SCDRP Newsletter: July 10, 2025

🗓️ Save the Date! The SCDRP 10th Anniversary Annual Meeting will be held in Charleston, South Carolina on March 4-5, 2026! The meeting will be held at the College of Charleston. Stay tuned for more details, including the formation of the Annual Meeting Steering Committee.

Interested in sponsoring the meeting? Email scdrp@secoora.org to learn more about the benefits of sponsoring the SCDRP Annual Meeting!

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Moving forward, SCDRP Newsletters will be sent out bi-weekly (for now!). You can expect the next SCDRP Newsletter in your inbox on Thursday, July 24th. You can continue to check the SCDRP website for the latest jobs, funding opportunities, events/webinars, and resources!

If you have anything that you'd like us to include in the SCDRP Newsletter, email us at scdrp@secoora.org.

Resource share: Identifying Locations for Building Resilient Affordable Housing: This guide was developed for Florida but the overall process could be used anywhere. It outlines how to engage stakeholders, gather data, and use GIS to consider both hazards and amenities, and to optimize the use of publicly owned land. It also shares a case study of applying this approach in Bay County in the panhandle.

Renew NC Single Family Housing Program: Applications now open! 

The Renew NC Single-Family Housing Program is a centralized housing rehabilitation, reconstruction or replacement program. Homeowners in Buncombe and other eligible counties in Western North Carolina can apply for funds to repair or rebuild homes that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene. Prioritization will be given to low-to-moderate income (LMI) families with seniors aged 62 and older, children, and/or disabled household members.

From NOAA Office for Coastal Management: Applying the Marine Economy Framework to Inform the Economic Value of the Tampa Bay Estuary System 

From the Nature Conservancy: Climate Strong Communities

From Grist: As nations lag on climate action, their cities are stepping up. Here’s proof.

Image: St. Petersburg, FL; Source: NOAA

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Just Added: Vista Award - VoLo Foundation (Student Funding Opportunity) 

The VISTA Award is designed for students who display exemplary leadership, along with Vision, Innovation, Sustainability, Technology, and Action in climate solutions. VoLo will gather proposals from students at the graduate level who are enrolled full-time at a US-based university or college. The finalist student individuals or teams will be invited by VoLo to present their ideas at our 2026 Climate Correction™ conference in Orlando, Florida. The project must address a climate solution applicable to the state of Florida. The project must address carbon mitigation efforts within a timeframe that corresponds to the level of urgency inherent with the climate crisis. VoLo Foundation has a strong preference for projects that address decarbonization. The winning project will receive a one-time grant from VoLo Foundation, paid to the affiliated university: US$10,000 if submitted individually, and US$25,000 if submitted by teams of 2 people or more. 

Applications due: October 31, 2025

FSG/Guy Harvey Fellowship 2026

This program is for graduate students at Florida universities who are conducting research that will help support the sustainable management of marine fish. Up to eight fellowships of $5,000 each will be awarded as a research stipend. Qualifying fellows may receive up to $1,500 in additional travel and professional development funds after the initial award, determined based upon need and opportunity. As part of a fellowship cohort, selected fellows will have the opportunity to share their work with the greater Sea Grant network and Guy Harvey Foundation through Florida Sea Grant’s Communications Team.

Deadline: July 22, 2025

2026 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine  

This fellowship is a full-time, hands-on workforce training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation. Each year, new Mirzayan Fellows join a National Academies unit where they are assigned to a mentor and learn about the world of science and technology policy. The Mirzayan Fellowship provides a stipend of $11,000 to offset living expenses during the Fellowship period and covers roundtrip transportation expenses. The Fellowship takes place March-May 2026. 

Application Deadline: August 1, 2025

Ocean Exchange 2025 Collegiate Call for Solutions

If you're working on a breakthrough idea that supports ocean or coastal resilience, apply for a chance to pitch at Ocean Exchange’s event in Ft. Lauderdale, Oct 26–28, and win one of three $10,000 awards. Open to undergraduate, graduate, and recent grads from a recognized postsecondary educational institution in North America. Register here. 

Deadline: September 17, 2025

Resilience Resources

Supporting State and Local Decision-Making: Resource from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 

Many science-related challenges that affect people’s health, environment, and livelihoods directly and profoundly require responses at the state, local, and regional levels. National Academies studies, workshops, and other projects help policymakers and communities better understand and navigate these challenges. Visit our Supporting State and Local Decision-Making topic page and explore regional resources particularly relevant to climate below.

Workshops, Trainings, and Events

Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:

SASMI Project Identification Survey This questionnaire is a tool to identify and gather information about potential Salt Marsh conservation, protection, and restoration projects along the Georgia Coast.

Assessing Opportunities to Advance Coordination of Earth Observations and Data Stewardship Workshop: Call for Experts

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking suggestions for experts to participate in the planning committee for the new workshop on Assessing Opportunities to Advance Coordination of Earth Observations and Data Stewardship. The planning committee will organize a workshop on opportunities and challenges related to ongoing coordination, collaboration, and governance of Earth observations data, with consideration of:

• the roles of various sectors in the collection and use of Earth information;
• legal, institutional, and practical considerations for effective coordination and partnerships;
• approaches to effective data sharing and to coordinating creation, curation, and operation of Earth observations and tools; and
• approaches to decisions on the collection and stewardship of Earth Observations.

Suggestions due July 25, 2025 AT 11:59 PM.

2026 Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship

The mission of the Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship is to create a community of committed clean energy and climate change leaders from emerging and developing countries, enriched by engagement with top Yale faculty and researchers, and leading global authorities in the clean energy transition from the International Energy Agency and beyond. Applicants must be representatives of the Global South. We look forward to welcoming a diverse representation from developing Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America/Caribbean.

Application Deadline: August 1, 2025

Call for Papers - Co-production and Coastal Resilience Collection in Estuaries and Coasts - NOAA RESTORE Science Program

The NOAA RESTORE Science Program has partnered with researchers from Florida State University and the RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana to propose a special collection on co-production and coastal resilience in the journal Estuaries and Coasts. The submission window for the collection is now open through August 31, 2025.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is seeking applicants and internship partners for the new Professional Science Master (PSM) degree as part of UVI’s Marine and Environmental Science program (MMES).

NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) is gathering input from users of tidal datums and coastal tools, like flood forecasting models and inundation maps, on the upcoming National Tidal Datum Epoch (NTDE) update. This quick, 3-minute survey will help NOAA understand how these changes may affect coastal practitioners and guide the creation of resources to better support communities facing coastal flooding and other challenges. Your feedback will be valuable in shaping tools to meet the needs of those working along our coasts.

The Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) requests feedback on "Expanded Caribbean Section of Southeast Quarterly Impacts and Outlook Report"

The American Society of Adaptation Professionals invites its members and organizations with experience in environmental justice and community advocacy to sign-up to provide technical assistance for communities impacted the most via the EPA Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (“TCTAC”) Program.

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