Category Archives: News

Joint LTER Network and CESU Network Career Forum

From the CESU National Network: Joint LTER Network and CESU Network Career Forum April 25, 2023 3:00-5:00 PM EST/12:00-2:00 PM PST Are you a graduate student curious about a career at a federal agency? Join us to meet agency ecologists from around the nation and learn about their career paths, backgrounds, job responsibilities, benefits and challenges, and […]

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New CHWA CESU Student Award: Call for Nominations 2023

The Chesapeake Watershed (CHWA) CESU Student Award recognizes students who make outstanding contributions to a CHWA CESU facilitated research project. Up to 3 awards of $1500 will be given annually, as funding allows. Nominations must be emailed to Rhonda Schwinabart (rschwinabart@umces.edu) by Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Eligibility: Any graduate student (Masters or Ph.D.) of a […]

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Glacier National Park Conservancy – Jerry O’Neal Student Research Fellowship -2023 Call

Applications are now being accepted for the Glacier National Park Conservancy – Jerry O’Neal Research Fellowship for work in Glacier National Park. The fellowship aims to provide educational assistance for students seeking to understand natural and cultural resources issues and how these interact with human values. Special consideration will be given to proposals that address the following: natural resource issues […]

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Coordinator’s Corner: Fall 2022

By: Dan Filer The network had another successful year in FY22, and I’m very excited to announce some upcoming efforts here at the Chesapeake Watershed CESU Research Network and the host institution, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) – Appalachian Laboratory.  The biggest announcement coming from our Annual Meeting last month involved […]

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Howard University and USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) Foster Collaboration through New Internship Program

By Rhonda Schwinabart In the autumn of 2020, research scientists at the USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) and Howard University faculty began a conversation on how to increase collaboration between the two institutions.  They soon discovered a matching expertise between the CASC researchers and Howard’s Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (ES) program and the Atmospheric […]

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NOAA Invests $7.5 Million in Harmful Algal Bloom Control Centre

The Harmful Algal Bloom Control Technology Incubator is the largest project to date facilitated through the Chesapeake Watershed CESU.  By: UMCES The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has been awarded a $7.5 million grant from NOAA to lead an innovative US Harmful Algal Bloom Control Technology Incubator (US HAB-CTI) to advance innovative ways to […]

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NOFO: USFWS MENTOR-Bat, a global conservation fellowship program

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of Funding Opportunity – MENTOR-Bat Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: F22AS00398 Deadline for Submissions – 09 September 2022 Eligibility – public and private institutions of higher education; non-profit non-governmental organizations; multi-national secretariats; foreign national and local government agencies; for-profit organizations; individuals; and U.S. territorial governments; Project Title – MENTOR-Bat […]

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Coordinator’s Corner: Spring/Summer 2022

By Dr. Dan Filer, CHWA CESU NPS Research Coordinator  2022 is shaping up to be one of the strongest years yet for the Chesapeake Watershed CESU Research Network!  We are coming off the highpoint of our 2021 renewal with the launch of our brand new, five-year strategic plan.  This plan, which involved several iterations of […]

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CHWA CESU Strategic Plan

By: Katie Kline, UMCES-AL  Following last year’s renewal as the host institution for the Chesapeake Watershed (CHWA) CESU Research Network, the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES-AL) along with National Park Service (NPS) Research Coordinator, Dr. Dan Filer, developed a new strategic plan to help guide CHWA CESU priorities […]

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