CORNELL CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
(CfE) News and Announcements - March 18, 2008
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Special Seminar - NY Sea Grant Director
March 27, 525 ILR Conference Center from 10:30 - 11:45 AM
Dr. Robert M. Cerrato, Associate Professor, School of Marine and
Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
Look for more details on environment.cornell.edu as they become available.
AIBS Public Policy Report Headlines from March 17, 2008
· AIBS submits congressional testimony in support of USGS, EPA
· Budget process moves forward in Congress
· Senate reviews FY 2009 federal science budget, regrets FY 2008
· Scientist wins special election: Takes former Speaker Hastert's seat in
Congress
· McCain growls about bear research
· Now available: AIBS Congressional Directory for the 110th
Congress, Second Session
· From the Federal Register
· New in BioScience: "Theory and Funding for 21st Century Biology -
Maybe"
· Register now for the 2008 AIBS Annual Meeting: "Climate,
Environment and Infectious Diseases"
Read the full report >>
GRANT AND PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES
New
NSF: Informal Science Education (Mar 20)
ESRC/SSRC: Collaborative Visiting Fellowship (Apr 04)
USDA: Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species
Management (Apr 25)
Illinois Dept. Natural Resources: Clean Coal Institute (May 10)
Horticulture Research Institute: Research Grants (May 15)
Lindbergh Foundation: Seed Grants Program (Jun 12)
NIH: Independent Scientist Award (Jun 12)
NIH: Science & Ecology of Early Development (Jun 16)
NIH: Small Research Grants (Jun 16)
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Jun 16)
Deadlines in March
Piedmont Environmental Council Fellowship Program (Mar 28)
Royal Town Planning Institute: George Pepler International Award (Mar
31)
Deadlines in April
NIH Manufacturing-related Biomedical Research SBIR/STTR Grants (Apr
05)
Trans-NIH Consortium (BECON): Bioengineering Nanotechnology
(STTR) (Apr 05)
Munson Foundation Grants (Apr 07)
Joyce Foundation: Environment Grants (Apr 14)
NSF: Integrated Grad Education & Research Training (IGERT) (Apr 28)
CSREES: National Integrated Water Quality Program (Apr 29)
Deadlines in May
National Academies: Research Associateship Program (May 01)
American Honda Foundation Grants (May 01)
NSF: Antarctic Research (May 02)
EPA STAR: Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality (May 08)
NSF: Coupling, Energetics, & Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
(CEDAR) (May 10)
NIH/NIEHS: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (May
10)
NIH: Pharmacogenetics of Flouride (May 15)
NIH/NIEHS: Community Participation in Research (May 17)
NSF: International Planning Visits & Workshops (May 20)
NIH: Molecular Probes for Microscopy of Cells (May 27)
TREE Fund: Hyland R. Johns Grant Program (May 31)
Deadlines in June
NATO: Science for Peace Programme (Jun 01)
NSF: Hydrologic Sciences (Jun 01)
NSF: Geophysics (Jun 01)
NSF: Petrology and Geochemistry (Jun 01)
NSF: Techtonics (Jun 01)
USDA: Air Quality NRI (Jun 05)
NIH: Research Project Grants (R01) (Jun 05)
USDA: Agricultural Prosperity for Small & Medium-Sized Farms NRI
(Jun 05)
NIH: Metals in Medicine (Jun 05)
NIH: Microbiology Program (Jun 05)
SELECT SEMINARS AND CAMPUS EVENTS
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Seminars: 12:30 PM
Mondays in G-10 Biotechnology Building
Schedule at - http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/news-
events/seminars_series.cfm
Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Seminars: 4:00
PM Fridays in Morison Room, Corson Hall
Schedule at - http://www.biogeo.cornell.edu/seminars.html
Biological and Environmental Engineering Seminars: 2:30 PM most
Mondays in B15 Riley-Robb Hall
Schedule at - http://www.bee.cornell.edu/cals/bee/upload/Semester-SP-
2008-Colloquia-3.pdf
Biomedical Sciences Seminars: 4:00PM Fridays in Lecture Hall III
VRT (Veterinary Research Tower)
Schedule at - http://www.vet.cornell.edu/biosci/seminars/2k8spring.htm
Biophysics Colloquia: 4:30 PM Wednesdays in 700 Clark Hall
Schedule at - http://www.drbio.cornell.edu/Dissemination/seminars.html
CIIFAD Seminars and Events:
Schedule at - http://ciifad.cornell.edu/activities/seminars/index.cfm
City and Regional Planning and Development Sociology
Colloquium Series
3 PM Fridays in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Further Information: Renee Hoffman at rmh6@cornell.edu
Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminars: 4:30 PM most
Thursdays, see schedule for location
Schedule at - http://www.cee.cornell.edu/index.php/about/seminars/
Crop and Soil Sciences Seminars: 12:20 PM Thursdays in 135
Emerson Hall
Schedule at - http://www.css.cornell.edu/seminars/seminar.html
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Seminars: 3:30 PM Wednesdays in
2146 Snee Hall or 1102 Bradfield Hall
Schedule at - http://www.eas.cornell.edu/fbxk/smnrs.cfm
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminars: 12:30 PM Mondays in
A106 Corson Hall, Morison Seminar Room
Schedule at - http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/department/seminars.html
Entomology Seminars: 3:30 PM Mondays in Corson-Mudd Auditorium
Schedule at -
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/IthacaCampus/Jugatae.html
Genetics and Development Seminars: 12:20 PM Wednesdays in G-01
Biotechnology Building
Schedule at -
http://www.mbg.cornell.edu/cals/mbg/about/seminars/wednesday-
seminars.cfm
Global Views on Nitrogen from N2007 Seminars: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Tuesdays in the Cole Room of Corson Hall
Schedule at - http://nitrogen2007.com/plenary_talks.htm
Horticulture Seminars: 11:15 AM Most Mondays in 404 Plant Science
Building
Schedule at - http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/news-
events/seminars_series.cfm
Laboratory of Ornithology Seminars: 7:30 PM Mondays in the Lab of
Ornithology Auditorium
Schedule at -
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/LabPrograms/Education/MNseminars.html
Molecular Biology and Genetics Seminars: 4:00 PM Fridays in G10
Biotechnology Building
Schedule at -
http://www.mbg.cornell.edu/cals/mbg/about/seminars/index.cfm
Natural Resources Seminars: 3:30 PM Tuesdays in 304 Fernow Hall
Schedule at - http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/events/seminars/
Plant Biology Seminars: 11:15 AM Fridays in Plant Science 404,
Whetzel Room
Schedule at - http://www.plantbio.cornell.edu/cals/plbio/seminars-
news/index.cfm
Seminars in Toxicology: 12:20 PM Fridays in Riley-Robb Hall
Schedule at -
http://www.toxicology.cornell.edu/cals/foodsci/toxicology/news-
events/seminars.cfm
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