As a courtesy to our members, we are distributing the following notice of a funding opportunity from the National Park Service. Please note this is not a CESU (RSOI) opportunity. Please see below for a short description with the link for more information. Notice ID: 140P2121Q0008 Department/Ind. Agency: INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE Sub-tier: NATIONAL PARK […]
Competitive Grant Programs Now Accepting Applications The State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division is now accepting applications for the following grant programs: African American Civil Rights Grant Program The National Park Service (NPS) is proud to announce the expansion of the African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR). This year the program will document, interpret, and preserve sites telling […]
Where do history, conservation, and public engagement intersect? “At a battlefield” might not be the first answer you think of, but it’s true. Sites of armed conflict are part of American heritage, and as preserved landscapes, they are also important spaces for natural resource conservation and public access to green space. The National Park Service […]
Please join us for the upcoming webinar – The New Park Science Journal – on Wednesday, 09 December @ 1:00 PM EST. Register Now Park Science is changing! It will no longer be a peer-reviewed journal, but it will still be a forum for park scientists to share their work and a gateway to research done in or about the […]
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is responsible for managing the development of U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy and mineral resources in an environmentally and economically responsible way. A critical component of BOEM’s mission is protecting the environment while overseeing the development of OCS energy and marine mineral resources. BOEM’s Environmental Studies Program (ESP) develops, funds, and manages rigorous scientific research specifically […]
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund environmental research and development proposals. SERDP is DoD’s environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, with participation by numerous […]
Purpose: The Washington Biologists’ Field Club (WBFC), organized in 1900, annually provides competitive grants to support field research on the natural history of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States. The WBFC welcomes proposals that consider aspects of natural history, systematics, biodiversity, ecology, or environmental issues. Studies focusing on organisms occurring on Plummers Island, Maryland, […]
The National Park Service has published online two new videos about parks that have played important roles in the history of science. One features Everglades National Park, where Dan Simberloff conducted an experiment 50 years ago that tested MacArthur & Wilson’s model for why islands of different sizes and distances contain different numbers of species. […]
On June 4, 2020, at 2:00PM ET, the National Park Service and the Ecological Society of America will host a webinar on how scientists and NPS interpreters can collaborate to communicate about current scientific research in parks. The speakers — a mix of park interpreters and external research scientists — will highlight examples from Acadia, […]
Deadline: Jan 21, 2020 Workshop Dates: March 24–27, 2020 in Annapolis, Maryland Overview The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) in partnership with the Ecological Society of America’s Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) program invites PhD students from a wide range of under-represented experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds to attend an interactive, skill-building workshop […]
