CORNELL CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
(CfE) News and Announcements - January 22,
2008
ANNOUNCEMENTS
"Focus the Nation" National Teach-In
On January 31, 2008, Cornell University will take part in a National Teach-
In titled "Focus the Nation." On that day, Cornell will join over 1,000 other
schools and organizations in an educational initiative focused on global
warming solutions. In the afternoon there will be speaker panels with faculty
from a wide range of departments. In the evening there will be a round-table
disucssion titled "Green Democracy" with Ithaca's political leaders. For
more information visit www.FocusTheNation.org, or locally contact
Whitney Larsen at wbl5@cornell.edu
AIBS Public Policy Report Headlines from January 22, 2008
· Ecologists issue biofuels statement
· NSB releases 2008 Science and Engineering Indicators
· Collections community workshop on curating small collections
· Attention biology grad students: Deadline approaches for 2008
EPPLA applications
· From the Federal Register
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GRANT AND PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES
Browse RFP Listings >>
New
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation: Five-Star Restoration Grants (Feb
15)
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Fellowships (Mar 03)
Piedmont Environmental Council Fellowship Program (Mar 28)
Deadlines in January
Sea Grant: Fellowships in Population Dynamics & Marine Resource
Economics (Jan 25)
Mazamas: Standard Research Grants (Jan 25)
Deadlines in February
US Community Forestry Research: Fellowships (Feb 01)
Mazamas: Graduate Student Research Grants (Feb 01)
National Academies: Research Associateship Program (Feb 01)
Oak Ridge Institute: Higher Education Research Experiences (Feb 01)
NSF: Science & Society (S&S) Grants, Conferences, & Scholarship
Support (Feb 01)
Harvard Forest: Mid-Career Bullard Fellowships in Forest Research (Feb
01)
Rocky Mountain Nature Association: Research Fellowship (Feb 01)
American Honda Foundation Grants (Feb 01)
ICWA: John Miller Musser Memorial Forest & Society Fellowships (Feb
01)
Huyck Preserve Biological Research Station: Graduate and Postgraduate
Research Grants (Feb 02)
American Ornithologists Union: Research Awards (Feb 04)
NSF: Science of Learning Centers (Feb 04)
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)
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: 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)
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)
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)
NSF: Informal Science Education (Mar 13)
USDA: Arthropod & Nematode Suborganismal Biology NRI (Mar 14)
USDA: Arthropod & Nematode: Tools, Resources, & Genomics NRI (Mar
14)
Royal Town Planning Institute: George Pepler International Award (Mar
31)
Deadlines in April
Trans-NIH Consortium (BECON): Bioengineering Nanotechnology
(STTR) (Apr 05)
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
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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