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Mason Eliminates Single-Use Plastics and Polystyrene
Through the efforts of the CEZW Task Force and the tireless work of countless stakeholders, including institutional partners and vendors, Mason is pleased to announce that starting in July 2021:
- All single-use water for sale on Mason campuses will only be available in aluminum cans. Free options from the tap, water fountains and refill stations will continue to be available – find a water refill station near you on our Sustainable Mason Map, and let us know where else you think they should go!
- Compostable items will begin to replace single-use plastic and polystyrene foodservice items, such as drinking straws, cutlery, cups, lids, take-away containers, etc.
- Plastic shopping bags will no longer be available on Mason campuses, and we are working with vendors to pursue high-percent recycled content or third-party sustainability certified paper bag alternatives, upon request only when feasible, to mitigate harmful deforestation impacts and wasteful single-use.
Additionally, Mason has also worked with Coca-Cola to confirm the elimination of all single-use plastic bottles by 2025, with very limited potential exemptions or extensions for lines not able to be offered in aluminum cans or alternative means (e.g., fountain or other refill options, glass, boxes), pending regulatory approval. Official Mason policy recommendations and changes around campus with follow, as the CEZW Task Force continues to identify and pilot partnerships to support the adoption of better alternatives to other single-use plastics and, wherever possible, replacing single-use items with durable reusable items, and to create best practice sustainable purchasing and zero waste paths forward.
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Evening with the Fed: The Effects of Climate Change on the Economy
Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 4-6pm ET
Registration
A professional development program for secondary and post-secondary educators presented by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the George Mason University Center for Economic Education.
Toan Phan, Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will provide research on the economic impact of climate change. Dr. Leah Nichols, Executive Director of George Mason University’s Institute for a Sustainable Earth (ISE), will provide insight into the work ISE does as it seeks to put research and scholarship into action to support a just, prosperous, and sustainable world.
Attendees will also receive classroom resources and teaching tools related to the topic.
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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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Putting a Price on the Priceless: Measuring the Illicit Antiquities Trade in Data and Dollars
The Schar School's Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) is hosting an upcoming event on the illicit antiquity trade. This July, for the first time, the G20 will come together to tackle culture —in growing recognition of the threats facing the world’s largest economies from transnational crimes via art and artifacts, including trafficking, money laundering, and criminal financing.
As heads of state and government turn a global spotlight on the illicit trade in cultural property, it is more important than ever that policymakers and law enforcement fully understand the problem. Yet, when compared with other black markets, there is still much we don’t know, and many of the available statistics on the size and scale of the illegal trade in antiquities or the dollar amount of the trade are widely contradictory. This lack of reliable statistics on the size of the market is hampering the international community’s ability to fight back. But how can we quantify looting, smuggling, and related crimes? What data sources can be used? Is absence of evidence actually evidence of absence? What harm is caused by cultural racketeering beyond a dollar amount—to the legitimate art market, global security, and human rights?
Join TraCCC for a stimulating discussion on these questions and more, as they bring together top experts in antiquities trafficking, transnational crime, and the art market.
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Public Health, Lessons Learned
- Lessons from the National Vaccination Effort: Bechara Choucair, MD, Vaccinations Coordinator at The White House
- Local Lessons from a Frontline Health Official: Reuben Varghese, MD, MPH, Public Health Director, Arlington County, Virginia
- Manufacturer Perspectives, US and Global: Sharon Lamberton, MS, Deputy Vice President, PhRMA
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High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program
The High-Risk, High-Reward Research program of the NIH supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative research with the potential for broad impact in biomedical, behavioral, or social sciences within the NIH mission. Preliminary data are not required. The program's four constituent NIH Director's awards provide a diverse set of funding opportunities. See the individual award websites for more information and application help.
- Funding source: National Institutes of Health
- Anticipated funding amount: $1.25 Million - 3.5 Million over 5 years
- Deadline: Multiple
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NEW: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends Call for Proposals – CHSS Internal Deadline – Extended
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions or other scholarly resources.
Summer Stipends provide $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing for projects beginning as early as May 2022. Interested faculty should review the guidelines for eligibility and program information.- Funding source: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Anticipated funding amount: $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing
- Deadline: July 28, 2021
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NEW: Civic Science Fellow
APLU is excited to announce a 1.5 year Civic Science Fellowship supported by the Rita Allen Foundation, Kavli Foundation, and APLU. The APLU Civic Science Fellow will help us address how to modernize scholarship to provide visibility, reward, and advancement to faculty engaging the public in scientific projects to serve societal needs. We are seeking a scientist or engineer who has a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice; experience in science communication, publicly engaged scholarship, civic science, and/or extension; and an understanding of university policies and practices and how those can be a driver for institutional change. The fellow will work closely with APLU’s Council on Research, which consists of the research leadership across 200 public research universities, and will collaborate with APLU’s communications, engagement, academic affairs, and food/agriculture/natural resources/extension councils. By leveraging these multiple university constituencies, this modernizing scholarship project has the potential to influence and change the systems, structure, and policies of research institutions. Preference will be given to applications received by August 12, 2021.
- Funding source: APLU Supported by the Rita Allen and Kavli Foundations
- Anticipated funding amount: $80,000 annual fellowship stipend plus a $40,000 half-year fellowship stipend
- Deadline: August 12, 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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NEW: Environmental Convergence Opportunities in Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (ECO-CBET)
The Environmental Convergence Opportunities in Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (ECO-CBET) solicitation will support fundamental research activities that confront vexing environmental engineering and sustainability problems by developing foundational knowledge underlying processes and mechanisms such that the design of innovative new materials, processes, and systems is possible. Projects should be compelling and reflect sustained, coordinated efforts from highly interdisciplinary research teams. A key objective of the solicitation is to encourage dialogue and tightly integrated collaborations wherein members of the chemical process systems, transport phenomena, and bioengineering research communities engage with environmental engineering and sustainability experts to spark innovation and arrive at unanticipated solutions.
- Funding source: National Science Foundation
- Estimated number of awards: 5 to 6
- Anticipated funding amount: $8,500,000
- Deadline: Preliminary Proposal due October 1, 2021; Full Proposal due January 21, 2022
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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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NEW: Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet)
The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) solicitation invites proposals for the creation of international networks of networks in research areas aligned with a grand challenge identified as a priority by the research community or NSF, such as the NSF Big Ideas or in an active program solicitation. AccelNet awards support the connections among research networks, rather than supporting fundamental research as the primary activity. Each network of networks is expected to engage in innovative collaborative activities that promote synergy of efforts across networks and provide professional development for U.S. students, postdoctoral scholars, and early-career researchers. Two proposal categories covered by this solicitation include: Design and Implementation.
- Funding source: National Science Foundation
- Estimated Number of Awards: 10 to 14
- Anticipated funding amount: $10,000,000
- Deadline: October 11, 2021
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Global Sustainability Scholars Research Summit
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Green Jobs Forum & Career Fair with Resilient Virginia
The Leaders in Energy Forum will take place on Thursday, August 26th, from 1:30 – 4:00 pm EDT, followed by the Career Fair from 4:30 – 6:30 pm EDT. The events will be conducted as part of the Resilient Virginia Conference (virtual) from August 25-27, 2021.
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Call for Proposals: 2022 Smith Fellows
Deadline: September 24, 2021
Application
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is pleased to solicit applications for the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program. These two year postdoctoral fellowships provide support for outstanding early-career scientists who want to better link conservation science and theory with policy and management, improving and expanding their research skills while directing their efforts towards conservation problems of pressing concern for the United States.
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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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Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital - Marketing and Communications Intern
Internships runs from September through December (Fall Semester), and/or January through April (Spring Semester), although preference may be given to candidates who can commit for the entire academic year from September-April. Interns are required to work 35-40 hours per month during the Fall Semester, and 50-60 hours during the Spring Semester.
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Open Science Conference 2021
July 21 - 23, 2021
Registration
In the 2nd Open Science Conference, From Tackling the Pandemic to Addressing Climate Change, policy makers, main IGO actors, librarians, publishers and research practitioners will engage into a public dialogue focusing on what Open Science has learned from COVID-19 and how this can be applied into actions addressing the global climate crisis, at the interface of science, technology, policy and research.
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3rd NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences
September 13 - 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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