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July 2008 Announcements

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- Position Vacancy: Coastal Comprehensive Plan Manager (The Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center)

The Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center (CGRDC) in Brunswick, Georgia seeks a coastal plan manager to focus on tasks associated with implementation of the Coastal Comprehensive Plan (2007). The position includes collaborating with local governments, state, regional and federal agencies, environmental organizations, developers and citizens, managing and assisting in the implementation of a multi-disciplinary regional plan, and educating and assisting coastal communities in the interpretation and adaptation of Coastal Comprehensive Plan. For more information or to apply: http://www.coastalgeorgiardc.org/employment.html.

- Funding Opportunity: Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis, NSF

Three clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (the Ecological Biology, Ecosystem Science, and the Population and Evolutionary Processes clusters) encourage the submission of proposals aimed at synthesizing a body of related research projects conducted by a single individual or group of investigators over an extended period. OPUS proposals will often be appropriately submitted in mid-to-late career, but will also be appropriate early enough in a career to produce unique, integrated insight useful both to the scientific community and to the development of the investigator's future work. In cases where multiple scientists have worked collaboratively, an OPUS award will provide support for collaboration on a synthesis. OPUS awards will facilitate critical synthesis, and do so in a way that will acknowledge the prestige of this important component of scientific scholarship. Deadline: July 16, 2008 (and again Jan 9th, 2009). http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08559/nsf08559.htm?govDel=USNSF_25

- Funding Opportunity: Southeast Region Flex Funds (for species conservation)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, solicits research proposals that support conservation of ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend, or restoration actions or species conservation programs that help avert federal listing of species, lead to delisting of a species, help prevent extinction or aid in the recovery of a species. Activities supported by this funding include but are not limited to: status surveys and reports relating to priority species which are not yet listed or proposed for listing; work necessary to update previous status surveys and reports; genetic and other taxonomic work necessary to differentiate priority; development of programmatic or individual landowner Candidate Conservation Agreements; and development of GIS and other databases to track locality and status information. Deadline: July 17, 2008. http://www.fws.gov/southeast/grants/EndangeredSpeciesConservationGrants.pdf

- Funding Opportunity: Research Program in Water Quality Issues (Water Environment Research Foundation)

The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) is seeking pre-proposals of not more than five pages in length for its “Unsolicited Research Program.” Proposers are invited to submit pre-proposals that advance science and technology addressing water quality issues as they impact water resources, the atmosphere, the lands, and quality of life. WERF particularly seeks groundbreaking research that will advance knowledge and understanding of water quality. WERF will also consider proposals that would take existing research to the next level of completion, resulting in practical solutions to water quality problems. Proposals in all relevant wastewater and water quality areas are welcome. Deadline: July 29, 2008. http://www.werf.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Funding/OpenRFPs/default.htm

- Funding Opportunity: Marine Fisheries Initiative (NOAA)

The Marine Fisheries Initiative Program (MARFIN) is a competitive Federal assistance program that funds projects seeking to optimize research and development benefits from U.S. marine fishery resources through cooperative efforts involving the best research and management talents to accomplish priority activities. The National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region, is seeking proposals under the MARFIN, for research and development projects that optimize the use of fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and off the South Atlantic states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida involving the U.S. fishing industry (recreational and commercial), including fishery biology, resource assessment, socioeconomic assessment, management and conservation, selected harvesting methods, and fish handling and processing. Projects should focus on the greatest probability of recovering, maintaining, improving, or developing fisheries; improving the understanding of factors affecting recruitment success; and/or generating increased values and recreational opportunities for fisheries. Deadline: August 11, 2008. http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/grants/marfin.htm

- Fellowship Opportunity: Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry (Dreyfus Foundation)

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides an award to a principal investigator of $120,000 over two years to appoint a Fellow in environmental chemistry. The program is open to all academic and other not-for-profit organizations in the United States of America that have well-established research efforts in environmental science or engineering. These research activities need not be located in traditional departments in the chemical sciences, and collaboration across departments and institutions is encouraged. Applications most likely to be of interest should describe innovative fundamental research in the chemical sciences or engineering related to the environment. Examples include but are not limited to the chemistry associated with: the climate, the atmosphere, aquatic or marine settings, toxicology, soil or groundwater. Deadline: August 14, 2008. http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/postdoctoral_program.shtml

- New Data Archive: USGS Georgia Water Science Center

The USGS Georgia Water Science Center is pleased to announce the release of IDA, the Instantaneous Data Archive, an online access to the instantaneous values of streamflow used to compute the traditional daily-mean values.  Georgia was one of the first USGS offices to implement IDA.  To access this new online archive of data, please visit our Center's homepage at http://ga.water.usgs.gov/ and click on the IDA link near the bottom of the page. Please note that the electronic archive only goes back to the mid- to late-1980's since that is when electronic storage of streamflow data began.  If you have any questions, please let Brian McCallum, Assistant Director, know via email at bemccall@usgs.gov.

- Project of Interest: South Atlantic Regional Research Planning

The National Sea Grant Program recently launched a program to create research plans for U.S. coastal and Great Lakes areas. Sea Grant Programs from the South Atlantic region of the coastal USA (NC, SC, GA, FL) are working together to identify priority regional-level research needs and then develop an action plan to address these needs. The project involves coordination with NOAA laboratories, state and federal agencies, and academic partners, as well as participation from politicians, representatives from industry, and other stakeholders from throughout the region. The GCRC is managing this project in association with Georgia Sea Grant. Please visit the new SARRP website.

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