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ANNOUNCEMENTS
CfE News Update -- Anthony Hay takes reins from Mark Bain as CfE
Director
Anthony G. Hay, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology, has been named
Interim Director of the Cornell Center of the Environment (CfE), effective July 1, 2007. Hay
succeeds Mark B. Bain, director of CfE since 2003. The university-wide CfE was established in
1991 to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations among scientists and professors from Cornell
and partnering institutions to apply new knowledge to environmental problems and needs around
the world.
The CfE is most grateful to Dr. Mark Bain for his leadership and guidance over the past four
years, and wish him all the best as he returns to teaching and research in the Department of
Natural Resources.
Cornell Professor noted in Environmental News
Mark Bain, a quantitative aquatic biologist and ecosystem scientist in the department of Natural
Resources, has been published in the September 2007 issue of National Geographic. A complete
article can be viewed on [National Geographic's website
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070207-sturgeon.html].
Upcoming Prize Deadline
The nomination period for the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize will be closed on October 1,
2007. The prize is awarded for an innovation that improves people's quality of life and
encourages sustainable development. For more details, visit the foundation's website:
http://www.millenniumprize.fi/
NEW GRANT AND PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES
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New
Trans-NIH Consortium (BECON): Bioengineering Nanotechnology (STTR) (Dec 05)
Deadlines in September
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NSF: International Research Fellowship (IRFP) (Sep 11)
EPA STAR: Innovative Approaches to Particulate Matter Health, Composition, and Source
Questions (Sep 11)
NSF: Informal Science Education (Sep 13)
EPA STAR: Detection and Monitoring of Engineered Nanomaterials (Sep 13)
Fitch Charitable Foundation: Mid-Career Grants (Sep 14)
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: David C. Lincoln Fellowships in Land Value Taxation
(Sep 15)
NSF: Developing Global Scientists & Engineers (Sep 15)
NIH: Pharmacogenetics of Flouride (Sep 15)
East-West Center: Visiting Fellowships (Sep 15)
NSF: Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Cluster (Sep 15)
NSF: Transport and Thermal Fluids Phenomena Cluster (Sep 15)
Fats and Proteins Research Foundation: Research Grants (Sep 15)
NASA: Accelerating Operational Use of Research Data (Sep 18)
NSF: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (Sep
18)
NSF: Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (Sep 18)
NIH: Tools for Zebrafish Research (Sep 19)
Health Effects Institute: Pilot Studies for Junior Investigators (Sep 19)
EPA STAR: Development of Environmental Health Outcome Indicators (Sep 19)
NSF: International Planning Visits & Workshops (Sep 20)
NIH: International Research Collaboration - Basic Biomedical (Sep 21)
NSF: Cooperative Studies Of The Earth's Deep Interior (CSEDI) (Sep 25)
Canadian Studies Grant Program: Research Grant Program (Sep 30)
Deadlines in October
NASA: Terrestrial Hydrology (Oct 01)
Tinker Foundation Institutional Grants (Oct 01)
NASA: Land Cover/Land Use Change (Oct 01)
Rob & Bessie Welder Foundation: Graduate Fellowships in Wildlife Ecology (Oct 01)
Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants (Oct 01)
Raptor Research Foundation: Fellowships and Grants (Oct 01)
NOAA/CSCOR: Regional Ecosystem Prediction Program (Oct 01)
Social Science Research Council: Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (Oct 02)
EPA: Ecology & Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (Oct 04)
NOAA: Climate Program (Oct 05)
NSF: Microbial Observatories, Interactions, and Processes (Oct 08)
NIH: Small Research Grants (Oct 16)
NIH/NCRR: Development of Nonmammalian Models and Related Biological Materials for
Research (Oct 16)
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Oct 16)
EPA: Graduate Environmental STAR Fellowships (Oct 23)
NIH: Academic Research Enhancement Award (Oct 25)
Canadian Embassy: Faculty Enrichment & Graduate Fellowships (Oct 31)
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NSF: Archaeology & Archaeometry (Oct 31)
NASA: Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (Oct 31)
Deadlines in November
NATO: Science for Peace Programme (Nov 01)
National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Nov 01)
Dept of Education: Research on Mathematics & Science Education (Nov 01)
NSF: Materials Research Unsolicited Proposals (Nov 02)
NSF: Advanced Materials and Processing Cluster (Nov 02)
NSF: Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (Nov 05)
NSF: Artic Research Opportunities (Nov 10)
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Short-Term Fellowships (Nov 15)
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation: Start-Up Grants (Nov 15)
Illinois Corn Marketing Board (Nov 15)
NSF: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in Biological Sciences (Nov 16)
USDA: Sustainable Ag Research & Education - Community Grants (Nov 28)
CDC / NIOSH: Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and
Prevention (Nov 30)
Deadlines in December
NSF: Hydrologic Sciences (Dec 01)
NIH Manufacturing-related Biomedical Research SBIR/STTR Grants (Dec 01)
NSF: Geophysics (Dec 01)
NSF: Petrology and Geochemistry (Dec 01)
NSF: Techtonics (Dec 01)
NSF: Physical Anthropology (Dec 03)
USDA: Sustainable Ag Research & Education - Partnership Grants (Dec 04)
SELECT SEMINARS AND CAMPUS EVENTS
International Programs/CALS and CIIFAD
"Factors that will Transform India's Agriculture and Food Chair"
Dr. C. Ramasamy, Vice Chancellor of Tamilnadu Agriculture University
102 Mann Library Conference Room, Thursday, September 13 at 12:20 PM
Further Information: KV Raman at kvr1@cornell.edu
Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Seminars:
"Biogeochemistry of the Light Elements: Human Impacts and Unknown Residuals"
William Schlesinger, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
4 PM Friday, September 7 in Morison Room, Corson Hall
Further Information: biogeo@cornell.edu
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Seminars: 12:30 PM Mondays in G-10
Biotechnology Building
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Schedule at -
http://www.mbg.cornell.edu/cals/mbg/about/seminars/upload/BioBM-833-Schedule-07-08-v5.htm
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
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
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: FALL ONLY
12:20 PM Fridays in 135 Emerson Hall
Schedule at - http://snes.eas.cornell.edu/colloquium2007.html
Food Agriculture and Nutrition Group (FANG) - Limited Seminar Series (6 weeks)
135 Emerson Hall, Wednesdays from 12:20 - 1:10 PM
200 Savage Hall, Thursdays from 12:20 - 1:10 PM
Schedule at - http://ciifad.cornell.edu/activities/seminars/agroecsem/sem07/fangF07.cfm
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
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/
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