CORNELL CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
(CfE) News and Announcements - February 5,
2008
AIBS Public Policy Report Headlines from February 5, 2008
· State of the Union recap: Energy, earmarks and economy
· Bush proposes biggest budget ever, will science suffer?
· A first look at the NSF in the FY 09 budget: Physical sciences
favored, again
· USGS budget mixed: NBII to get cut
· AIBS joins call for 2008 presidential debate on science
· PPO posts annual report - with a new look!
· From the Federal Register
· Gingrich, Hansen to speak at AIBS 2008 Annual Meeting: "Climate,
Environment, and Infectious Diseases"
Read the full report >>
GRANT AND PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES
Browse RFP Listings >>
New
USDA: Scientific Cooperation Research Program with China (Feb 08)
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Feb 16)
Munson Foundation Grants (Apr 07)
Joyce Foundation: Environment Grants (Apr 14)
NSF: Integrated Grad Education & Research Training (IGERT) (Apr 28)
NSF: Antarctic Research (May 02)
NSF: Coupling, Energetics, & Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
(CEDAR) (May 10)
NIH/NIEHS: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (May
10)
Deadlines in February
NIH: Research Project Grants (R01) (Feb 05)
Health Effects Institute: Rosenblith New Investigator Award (Feb 05)
NIH: Metals in Medicine (Feb 05)
NIH: Microbiology Program (Feb 05)
Pymatuning Laboratory: Darbaker & McKinley Prizes in Botany &
Ecology (Feb 07)
Social Science Research Council: Dissertation Proposal Development
Fellowship (Feb 08)
NIH: Independent Scientist Award (Feb 12)
NSF: Biological Oceanography (Feb 15)
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Short-Term Fellowships (Feb 15)
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation: Five-Star Restoration Grants (Feb
15)
American Museum of Natural History: Grad & Post-Doc Grants (Feb 15)
American Philosophical Society: Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration
and Field Research (Feb 15)
NSF: Developing Global Scientists & Engineers (Feb 15)
NSF: Chemical Oceanography (Feb 15)
Purple Martin Conservation Association: Research and Conservation
Grants (Feb 15)
Raptor Research Foundation: Fellowships and Grants (Feb 15)
NIH: Science & Ecology of Early Development (Feb 16)
NIH: Small Research Grants (Feb 16)
NSF / CSREES: Microbial Genome Sequencing Grants (Feb 19)
NSF: International Planning Visits & Workshops (Feb 20)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Coral Reef Conservation Fund
(Feb 20)
Udall Foundation: Dissertation Fellowships in Environmental Policy (Feb
21)
AERA: Research and Dissertation Grants Program (Feb 22)
NSF: Advancing Theory in Biology (Feb 25)
Biosphere Atmosphere Research & Training (Feb 29)
Resources for the Future: John V. Krutella Research Stipend (Feb 29)
Organization for Tropical Studies: Research Fellowships Program (Feb 29)
Resources for the Future: Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship
Program (Feb 29)
N. G. Kaul Memorial Scholarship (Feb 29)
Deadlines in March
Fulbright (New Zealand): Axford Fellowships in Public Policy (Mar 01)
Tinker Foundation Institutional Grants (Mar 01)
NSF: Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Cluster (Mar 01)
NSF: Transport and Thermal Fluids Phenomena Cluster (Mar 01)
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Fellowships (Mar 03)
Marine Biological Laboratory: NASA Planetary Biology Internship (Mar
03)
NSF: Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (Mar 03)
James S. McDonnell Foundation: Complex Systems Research (Mar 12)
USDA: Arthropod & Nematode Suborganismal Biology NRI (Mar 14)
USDA: Arthropod & Nematode: Tools, Resources, & Genomics NRI (Mar
14)
Piedmont Environmental Council Fellowship Program (Mar 28)
Royal Town Planning Institute: George Pepler International Award (Mar
31)
Deadlines in April
Trans-NIH Consortium (BECON): Bioengineering Nanotechnology
(STTR) (Apr 05)
Deadlines in May
National Academies: Research Associateship Program (May 01)
American Honda Foundation Grants (May 01)
SELECT SEMINARS AND CAMPUS EVENTS
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Seminars: 12:30 PM
Mondays in G-10 Biotechnology Building
Schedule at -
http://www.mbg.cornell.edu/cals/mbg/about/seminars/upload/BioBM-833-
Schedule-07-08-v5.htm
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: 4:00 PM Tuesdays in Lecture Hall III,
Veterinary Research Tower
Schedule at - http://www.vet.cornell.edu/biosci/seminars/2k7fall.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
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
Environmental Sciences Colloquium, Fall 2007 Climate Change -
Mitigation and Adaptation
12:20 PM Fridays in 135 Emerson Hall
Schedule at - http://snes.eas.cornell.edu/colloquium2007.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 Mondays in Whetzel Room, Plant
Science 404
Schedule at -
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/news_events/2007_fall_seminar.pdf
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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