SCDRP Newsletter: May 1, 2025 | | Partner Picks Summer Speaker Series: Nominate a Speaker! | | |
We're bringing back the SCDRP Partner Picks Summer Speaker Series, where you, our members, choose the speakers for the June, July, and August Partnership Meetings! Fill out the survey linked below to nominate a summer speaker.
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New Coastal Legislation Seeks to Bolster Resilience
Article by Marybeth Collins for Environment+Energy Leader
Proposed legislation entitled the Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act of 2025, sponsored by a bipartisan coalition, increases protections and resilience of coastal and estuarine ecosystems that are vulnerable to extreme weather and sea level rise. The act would protect and restore land along the coast, provide assistance for low-income communities vulnerable to natural hazards, create long-term data tracking systems for estuaries, and create five new National Estuarine Research Reserves. This legislation is being proposed as some other programs aimed at enhancing coastal resilience are facing proposed budget cuts.
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Funding Cuts to NOAA IOOS Will Hurt the Southeast
Article published by SECOORA
The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA), as part of the NOAA U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), provides critical infrastructure that supports disaster preparation, economic stability, public health & safety, and marine operations. Federal funding cuts proposed by the Executive Branch in a leaked document would eliminate the IOOS Regional Observations budget for next year. Click the article link above to learn more about what's at stake and what you can do to help.
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The U.S. Chamber Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have launched a survey to gain insights on America’s disaster preparedness to better understand resilience needs and investment opportunities across the country. The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete, and your responses will be used for research purposes only. All feedback will contribute directly to a national report focused on strengthening community resilience and disaster preparedness.
| | The SECOORA Annual Meeting is virtual on May 14th, 2025. The uncertainty surrounding federal funding and the potential implications for SECOORA have necessitated a reevaluation of how we are using our resources. We have determined that it is most relevant to host a virtual strategy session for the SECOORA Board of Directors, staff, stakeholders/partners, and PIs. | |
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| | Job Opportunities, Internships, and Fellowships | | |
Vice President, Research, Conservation, and Education, Georgia Aquarium
Atlanta, GA
Mid Level Emergency Management Planner, Tetra Tech
Atlanta, GA
Everglades Coastal Fisheries Postdoc, Florida International University and Everglades National Park
Miami, FL
$61,000 - $64,000 per year
Executive Director, Blue Ridge Conservancy
Blowing Rock, NC
Ag & Extension Program Specialist - Water Conservation, Manatee County Government (Closing 5/8)
Palmetto, FL
$23.67 - $35.50 Hourly
NC Fire Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy (Closing 5/28)
Job ID 56598
North Carolina
$85,000 – $92,000 per year
Wildlife Biologist II, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (Closing 5/8)
Charleston County, SC
$38,985 - $72,134 per year
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST III, State of Florida, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (Closing 5/13)
West Palm Beach, FL
$56,000 Annually
Environmental Specialist II, NC Department of Environmental Quality (Closing 5/8)
Raleigh, NC
$50,633.00 - $68,857.00 Annually
Grants Administration Manager, The Miami Foundation
Miami, FL
$65,000 - $80,000 per year
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Disaster Recovery Screener & Community Engagement Coordinator, Pisgah Legal Services (PLS)
Marshall or Burnsville, NC
$45,143 To $65,338 per year
Associate, Company Network, Ceres
Remote
$50,600 – $56,999 per year
Executive Director, Great Old Broads for Wilderness
Remote
$100,000 – $120,000 per year
Data Solutions Engineer, Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI)
Remote
$110,000 - $130,000 per year
Senior Manager, Internal and Executive Communications | Oceana
Washington, DC
$85,000 to $95,000 per year
Program Coordinator, Nature for Water Facility, The Nature Conservancy
Job ID 56556
The position is full-time, fully remote, and can be based in any country where TNC is registered as a Non-government Organization and established employer in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean (The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USVI).
Internships, Fellowships, and Early Career:
Neighborhood Water Watch Intern, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Gainesville, GA, LaGrange, GA, or Columbus, GA
Unpaid
Atlanta Metro Fellowship (Marjorie Cohen Fellowship), Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Smyrna, GA
$20/hour, 30 hours per week
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Communities First - Movement CARE Fund
Communities First Fund’s Movement CARE (Community, Assistance, Regeneration, Endurance) Fund is created to shift philanthropic practices by distributing responsive resources in a timely way that prioritizes the humanity of Black and brown people, the frontline organizations they may lead, and the grassroots organizations accountable to them. This moment requires deep investment in the people and organizations that lead the climate, environmental, and energy movements. To realize this vision, the CFF Movement CARE Fund will provide rapid response funding to support organizations’ needs to position themselves in this moment of intersecting crises and rapid mobilization, as well as support community-led infrastructure efforts that build long-term power and demonstrate best practices for accountability to communities. The Movement CARE Fund is a $2,000,000 fund. Awards will range up to $25,000, depending on the scope and scale of the work funded.
Deadline to apply: May 16, 2025
WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
With over half of the world’s population living in urban areas, healthy cities are critical for advancing high-quality and sustainable living. This Prize cycle invites submissions from projects leading the way in strengthening livability, nature and cities together for healthy, accessible and thriving communities. $250,000 will be awarded to one grand prize winner and $25,000 each to four runners up.
Submissions Close May 28, 2025.
National TRAP Program
The Nationwide Fishing Trap Removal, Assessment, and Prevention Program (TRAP) focuses on derelict trap removal in four areas: 1) standardization of data collection and monitoring, 2) reduction of economic and ecological impacts, 3) prevention and mitigation of harmful effects, and 4) comprehensive data sharing and analysis. The TRAP Program provides a unique opportunity to protect marine ecosystems, preserve local economies, and make a lasting impact on the health of waterways. The Program will coordinate the removal of derelict fishing traps nationwide. Projects should also foster awareness of the effects of derelict fishing traps to further the conservation of living marine resources and their habitats and contribute to the understanding of nationwide derelict fishing trap distribution and impacts. This competition is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program (NOAA). The Nationwide Fishing TRAP Program anticipates distributing between 6 and 15 awards annually under this solicitation. The minimum amount of award funding that may be requested is $50,000. The maximum award amount is $200,000.
Proposal Due Date: May 30, 2025
Local Environmental Impact Programs, Duke Energy Foundation
Duke Energy Foundation is accepting grant applications from eligible organizations for a $25,000 grant. Successful applications will describe the local environmental impact program and how the organization will use the funds. Examples of potential proposals include:
- Projects strengthening thriving natural environments, including access to green space, in historically underserved communities.
- Resiliency projects that prepare communities for and mitigate against the effects of climate change.
- Environmental projects supporting land conservation; clean water; and biodiversity of plant and animal species.
Applications due June 30, 2025.
Civic Foundation
The Civic Foundation awards grants to small, local nonprofits committed to North Carolinians with the goal of making a deeper impact on community-based charities that meet specific needs of their neighbors. They focus on areas of health care, housing, human services and hunger. Up to $25,000 may be awarded each quarter.
Closing Soon:
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2025 IAEM Scholarship, International Association of Emergency Managers
Undergraduate and graduate scholarships will be awarded, including a special $10,000 scholarship award for doctoral research students named to honor Dr. E.L. Quarantelli, a pioneering scholar in the field of disaster research and emergency management.
Applications due May 30, 2025
Foreverglades Research Enhancement Grants - Everglades Foundation
These grants provide graduate students up to $30,000 for research-related expenses in areas related to the Everglades ecosystem. Research topics on the Florida Bay ecosystem, climate change, habitat restoration, fisheries or wildlife ecology, and resource management are of special interest to several of our named awards. ForEverglades Research Enhancement Grants will also support research related to the physical, chemical or biological processes of freshwater or estuarine ecosystems of the Everglades, or research in resilience, climate change, economics, policy or social interactions as they relate to the greater Everglades ecosystem. Applicants need to have a Faculty Advisor that oversees the work and the grant budget.
Application Deadline: June 6, 2025
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Just added:
Risky Business: Insurance in the Era of Climate Change, Live Webcast from The Environmental and Energy Study Institute
May 6, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Nature Risk and Reporting: Utilizing TNFD in a Changing Disclosure Landscape, Ceres
May 14, 10:00 AM ET
The Nature Conservancy Science in Action Series: Adapting Together: Building Climate-Smart Food & Water Systems
May 14, 2025 2:00 PM ET
Hunger in the US: How disasters disrupt access to food, Center for Disaster Philanthropy
May 15, 1 p.m. ET
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine : Climate Conversations: Coral Reefs
May 16, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM ET
| | | | Workshops, Trainings, and Events | | |
Just Added :
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Extreme Weather and Lessons for More Resilient Communities: Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate 2025 Spring Meeting
Day 1: Monday, May 5, 2025, 1:00 PM - 5:15 PM ET
Day 2: Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
ARSET - Monitoring Global Terrestrial Surface Water Height using Remote Sensing | NASA Applied Sciences
May 13 & May 15, 2025, Virtual
An English session will be held from 11:00-12:30 EDT and a Spanish session from 15:00-16:30 EDT.
Capitol Hill Oceans Week 2025 | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
June 2-5, 2025, Washington, DC
NOAA in the Caribbean Partners Meeting 2025
June 16-18, 2025, Virtual
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Upcoming events:
Alliance All Hands Meeting
May 5-8, 2025, Biloxi, MS
2025 Chatham County Hurricane Conference
Savannah, GA, May 8, 2025
SECOORA Annual Meeting (Virtual)
May 14, 2025
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Training: Facilitation Basics for Coastal Managers
For additional information or to register, email jan.kucklick@nooa.gov
May 14-15, 2025, 1:00-4:00 pm each day
Cultivating Geoscience Careers - UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
May 15-16, 2025, Savannah, GA
NCWRA Restoring Coastal Water Resources
North Carolina Water Resources Association
May 16, 2025, 8 am-4 pm, Wilmington, NC
GCOOS Spring Members' Meeting
May 28, 2025, 3 pm - 6 pm ET, Virtual
NOAA Digital Coast Training Calendar
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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.
Request for Public Input on Experiences With FEMA Disaster Responses
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council requests information and comments from the public and other interested stakeholders to gain an understanding of their experience with FEMA during disasters. The public information and comments will ensure that the FEMA Review Council's findings and recommendations are informed by a broad spectrum of perspectives, experiences, and ideas.
Submit comments by May 15, 2025.
The National Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA) is inviting abstract submissions for their 2025 Practitioners Meeting taking place on July 17, 2025. The organizing committee is calling on practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to submit ideas for sessions that address this year’s theme The Mitigation Revolution: Practical Ways Communities are Reducing Risk.
The submission deadline is May 16, 2025.
The Aquaculture Information Exchange (AIE) and the National Aquaculture Association (NAA) are teaming up to host a Virtual Job Fair scheduled for Wednesday, July 23 at 12 PM EST, and they are seeking employers to take part. Click here to fill our interest form by June 1st.
Applications now open for the The Continuum Ocean Enterprise Studio and Incubator (Seaworthy Collective)
This program offers U.S.-based BlueTech startups tailored support to develop ocean data solutions, backed by NOAA scholarships.
This year, the Studio and Incubator will exclusively support US-based startups developing ocean data technologies and services, in alignment with the priorities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Enterprise Initiative.
This 3-month program activates our community to contribute to and grow scalable companies and impact. We build cohorts of two types of participants:
- Current founders growing their existing early-stage startups
- Aspiring founders co-creating a new startup with Seaworthy.
We aim to support 5 to 7 existing early-stage startups and co-create 1 new startup for each cohort. NOAA supported scholarships (a $25,000 value) enable NO COST or equity requirements for each participant.
Apply by June 26, 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.
Join FEMA’s Youth Preparedness Council (YPC)
The intent of the Youth Preparedness Council is to bring together young leaders who have an interest in making a difference in their communities and in advancing disaster preparedness efforts on a national and local level. Youth Preparedness Council members complete disaster preparedness projects that help improve the disaster resiliency of the nation. The application cycle will be announced shortly.
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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