Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society Newsletter
Please send water-related items to post in the CWS weekly email to Carol Asiala at HHHUUUUUUHHH. Please include conferences you attend, publications, seminars in your departments, links to water news items and announcements, and notifications of new funding.
1. On-Campus Seminars
2. Conferences & Webinars
3. Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Water Resources Systems
4. Open RFPs of on-going interest to CWS
5. New Funding Opportunities
6. IAGLR seeks a new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Great Lakes Research
1. On-Campus Seminars
Monday, October 17, 2011
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Bill Leder, CEE
Pilgrim River Watershed Conservation Project
Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar
M&M U113 3:00 pm
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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Green Fire
Documentary film about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold
Distinguished Ecology Series
G002 U. J. Noblet Forestry Bldg 7:00 pm
http://www.greenfiremovie.com/
Friday, October 21, 2011
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Stan Temple, emeritus professor of forest and wildlife ecology and senior fellow
Aldo Leopold Foundation
Aldo Leopold, Phenology and Climate Change
U. J. Noblet Forestry Bldg, room 146 11:00a.m. (the wildlife teaching lab)
Things I've learned: Insights from a 40-year Career in Conservation
U. J. Noblet Forestry Bldg, room 146 4:00p.m. (the wildlife teaching lab)
Distinguished Ecology Series
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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Dave Dempsey, International Joint Commission
Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar
M&M U113 3:00 pm
Reception in Dow 872 at 4:00 pm
2. Conferences & Webinars
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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Recent Trends of Heavy Precipitation in the Great Lakes
Dave Kristovich, Head of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Illinois State Water Survey
OSU Climate Change Webinar Series
12:00 – 1:00 pm EST
http://changingclimate.osu.edu/webinars/
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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Western Lake Superior Channel Stability Tool Presentation
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Minnesota PCA Conference Room
525 S. Lake Ave, #400
Duluth, MN 55802
IAGLR: Call for Sessions - due October 21, 2011
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IAGLR 2012 Conference
May 13-17, 2012
From Great Lakes Flow Mighty Rivers
http://www.iaglr.org/conference/sessioncall.php
October 26-27, 2011
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2011 State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC 2011)
Erie, Pennsylvania
http://www.solecregistration.ca/en/Default.asp
Friday, November 4, 2011
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11th Annual Great Lakes Water Conference
The University of Toledo College Of Law and its affiliated Legal Institute of the Great Lakes
http://www.law.utoledo.edu/ligl/conferences.htm
November 28 – December 1, 2011
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International Capacity Building Symposium: Strategic Planning in the Water Sector
(a four-day course)
International Centre for Parliamentary Studies
London
http://www.strategicwater.parlicentre.org/index.php?dm_i=O8S,JLVQ,4K2T9O,1LEYI,1
December 6-8, 2011
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Quality Technical Conference
Metcalfe Federal Building
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60604
http://apply.glnpo.net/quality/GLRI_QTC_announce.pdf
Call for Papers deadline: November 1, 2011
3. Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Water Resources Systems
The degree schedule for the graduate certificate in Sustainable Water Systems Resources is available on the CWS and graduate school websites.
HHHUUUhttp://www.mtcws.mtu.edu/education_gradcert.htmlUUU
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4. Open RFPs of ongoing interest to CWS
Sustainability Research Networks (SRN)
Posted: September 29, 2011
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Internal MTU deadline:October 20, 2011
PI Limit: none identified
Number per organization: A single institution can submit a maximum of three preliminary proposals as the lead institution.
Full proposal deadline: April 01, 2012
Michigan Space Grant Consortium
Open for following initiatives: fellowship, precollege education, public outreach, teacher training and research seed grants
Michigan Tech’s internal deadline date for proposal packages is Friday, Nov. 11.
Funding announcements will be made in February 2012.
http://www.mi.spacegrant.org/
5. New Funding Opportunities
To submit research proposals through the Center for Water and Society, select ‘CWS’ for the Institute/Center for project drop box on the transmittal sheet. The transmittal sheet must then be signed by the CWS Director, Noel Urban, on page 4.
If Noel Urban is unavailable to sign transmittal sheets, Mary Ellen Stevens (SFRES) and Carol Asiala (GMES) can also sign for CWS.
Fisheries Innovation Fund Invites Pre-Proposals for Second Grant Round of 2011
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Preproposal: November 10, 2011
Full Proposal: January 20, 2012
http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Charter_Programs_List&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=60&ContentID=21680
9th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability
Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)
http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2012/2012_p3.html
Great Rivers Affiliate Beginning Grant-in-Aid Program
American Heart Association (AHA)
Affiliate Research Programs
Great Rivers Affiliate
Geotechnical Engineering (GTE) - PD 10-1636
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
Restoration Grant Program
Chesapeake Bay Trust (CBT)
Support for Expeditions
Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS)
FY 2012 Commercial Motor Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Grant Opportunity - FM-CVN-12-001
United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
New
Construction in Indian Country Small Grant Program - FR-5415-N-42
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
New
Global Development Alliance - Annual Program Statement - M-OAA-GRO-EGAS-11-002011
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program (P42)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
New
Transportation Planning, Analysis, Technology Transfer and Program Support for the Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP) - DTFH61-12-R-00003
United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
New
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
6. IAGLR seeks a new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Great Lakes Research
The International Association of Great Lakes Research seeks a dynamic, well-organized scientist with high editorial standards and strong leadership skills to serve as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Great Lakes Research (JGLR).
Please view the position announcement for more information on desired qualifications and how to apply. http://iaglr.org/hot/items/JGLR_EDITOR_ANNOUNCEMENT.pdf
Applications are already under review and the position will be filled when a qualified candidate is identified so interested individuals should take immediate action.
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