to register for SRI2021. Click this link to apply for Early Career Scholarships for young professionals to help cover the cost of registration. Hurry and apply! The application deadline for Early Career Scholarships is May 15! Additional information available at SRI2021.
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Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021
Saturday, June 12 - Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Registration
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.
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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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