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New Postings
Rutgers Graduate Program Opportunities
Tu Delft PhD position on exploring aerosol-cloud interactions through ground-based observations and idealized modeling. Applications due April 19, 2023.
Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science at Rutgers University with specific areas of research including causes and mechanisms of climate change, storm prediction, clouds, radiation, aerosols, and land-atmosphere interactions. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is November 1, 2023.
Graduate Program in Geography at Rutgers University with areas of interest including human geography, physical geography, and human-environmental geography. Graduate students participate in numerous interdisciplinary programs and research centers at Rutgers, including the various area studies centers, the Office of the State Climatologist, and more. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is January 15, 2024.
Graduate Program in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is January 15.
Graduate Program in Marine Sciences at Rutgers University, with research opportunities in real-time studies in the coastal ocean using advanced underwater instrumentation; biological and geological processes at deep-sea hydrothermal vents; remote sensing and ocean modeling; advanced underwater optics and fish behavior; biodiversity and marine molecular biology; coastal geomorphology; organism-sediment interactions; cycling of organic and inorganic materials in the ocean; watershed ecosystems. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is January 1, 2021.
The Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University offers the Human Dimensions of Environmental Change Graduate Certificate Program. The certificate program represents a collaboration among faculty from several graduate programs, and allows students to examine the political, cultural, economic, historical, and other human dimensions of environmental change while carrying out studies in an existing graduate program.
The Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution at Rutgers University offers graduate education and training in microbial, plant, animal, and human ecology. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is December 15, 2023.
The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University offers Graduate Programs to prepare students for careers in areas such as the design of healthy communities, community development, environmental and land use policy, political processes, regional development and planning, transportation policy and planning, and urban redevelopment. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is January 15, 2021.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rutgers University offers a Master of Science Degree and Doctor of Philosophy with areas of specialized study including geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, and water resources and environmental engineering. Application deadline November 1, 2023.
Rutgers Undergrad and Grad Student Peer Mentoring and Workforce Development Opportunity
Sloan STAR (STEM Transformations and Advancing Retention) is a cross-institutional peer mentoring and workforce development experience that leverages cohort building and shared resources to boost the recruitment, retention, and success of Black, Latinx and Indigenous students in the Geosciences and related disciplines. Sloan STARs collaborate in undergraduate-graduate teams to share strategies for persistence, resilience and academic success, and explore career pathways and professional opportunities. Sloan STARs meet for 2-44 hours per week from June 12th to August 4th, 2023 and receive a $3,000 stipend. Application Deadline March 27th, 2023. Complete details.
Call For Abstracts
The North American Wind Energy Academy (NAWEA) Symposium and the International Conference on Future Technologies in Wind Energy (WindTech). Submissions due May 19, 2023.
Graduate Research Assistant Category
Graduate research assistant position @ Rutgers Hydrology and Remote Sensing lab (www.hydrores.com). Full description here. Apply before May 15, 2023.
PhD Opportunities
The University of Queensland is seeking two PhD candidates to study at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) and the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
University of Alaska Fairbanks PhD Research Assistant for the PBL Research Group at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences College of Natural Science and Mathematics. Applications due June 1, 2023.
Fellowships
Swaniti Initiative, Fellow Position in Energy Transition and Climate Policy. [Posted April 24, 2023]
2023 SOEST Early Career Research Fellowship Program. [Poste May 15, 2023]
Winrock International, Hunter Parks Conservation Fellow - American Carbon Registry. [Posted May 1, 2023]
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, Low-carbon Fuels and Transportation Fellow. [Posted May 1, 2023]
UCAR Next Generation Fellowships. Applications due May 31, 2023.
Rutgers University - Newark is looking for a Senior Research Fellow. Applications due June 6, 2023.
Post doctoral opportunities
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Epidemiology and Climate and Health. [Posted May 29, 2023]
The School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (SGSUP) at Arizona State University (ASU), Postdoctoral Research Fellow. [Posted May 15, 2023]
ETH Zurich, Postdoctoral position - Modelling of biogeochemical nitrogen cycling in Swiss land ecosystems. [Posted May 15, 2023]
The CMCC Foundation Postdoc/Junior Scientist. Applications due May 31, 2023.
Princeton University's Atmospheric and Oceanic (AOS) Sciences Program postdoctoral research scientist. Applications due May 31, 2023.
Rutgers University is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate in the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation. Applications due June 30, 2023.
The Climate Dynamics section at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is accepting applications for a PhD student position in the field of eddy-rich climate modeling. [Posted February 6, 2023]
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships.
Paris Saclay University Fellowship in Earth Observation and Climate Models. [Posted January 16, 2023]
Climate Science at University of Illinois Postdoctoral Researcher. [Posted January 16, 2023]
NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. [Posted October 10, 2022]
Job Opportunities
Food & Water Action Europe, Gas Campaigns & Comms Intern. Applications due June 1, 2023.
Wildlife Conservation Society, Forest Carbon Technical Advisor. Applications due June 16, 2023.
Conservation International, Carbon Projects Senior Manager, Africa. [Posted May 29, 2023]
European Climate Foundation, Senior Communications Associate, Climate & Energy.Applications due June 2, 2023.
NSF, Deputy Division Director for the Division of Research, Innovation, Synergies and Research. Applications due June 14, 2023.
Leaders for Climate Action, sustainability program manager. [Posted May 15, 2023]
Ecowas Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (UNIDO/ ECREEE), Energy Data Expert Consultancy. Applications due June 13, 2023.
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Researcher – Climate change communication science and practice. Applications due June 16, 2023.
NDC Partnership, Climate Finance Consultant. Applications due June 2, 2023.
NDC Partnership, NDC Investment Planning Consultant. Applications due June 2, 2023.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), System Dynamics Analyst - Economic Law and Policy, Infrastructure Program. [Posted May 8, 2023]
Winrock International, Policy Manager - ART Secretariat. [Posted May 8, 2023]
IDDRI, Climate Director. Applications due June 1, 2023.
Rutgers University, Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub Team Program Coordinator.[Posted May 8, 2023]
Rutgers University Department of Environmental Sciences, Assistant Extension Specialist in Climate Services. [Posted May 1, 2023]
New Jersey Future, Policy Coordinator. [Posted April 24, 2023]
Foundation Myclimate, Project Manager, Climate Protection Projects. [Posted April 24, 2023]
North Jersey RC&D Program Coordinator. [Posted April 10, 2023]
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Senior Legal Researcher. [Posted April 17, 2023]
Family Office – Organization Confidential Senior Program Manager, Climate. [Posted April 17, 2023]
Stichting SED Fund Strategic Communications Manager. [Posted April 17, 2023]
North Jersey RC&D Senior Agricultural Specialist. [Posted April 10, 2023]
The European Climate Foundation Oil and Gas Research Associate. [Posted April 4, 2023]
Stichting SED Fund Strategic Communications Manager. [Posted April 4, 2023]
Dewberry is hiring a Resilience Planner. [Posted March 20, 2023]
Rutgers University,- New Brunswick, is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Social Psychology , Tenure-Track. [Posted March 13, 2023]
Rutgers University SEBS is hiring an Assistant Professor-AY Geoenvironmental Engineering or Geoscience of Urban Systems. [Posted March 13, 2023]
Rutgers University SEBS is hiring an Assistant Professor - AY Environmental Informatics.[Posted March 13, 2023]
The School of Business at Rutgers University-Camden is hiring an Open-Rank Faculty position in Management with a focus on Sustainability - Tenure Track.
Clemson University is hiring research scientists, graduate students, and technicians in Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry. [Posted March 6, 2023.]
The TRC Advanced Energy is hiring a Brand Ambassador for NJ’s Clean Energy Program. [Posted February 6, 2023]
Rutgers University SEBS is hiring an Assistant Extension Specialist in Climate Change Resiliency. [Posted January 16, 2023
The New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance is hiring a Program Manager. [Posted October 24, 2022]
Post-doctoral Associate Position in Life Assessment, Rutgers University Department of Environmental Sciences. The position involves the life cycle assessment of county waste management system. Full details here. [Posted 11/30/22]
NSF is hiring a Physical Scientist (Program Director). [Posted November 14, 2022]
Early Career Scientist Fellowships
Scholarships
Internships
Dewberry is hiring a Resilience Planner Intern. [Posted March 20, 2023]
Grants/Funding Opportunities
2023 Community-Based Art Grant Program. Art Installations Around Coastal Climate Impacts NJDEP & NJ Council on the Arts Notice of Funds Available. Application Deadline June 30, 2023.
DOE WETO Offshore Wind 2023 Centers of Excellence. Proposals due June 8, 2023.
NSF Community Infrastructure for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CIRC). Proposals due September 8, 2023.
Mid-Atlantic States Section of the Air and Waste Management Association (MASS-A&WMA) Air Pollution Educational and Research Grant Program (APERG). Applications due June 30, 2023.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Stimulating Diversification in Language Science Research (LangDiv). [Posted May 15, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Availability of Earth Observation Data for NSF-Funded Researchers. [Posted May 1, 2023]
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Physiology of Agricultural Plants. Proposals due August 24, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Pollinator Health: Research and Applications. Proposals due August 24, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production. Proposals due October 13, 2023.
NSF Division of Environmental Biology. [Posted April 24, 2023]
EPA Fiscal Year 2023 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program. Proposals due June 2, 2023.
Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation, BIRD Energy - Clean Energy Research – US and Israel. Proposals due June 29, 2023.
NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII). Applications due September 20, 2023.
NIFA National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program. Applications due June 8, 2023.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Interdisciplinary REU Sites at the Intersection of Computing and Communication Foundations and Mathematics and Statistics. [Posted April 10, 2023]
New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program Building Community Capacity for Climate Resiliency. Letter of Inquiry due June 1, 2023. Proposals due August 15, 2023.
NJDEP Stormwater Assistance Grant. Applications due December 31, 2023.
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Biennial Research Competition. Letter of Intent due May 2, 2023. Full proposals due June 20, 2023.
Department of Defense – Office of Naval Research FY24 Young Investigator Program.Applications due July 7, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Food Safety and Defense. Applications due August 24, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Novel Foods and Innovative Manufacturing Technologies. Applications due September 28, 2023.
NSF Plant Genome Research Program. [Posted April 10, 2023]
NSF Arctic Research Opportunities. Proposals due July 17, 2023.
NSF Centers for Research and Innovation in Science, the Environment and Society. Proposals due June 26, 2023.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Includes Alliances - Strengthening and Scaling Systems Transformation. Applications due June 5, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: AFRI Commodity Board Co-funding Topics.Applications due August 3, 2023.
Rutgers, Innovation Ventures TechAdvance (Early-Stage Technology Fund); TechXpress (Fast- Track Program). [Posted March 20, 2023]
DOE Buildings UP Program. Phase 1 Submissions due July 18, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Center for Research, Behavioral Economics, and Extension on Food Loss & Waste. Applications due September 14, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEAS). Applications due October 5, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE). Applications due September 14, 2023.
DOE Industrial Demonstrations Program. Concept papers due April 21, 2023. Full applications due August 4, 2023.
EPA FY 2023 – FY 2024 Pollution Prevention Grants: Environmental Justice in Communities.Applications due June 6, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Agricultural Microbiomes in Plant Systems and Natural Resources. Applications due October 5, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems (DSFAS). Applications due November 16, 2023.
EPA FY 2023 – FY 2024 Pollution Prevention Grants: Environmental Justice Through Safer and More Sustainable Products. Applications due June 20, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Agricultural Biosecurity. Applications due August 10, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Social Implications of Food and Agricultural Technologies. Application due November 2, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Economics, Markets and Trade. Applications due October 5, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Engineering for Precision Crop and Water Management.Foundational and Applied Science Program: Engineering for Precision Crop and Water Management. Applications due October 12, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Biorefining and Biomanufacturing. Applications due September 28, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.Applications due September 14, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Rural Economic Development. Applications due September 14, 2023.
EPA Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice in Communities. Applications due June 6, 2023.
EPA Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice Through Safer and More Sustainable Products. Applications due June 20, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Engineering for Agricultural Production and Processing. Applications due October 5, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Nanotechnology for Agricultural and Food Systems. Applications due September 14, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program- Foundational and Applied Science Program: Small and Medium-Sized Farms. Applications due August 17, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program - Foundational and Applied Science Program: Sustainable Bioeconomy through Biobased Products. Applications due September 7, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program - Foundational and Applied Science Program: Environmental Justice. Applications due September 14, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program - Foundational and Applied Science Program: Water Quantity and Quality. Applications due September 7, 2023.
Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI). White papers due May 19, 2023. Full applications due: September 8, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program - Foundational and Applied Science Program: Soil Health. Applications due September 14, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program - Foundational and Applied Science Program: Sustainable Agroecosystems. Applications due September 14, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Diseases of Agricultural Animals. Applications due August 10, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics.Applications due August 10, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Animal Nutrition, Growth and Lactation. Applications due August 10, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Welfare of Agricultural Animals. Applications due August 10, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Animal Reproduction. Applications due August 10, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Pollinator Health: Research and Applications.Applications due August 24, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Conventional Plant Breeding for Cultivar Development. Applications due October 12, 2023.
NSF Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program. [Posted February 13, 2023]
DOE Direct Air Capture Commercial and Pre-Commercial Prize. [Posted February 13, 2023]
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program: Foundational Knowledge of Agricultural Production Systems. Submissions due September 21, 2023.
USDA-NIFAAgriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants ProgramFoundational and Applied Science Program: Physiology of Agricultural Plants. Submissions due August 24, 2023.
USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants ProgramFoundational and Applied Science Program: Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production. Submissions due October 13, 2023.
NSF solicitation for open-source ecosystems. Proposals due September 7, 2023.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Great American Solar Eclipses 2023 and 2024.
National Institute of Health Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers. Applications due May 26, 2023.
Office of Naval Research FY23 Dept of Navy (DoN) Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program. White papers due April 14, 2023. Full applications due September 1, 2023.
NSF: Dear Colleague Letter: Advancing Research in the Geosciences Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). [Posted January 13, 2023]
NSF Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing (DESC). Proposals due March 17, 2023 for Type I and II projects. Proposals due December 29, 2023 for Type III Workshop Projects.
US Department of Agriculture Strategic Economic and Community Development Program for Fiscal Year 23. [Posted January 30, 2023]
Notice of Intent - DOE Industrial Decarbonization and Emissions Reduction Demonstration-to- Deployment. [Posted January 30, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: VITAL Prize Challenge. [Posted January 16, 2023]
NSF Biological Oceanography grant. [Posted January 9, 2023]
NSF Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing. Proposals due March 17, 2023 for type I and type II projects. Proposals accepted anytime for type III projects.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is looking for a diverse pool of individuals to review the equity, justice, jobs, and community engagement sections of funding opportunity applications. Compensation is available. To apply to review, send your resume to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
NSF Paleoclimate Research Grant. [Posted December 3, 2022]
National Science Foundation Atmospheric Chemistry Program. [Posted November 7, 2022]
NSF Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork. Applications due June 1, 2023.
The NSF is awarding funding for Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis, which is targeted to individuals, typically at later-career stages, who have contributed significant insights to a field or body of research over time. The program provides an opportunity to revisit and synthesize that prior research into a unique, integrated product(s) useful to the scientific community, now and in the future. All four clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science) encourage the submission of OPUS proposals. Proposals accepted anytime. [Posted May 9, 2022]
The NSF is awarding funding for its Dynamics, Control and Systems Diagnostics (DCSD) program, which promotes the fundamental science and engineering of dynamic systems to advance solutions to urgent societal problems. Such problems include mitigating the impacts of climate change; responding to epidemics, cyber-attacks, extreme weather, and other natural and man-made events; promoting efficient and equitable production and distribution of resources; developing resilient infrastructure; improving the experience of work and learning; and meeting the challenges of aging and illness. [Posted April 11, 2022]
The NSF is awarding funding for facilities supporting Atmospheric Research and Education. [Posted March 28, 2022]
The NSF is awarding funding for Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry research. The Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program supports research on geochemical processes in terrestrial Earth’s surface systems, as well as the interaction of geochemical and biological processes. [Posted March 28, 2022]
The USDA is awarding funding for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which supports grants in six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture. The six priority areas are: Plant Health and Production and Plant Products; Animal Health and Production and Animal Products; Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health; Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment; Agriculture Systems and Technology; and Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities. Applications deadlines vary
The NSF is accepting proposals for its Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences (GEOPAths) program, which aims to address the current needs and opportunities related to education, learning, training and professional development within the geosciences community through the formation of STEM Learning Ecosystems that engage students in the study of the Earth, its oceans, polar regions and atmosphere. Proposals accepted anytime.
NSF funding through the Division of Environmental Biology Core program, supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. [Posted January 10, 2022]
NSF funding through its Hydrological Sciences Program to support fundamental research about water on and beneath the Earth's surface, as well as relationships of water with material and living components of the environment. [Posted January 10, 2022]
The NSF is accepting applications for its Smart and Connected Communities Program, which supports integrative research that addresses fundamental technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities. Proposals accepted until April 1, 2024.
The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) is awarding prizes based on water-related scientific innovation. Awards of $133,000 or $266,000. (If you need assistance applying, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
The NSF has published a dear colleague letter imploring applications to the Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS): Innovative Solutions to Climate Change program, which contains the subtopics: “Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Energy Use”, “Energy Innovations Relevant to Climate Change Mitigation”, “Enhance GHG Sequestration”, “Accelerating Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation”, and “Research Addressing Synergistic Topics”. [Posted October 4, 2021]
The NSF is welcoming applications for Dissertation Research Improvement Awards through its Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS-DDRI). Only Institutes of Higher Education need apply. Awards of $250,000-375,000. [Posted September 20, 2021]
XPRIZE Carbon Removal and Elon Musk plan to award up to $100 Million for carbon removal solutions. Team registration opens with the announcement of full guidelines on Earth Day April 22, 2021. The competition will last 4 years through Earth Day 2025.
Nominations
Call for Submissions/Papers
The Restoration Webinar Series seeks abstracts and community views on DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice). The RWS showcases restoration best management practices and innovative techniques, and provides an avenue for practitioners to discuss how to address some of the biggest habitat restoration challenges facing North America today. The RWS, now in its 9th year, responds to an expressed need for more knowledge and skills associated with best management practices in restoration. The RWS is hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Restoration Center and Office For Coastal Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center (NCTC). The RWS covers a broad spectrum of topics including: planning, permitting, and implementing restoration projects; project monitoring and evaluation at different time scales; and restoration in a changing climate.
Comments/Service Opportunities
The EPA has opened a public docket to accept pre-proposal input on EPA’s efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from new and existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). The goal of this non-rulemaking docket is to gather perspectives from a
broad group of stakeholders in advance of our proposed rulemakings. More information here.
EPA Request for Information: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (RFI GHGRF).
Courses
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will be holding a 2-day offshore wind training bootcamp June 20-21, 2023 for university students and engineers who are interested in starting a career in offshore wind industry.
Sustainability Minor for Rutgers Undergraduates. Open to students in any curriculum. Flyer here.
Climate Risk Analysis will be holding its Online Basic Course in Climate Time Series Analysis from July 3-7, 2023. Registration due June 23, 2023.
Rutgers SEBS is now offering a sustainability minor. The minor is open to students in any curriculum. The list of course requirements (21 credits) can be found here: http://humeco.rutgers.edu/sustainability-minor.html.
Information Gathering Sessions
Engagement/Outreach
LabX, a part of the Creative Engagement team at the National Academy of Sciences, is launching a new social media feature called Scientists at Home. It will feature scientists sharing their most interesting/unique/weird/odd/meaningful object they own. To participate, fill out this form and return a completed release form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Student Professional Development
Free student membership to the New Jersey Association for Floodplain Managers. Eligbility includes all students attending or enrolled in a New Jersey post-secondary institution such as a college, university, trade or vocational school. Benefits include access to exclusive training and webinars, networking opportunities in floodplain management, resiliency, sustainability, community planning, and the environment, potential internships, and more. Students may enroll online at NJAFM.org by clicking on ‘Membership’ from the menu in the upper right-hand corner.
The New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management (NJAFM) has made membership free of charge for those attending a college, university, or trade school in New Jersey (or residents of New Jersey attending school out of state) and providing students with the same benefits as regular membership. Programs designed for student members will include networking events, opportunities to present at annual conferences, and employment opportunities. Register for membership here. The NJAFM is also looking for a student member to participate in monthly board meetings, if interested submit a letter of intent describing the reasons you are interested to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
