SCDRP Newsletter: October 10, 2025

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Seeking Sponsors for the

SCDRP 10th Anniversary Annual Meeting

This year, we are offering a wider variety of sponsorship opportunities for the SCDRP Annual Meeting! Sponsoring the SCDRP Annual Meeting gives your organization the opportunity to:

• Network with top emergency management and resilience professionals from around the region.
• Support meeting activities led by leading experts designed to promote action and address the most pressing challenges facing the emergency management and resilience communities.
• Increase your organization’s visibility among top emergency management and resilience organizations from multiple sectors across the Southeast and Caribbean.

NOAA Disaster Resilience in the Southeast and Caribbean | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The NOAA Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) is pleased to announce the release of the updated “Guide to Integrated NOAA Disaster Resilience in the Southeast and Caribbean”, better known as the “Disaster Guide”.

This new version of the Disaster Guide includes:

• Updated contact information for key NOAA personnel involved in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
• A more streamlined way to view contacts and resources from across NOAA that can support disaster resilience efforts.
• A Spanish-language version of the Guide to better serve our partners and communities.

 This was a highly collaborative effort and we value your input. Please direct any feedback or questions to Region.SECarib@noaa.gov.

NOAA Fisheries Seeks Recommendations for Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness

NOAA Fisheries is seeking recommendations to enhance the competitiveness of American seafood and invites your input on improving fisheries management and science.

Input can be submitted via email to nmfs.seafoodstrategy@noaa.gov.

Comments are due by October 14, 2025.

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Just Added:

NC Sea Grant-Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Fellowship 

Open to Graduate students in North Carolina and Virginia

This fellowship is supported by North Carolina Sea Grant and the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP). The opportunity provides funding for graduate students based in North Carolina and Virginia to conduct applied research within the APNEP management area.

Fellows must conduct research that addresses focus areas identified in the North Carolina Sea Grant Strategic Plan and management actions identified in the APNEP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Up to $10,000 per year for two years (administered as a student stipend through NC Sea Grant)

Closing November 17, 2025.

Vista Award - VoLo Foundation

Applications due: October 31, 2025

Mountains to Sea Graduate Research Fellowship

Deadline: November 17, 2025 

Resilience Resources

Hurricane Helene Recovery Data

Hurricane Helene was one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in American history. The U.S. Census Bureau has developed data products to help understand the impact and recovery efforts for Hurricane Helene. One of these products is the Census Bureau’s Assessment, Recovery, and Evaluation datasets or CAREs. This dataset is a curation of data from multiple federal sources including the Census Bureau, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This allows data users to find relevant information about the population, disaster exposure, and recovery all in one source.

Workshops, Trainings, and Events

Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:

Building Integrated Communities (BIC) invites applications from NC local governments for the six-month program, Language Access Planning for Emergencies and Disasters.

The course is designed to build capacity in NC local governments to communicate with residents in community languages, particularly in preparation and response to local emergencies and disasters. Participating local governments will create a language access plan. The program will start in January 2026 and consist of a combination of virtual workshop exchanges, one in-person gatherings, and technical assistance. Meetings will take place on Thursdays between 9:30-10:45am. As part of the course, participants will:

Learn about promising practices from immigrant and language access leaders and practitioners,

Conduct internal assessments and collect community data with support from bilingual UNC students,

Design a language access plan for local government, and

Initiate implementation of recommendations from that plan.

The program has no cost to local governments.

Deadline to apply: October 15th, 2025

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.

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

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