SCDRP Newsletter: July 25, 2025 | |
Missed yesterday's Partnership Meeting? Watch it here ⬇️
| | Click the image above to watch the July 24th Partnership Meeting, featuring Adrian Santiago Tate, CEO and Cofounder of HighTide Intelligence. Adrian shared case studies illustrating the role that AI can play in flood risk analysis, described the limitations of AI, and advised on areas where practitioner input is crucial. Adrian also presented on Arkly, HighTide's public-facing platform that makes property-level data about flood risk easy to access and understand. You can explore Arkly here. | |
Join us for the last session of SCDRP's summer group mentorship workshop series!
Session 5 of Pathways to Resilience: Learning from Leaders, Connecting with Peers is Thursday, July 31, at 4 pm ET, led by Meagan Jones, Coastal Resilience Specialist at University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant.
Meagan will share insights into her role as Coastal Resilience Specialist, recommendations for others who are seeking to advance their careers, and answer your questions about the field. Read mentor bios and access the full workshop schedule here.
Email us at scdrp@secoora.org if you are interested in joining!
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SCDRP Welcomes New Advisory Board Member
SCDRP welcomes Alexander Easdale, Executive Director of the Southeast Climate & Energy Network (SCEN) to the SCDRP Advisory Board! Alex will occupy the Nonprofit Seat on the Board. Read Alex's full bio here.
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Heads up!
Moving forward, SCDRP Newsletters will be sent out bi-weekly (for now!). 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.
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Collaboration Corner & Partner Announcements 📣
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NOAA-NIHHIS Heat User Engagement Workshop
September 16-17, 2025, Virtual
Join for a two-day virtual user engagement workshop focused on enhancing heat information and tools available at Heat.gov and across the federal government to better serve decision-maker needs in healthcare, insurance,
critical infrastructure, and other industries. This workshop will demonstrate
current capabilities and gather valuable insights from stakeholders on the utility and future development of heat-related data and services.
Register
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July 29: Action Hour to Protect NOAA and FEMA
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a virtual action hour for scientists and experts on how to help protect the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Join us Tuesday, July 29 from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET as we take urgent collective action to stop the Trump administration's harmful budget cuts that threaten lifesaving science and disaster response.
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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.
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From the National Academies for Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Exploring How to Power AI Sustainably
This feature story from the National Academies summarizes a recent webinar exploring the challenges and opportunities around sustainable strategies for powering AI.
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See Below for Job Opportunities, Upcoming Webinars/Events, Funding Opportunities, and Helpful Resources!
| | Job Opportunities, Internships, and Fellowships | | |
SRF Project Management (EA I), SC Department of Environmental Services (Closing 7/27)
Richland County, SC
$61,396.00 - $88,600.00 per year
Executive Director, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program (Closing 8/8)
Sarasota County or Manatee County, FL
$100,000 - $125,000 per year
Executive Director, Southeast Sustainability Directors Network (Closing 8/15)
Southeast (Remote within SSDN’s 10-state region)
$180,000 – $210,000 per year
Community-Engaged Research Program & Portfolio Manager, The Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education at Georgia Tech (SCoRE) (Closing 8/16)
Atlanta, GA
$90.000 - $100,000 annually
Engineering Technician IV (3 Vacancies), South Carolina Office of Resilience (Closing 8/18)
Richland County, SC
$52,100.00 - $70,300.00 per year
Planner II, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Orlando, FL
$55,000+ per year
Senior Coastal Engineer, Halff
Projects located in Florida/Gulf Coast
Coastal Engineer, Black & Veatch
Savannah, GA
Marine Operations Specialist, The Nature Conservancy
St. Croix, USVI
$52,000– $57,000 per year
Technical Associate Director, Flooding, Planning, and Resilience, American Flood Coalition
Remote
$95,000 to $120,000 for DC-based positions. Other locations subject to market adjustment.
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Resilience Services Growth Director, Black & Veatch
Remote
Senior Director, Disaster Mitigation and Response, American Conservation Experience (ACE)
Remote
$90,000 - $105,000 per year
Postdoctoral Research Fellow In Enhancing Resilience In Coastal Wetlands, The Smithsonian Institution (Closing 7/31)
Edgewater, MD
Data Dialogue and Visualization Postdoctoral Research Scholar, North Carolina State University Climate and Sustainability Academy
Raleigh, NC
$65,000 - $90,000
Early Career, Internships, and Fellowships
USGS Environmental Science Fellowship (Closing 7/25)
San Juan, PR
The research participant will closely collaborate with the Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program (PRCZMP) within the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER)
Conservation Associate (3-Year Term) at The Working Lands Trust Inc (Closing 8/1)
North Carolina
$50,000 - $54,000 per year
Biological Scientist I, University of Florida (Closing 8/15)
Gainesville, FL
$48,000 per year
Resilience & Sustainability Internship, Charleston County Resilience and Sustainability Division (Closing 8/29)
North Charleston, SC
September 29th 2025, until May 29th, 2026.
$15.00 - $20.00 Hourly
Climate Leadership Coordinator, Indigenous Climate Action
Remote
$55,000- $65,000
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Earth & Climate Indigenous Earth Fund Investing in Indigenous solutions for climate resiliency and land conservation
The Liberated Capital Indigenous Earth Fund invests in Indigenous-led organizations and Tribes working to build political power, movements, and lead campaigns to drive Indigenous solutions around climate change and conservation issues in the United States.
The fund will prioritize programs that advance advocacy in the following domains:
- Ecosystem and Cultural Conservation
- Food Sovereignty and Subsistence Rights
- Just Transition and Economic Development
The fund also welcomes proposals that build the strategic capacities of Native-led movements focused on climate, including:
- Narrative and communications strategies
- Policy advocacy and lobbying
- Legal support and rights defense
Deadline: August 19, 2025
2025 Climate Resilient Fisheries Engagement Grants - Blue Convergence Fund
To foster climate resilient fisheries and fishing communities around the world, this portfolio aims to fund projects and support engagement that advance (1) our understanding of climate resilient fisheries and (2) climate resilient fisheries management practices and strategies around the world. Through this work, we will support and amplify real-world applications and case studies that the global community can learn from, helping to advance the science and practice of climate-resilient fisheries management across various fisheries governance systems and ecosystems around the globe.
This request for proposals (RFP) will support science-based efforts and collaborations that use existing knowledge to catalyze climate resilient fisheries practices and strategies. Specifically, this RFP will support projects where new research is not the primary focus, but rather activities that bring people together to promote knowledge exchange, the uptake of research into management, network building, and planning and implementation.
Projects should be 18-24 months in duration with a maximum total budget of $150,000 USD.
Deadline: September 4, 2025
Water Quality Applications (NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences)
The NASA Water Resources program supports the integration of Earth science data into decision-making for inland and nearshore coastal water quality management, focusing on co-developed, user-centered solutions to address critical needs. Clean water is essential for various economic sectors including community well-being, food and energy production, manufacturing, tourism/recreation, and resilience. Using Earth observation data, this program element aims to improve water quality management, protect communities, and enhance the availability of safe water resources. Proposed projects should significantly improve existing information products that are currently available to water managers, as well as address and facilitate their use. Overall, the proposed work should enhance current decision frameworks and strategy development by water managers and their organizations. Projects must include at least one NASA Earth observation capability.
Expected Annual Program Budget for new awards: $1.5 million
Expected new awards: 6-8
Deadline: October 21, 2025
Water Resources Applications (NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences)
This program supports the integration of NASA Earth observations into decision-making for water management through co-developed, user-centered solutions. These may include forecasting anomalies and risks (medium to subseasonal-to-seasonal scales), developing and implementing resilience strategies, managing water systems, and adapting to weather extremes and economic impacts.
Proposed projects should significantly improve existing information products that are currently available to water managers, as well as address and facilitate their use. Overall, the proposed work should enhance current decision frameworks and strategy development by water managers and their organizations.
Expected Annual Program Budget for new awards: $3 million
Expected new awards: 10-12
Deadline: November 14, 2025
Closing Soon:
| | Scholarships and Student Funding Opportunities | | |
Just Added: Bow Seat’s True Blue Fellowship
The True Blue Fellowship offers peer-mentorship, capacity building, and funding of up to $2,500 USD to youth who are developing projects that address ocean, waterways, and/or climate issues through a creative arts lens. The Fellowship is free to enter and open to youth ages 13 - 24 worldwide, whether as individuals, classes, groups, clubs, or organizations.
Applications due September 1, 2025
2026 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Application Deadline: August 1, 2025
Ocean Exchange 2025 Collegiate Call for Solutions
Deadline: September 17, 2025
Vista Award - VoLo Foundation
Applications due: October 31, 2025
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Get to Know Three Coastal Communities of Practice of NOAA
By gathering groups of experts specializing in everything from engagement to natural resource management and to hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling and providing them with opportunities to ask questions, exchange information, and strategize, these CoPs are helping to accelerate advancements in coastal resilience. Each CoP has a unique focus including coastal flood science and solutions (Coastal Inundation CoP), coastal marsh predictions with sea-level rise (Marsh Modeling CoP), and coupling of models and improving predictive capabilities (Coastal Coupling CoP).
Green Infrastructure Mapping Guide: This guide from NOAA OCM supports spatial analysts mapping green infrastructure for resilience to coastal hazards. The guide helps analysts incorporate green infrastructure strategies into a GIS work plan, and rank and prioritize green infrastructure for their study area.
Puerto Rico NOAA Digital Coast Stories from the Field Available in Spanish: These stories feature how communities are using Digital Coast resources.
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NOAA’s Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) is launching a five part webinar series to raise awareness about key issues surrounding Sargassum.
Methods Currently Being Used to Address Sargassum Inundations in the U.S. Virgin Islands - Issues, Successes, and Failures
Speaker: Amy Claire Dempsey, M.A., President, Bioimpact, Inc.
July 31, 1pm EDT
Golden Tide Opportunities – New product development as a function of availability, collection, and stabilization
Speakers: Dr. Bradley Wahlen, Group Lead Biological Preprocessing, Idaho National Laboratory; Dr. Ira Levine, Professor Emeritus and CEO of the Algae Foundation
August 7, 1pm EDT
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Just added:
Roots and Routes
A 3-part series amplifying the history and living legacy of Gullah Geechee people in Florida from the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.
Tracing Our Florida Roots: August 14, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ET, Virtual
From Edisto to Florida (A Family’s Journey): August 21, 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm ET, Virtual or in person at the Mandarin Museum in Jacksonville, FL
Honoring the Routes Forward: August 28, 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm, Virtual
Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change
August 9, 2025, Virtual
Seven Best Practices for Risk Communication
Virtual training for coastal SC communities will be held on August 20, 2025. Email Olivia Greenslit greenslito@dnr.sc.gov if interested in attending.
Green the Church: Black Church Resilience Hubs—Building Wealth and Preparedness in Our Communities
October 12-14, 2025, Atlanta, GA
2025 Living Shorelines Tech Transfer Workshop ~ Restore America's Estuaries
October 29 – 30, 2025, New Haven, Connecticut
Estuaries: Tradition and Transition: Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation Conference
November 9-13, 2025, Richmond, VA
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Upcoming events:
Help Shape the Future of Coastal Ocean Forecasting!
Join Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) for an interactive virtual workshop focused on the development of the East Coast Community Operational Forecast System (ECCOFS)
August 4, 3:00 PM -5:00 PM ET
Georgia Environmental Conference
August 20-22, 2025, Jekyll Island, GA
2025 Regional Science Symposium, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
September 9-11, 2025 , Asheville, NC
2025 Local Solutions: Bouncing Forward to Create Resilient Communities
September 18-19, 2025, Hanover, NH
The Hope Summit
Sep 25-28, 2025, Charleston, SC
NOAA Digital Coast Training Calendar
Courses at FEMA’s National Disaster & Emergency Management University (NDEMU)
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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.
Call for Applications: New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Recognizing that emerging leaders possess the energy, insights, and communication skills needed to advance the dialogue on our most pressing challenges, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) established the New Voices program in 2018 to bring fresh perspectives from mid-career professionals to important dialogues around how science, engineering, and medicine are shaping the global future. Each interdisciplinary cohort serves a two-year term before transitioning to active alumni status and is supported by a staff office at the National Academies and an Advisory Committee made up of senior leaders dedicated to the New Voices mission. Current cohort members meet monthly via Zoom and also convene in person twice a year for a two-day meeting. They also work on producing webinars and other public events as part of their service.
Application Deadline: September 3, 2025
The Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) requests feedback on "Expanded Caribbean Section of Southeast Quarterly Impacts and Outlook Report"
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