NCKRI National Seed Grant and Scholar Fellowship Program

NCKRI is pleased to announce our next call for grants in support of cave and karst research. NCKRI is currently advertising two opportunities:

The NCKRI National Seed Grant Program is designed to enable investigators to initiate new cave and karst research, and incentivize new principal investigators to enter the field. We especially encourage projects within the National Park System. Proposals for NCKRI National Seed Grants are due April 25th, 2024. 

The NCKRI Scholar Fellowship Program to designed to support cave and karst research by exceptional graduate and undergraduate students. Proposals for NCKRI Scholar Fellowships are due May 15th, 2023.

Applications for both programs can be submitted at the following link: https://www.nmt.edu/research/organizations/nckri.php

Please direct any questions about submission or budget preparation to Judith McShannon (Judith.McShannon@nmt.edu, 575-835-6940). Other questions about this RFP can be directed to Daniel Jones, NCKRI Academic Director (daniel.s.jones@nmt.edu, 575-835-5049).

Save the Date:

International Karstological School (IKS) 

The IKS main topic this year is: “Data Acquisition and Analysis in Karst Systems”. It will take place from the 17th to 21st June 2024 in Postojna, Slovenia, and will delve into the pivotal theme of data: its acquisition, processing and interpretation.

Save the Date:

19th International Congress of Speleology

The Brazilian Speleological Society (SBE) and the National Center for Research and Conservation of Caves (ICMBio/CECAV) are proud to host the 19th International Congress of Speleology (ICS) in 2025, which will include the 38th Brazilian Congress of Speleology (CBE) into a single combined event and will also host the major celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the UIS.

Seventy-two years after the first ICS (Paris, 1953), for the second time we will have an ICS in Brazil. While the 13th ICS (Brasília, 2001) had “Speleology of the Third Millennium: Sustainable Development of Karst Environments” as its theme, the host city of the 19th ICS in 2025 will be Belo Horizonte (BH), capital of the state of Minas Gerais, and the theme will be “60 Years of the UIS: History to the Future.”

Come Join NCKRI and Other Cave Advocates in this Week Long Celebration

Cave Week will be celebrated this year from June 2-8, 2024. This will be the first year that NCKRI has taken the lead in organizing the celebration but we have been collaborating for many years in this endeavor. If you would like to join the team or find out more about Cave Week you can join the Cave Week mailing list or email Devra Heyer at dheyer@nckri.org. Otherwise stay tuned, as the date approaches we will be sharing different ways you can participate too!