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University Global Coalition (UGC) Annual Gathering
Monday, September 27 & Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Please Save the Date for UGC's second annual virtual gathering: 27 September: 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. EDT and 28 September: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. EDT.
Mason is a signatory to the UGC and ISE will be co-organizing this year's conference. Conference registration and session information will be available soon on the UGC website.
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Two Job Openings with George Mason University’s Greenhouse and Gardens Program
Each year, the program hosts thousands of volunteers, dozens of interns, and numerous special events to teach the community about sustainable agriculture. Plus, it operates an on-site, farm-to-table operation.
Greenhouse and Gardens Coordinator
- Support the operations and maintenance of the Presidents Park Hydroponic Greenhouse in this part-time role.
- Full position description.
Greenhouse and Gardens Sales Coordinator
- Support the launch, maintenance, and expansion of the Greenhouse and Gardens newly launched social entrepreneurship initiative in this part-time role.
- Full position description.
Application Deadline: August 4, 2021
The priority deadline for application materials is August 4, 2021. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a qualified candidate is hired.
Application Requirements:
To apply, please email your resume, cover letter, and regular weekly availability to the manager, Doni Nolan by August 4. Please include “Greenhouse and Gardens [Position Name - Your Name]” in the subject line and carbon copy the gogreen@gmu.edu email address.
Please include your regular weekly availability and preferred times to meet for a 30-to-60-minute interview from August 4 to 18. Applications that do not follow requirements may be disqualified as we’re searching for organized and detail-oriented candidates.
Questions?
Email Doni Nolan and carbon copy the gogreen@gmu.edu email address.
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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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Evening with the Fed: The Effects of Climate Change on the Economy
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NEW: Critical Ecosystems And Improve Climate And Earth System Modeling
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $11 million in funding for new research studying how critical ecosystems, such as forests, arid lands, and coastal environments, are impacted by extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts, and heat waves. The 17 projects led by universities, which include collaborations with DOE national laboratories and other government agencies, will explore the most complex environments on Earth to help scientists improve their ability to accurately predict the evolving effects of climate and environmental change.
- Funding source: U.S. Department of Energy
- Anticipated funding amount: $11 Million
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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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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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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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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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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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Sustainable Single-Use Plastics Waste Management & the Marine Environment: A Transatlantic Perspective from Kiel, Germany
Thursday, September 2, 2021, from 12:00pm to 1:15pm ET
Registration
Please join the Northern Virginia Regional Commission for a discussion with Ms. Tatjana Allers, City of Kiel, to discuss the city’s leadership in zero waste and experiences with EPR as it relates to the single-use plastics waste mitigation and discharge into the marine environment.
Eliminating single-use plastic litter from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay is a priority. In March 2021, Governor Northam released an executive order requiring the phase-out of single-use plastics by state government agencies, including all state universities and colleges. The directive is broad, focusing on disposable plastic bags, single-use plastic and polystyrene food containers, plastic straws and utensils, and single-use plastic water bottles, unless they are for medical or public safety use. Virginia state agencies will also develop a report on recommendations for reducing waste and diverting it from landfills.
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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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9th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development
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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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