SCDRP Newsletter: January 16, 2025 | |
The registration deadline for the Annual Meeting has been extended to January 20th!
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Speaker Feature:
Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown, Day 2 Keynote Speaker
Rajni Shankar-Brown, PhD, MBA, M-MA, MA, is an internationally award-winning and
community-engaged Professor and the Jessie Ball duPont Distinguished Chair of Social Justice Education at Stetson University, as well as the recipient of Stetson’s most prestigious awards -- the McEniry Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Hand Award for Distinguished Faculty Achievement, and Outstanding Faculty Advisor. She is also the Past-President of the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) and current Racial Equity and Education Chair, author, community organizer, cultural strategist, poet, artist, and a human rights and environmental justice activist. She is the Founder and the Executive Director of the Institute for Catalyzing Equity, Justice, and Social Change (I-CEJSC), Director of the Ending Poverty and Homelessness Conference, Co-Chair of Equity and Justice for the International Society for Teacher Education and Information Technology, and the Co-Director of the Acts of Kindness and Justice Movement, as well as curriculum lead and coach for the Racial Equity Action Lab and a faculty member of the International Society of Experiential Education Academy.
Dr. Shankar-Brown has worked in a variety of transformative social and eco-justice leadership roles with communities, organizations, government agencies (federal, state, and local levels), corporations, PreK-12 schools, and institution of higher education in urban, rural, and suburban areas across the United States and around the world. She is an inclusive and civically engaged educational leader who is deeply committed to advancing environmental sustainability, community wellbeing, and inclusive resilience.
Read Dr. Shankar-Brown's full bio here.
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Stay tuned for next week's Speaker Feature on Day 1 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Amanda Martin. Dr. Martin is the Chief Resilience Officer for the State of North Carolina. Prior to serving in this role, Dr. Martin served as the director of the Southeast & Caribbean Disaster Recovery Partnership (the previous name of SCDRP!). Read more about Dr. Amanda Martin in next week's newsletter! | |
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Collaboration Corner & Partner Announcements | |
Do you have an announcement, question, or a request for information, resources, or connections that you’d like to send out to SCDRP’s wide network of disaster resiliency and climate professionals? Email us at scdrp@secoora.org with your request and contact information, and it may be featured in our next newsletter!
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NOAA Announces Extreme Heat Funding Recipients | |
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Image Credit: NOAA
On January 14, NOAA announced the awardees of $700,000 in funding for extreme heat preparedness and response planning through the Inflation Reduction Act. Ten communities received a $20,000 prize for the Heat Tabletop Exercise Planning Challenge, including San Juan, PR. Additionally, $500,000 was awarded to the Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University to support a project which will “map district-level heat impacts across sectors, inform heat policies, assess heat risks in rural and coastal communities and facilitate private sector collaboration on heat.” The Heat Policy Innovation Hub is directed by SCDRP Member Ashley Ward.
Read More Here
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New Nature Activation Hub hosted by the Nicholas Institute at Duke University
The Nature Activation Hub launched on January 14, 2025 to provide tools, research, guidance, and other resources on nature-based solutions. The Hub partners with federal and state agencies, conservation organizations, nonprofits, and more to advance the implementation of nature-based solutions.
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2024 was the hottest year on record, according to NOAA. Click the image above for an overview of 2024 significant climate events. | |
See Below for Job Opportunities, Upcoming Webinars/Events, Funding Opportunities, and Helpful Resources!
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Job Opportunities, Internships, and Fellowships | |
From SCDRP Members
Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association
Student Opportunity: Marine Heat Wave Position
This project will support a student to extract surface and subsurface temperature data from the SECOORA data portal, identify any data gaps, and conduct preliminary analysis.
Proposals due Feb 7
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NOAA
Grants Management Specialist (Closing Jan 23)
Oxford, MD, Silver Spring, MD, Beaufort, NC, or Charleston, SC
$105,383 - $185,234 per year
S.C. Sea Grant Consortium
Office Manager/Administrative Assistant
Charleston, SC
$46,655.00 – $56,570.00 Annually
Chief of Staff at American Flood Coalition
Washington, D.C.
$95,000-$120,000 per year
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Fellowships, Internships, and Early Career Opportunities:
NOAA
Student Trainee (Hydrologist) (Closing Jan 28)
Peachtree City, GA
$38,121 - $49,563 per year
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellowship (Closing Feb 26)
Gulf of Mexico Region
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Joint Risk Resilience Partnership: Funding Research on Systemic Risks
Swiss Re Institute - AXA Research Fund
This grant will consider research projects exploring ideas to create or contribute to functional, replicable and sustainable frameworks to build back better, with close references to the role of insurances and financial institutions. This call for projects therefore asks researchers to investigate how to improve reconstruction/post-disaster recovery (e.g. private homes, buildings and infrastructure, social services, general economic activity) and economic resilience building after extreme weather events causing systemic risk to societies and economies. It shall look at how to effectively organize and finance activities pertaining to ‘build back better’. Academic institutions are the only eligible direct beneficiaries which may receive funding through this Partnership.
A single proposal may be rewarded a maximum amount of 150,000€ in total.
Closing January 31, 2025
Closing Soon:
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The Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring (A NIHHIS Center of Excellence) is excited to announce an upcoming funding opportunity for community-based heat data collection campaigns.
Apply Here
Deadline: January 17, 2025
National Estuary Program Watersheds Grant Program
LOI Due January 17, 2025
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
Next round of applications due January 23, 2025
National Science Foundation
Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC)
Applications due January 23, 2025
The Center for Heat Resilient Communities has opened applications for communities across the U.S. to get support to develop Heat Resilience Roadmaps.
Applications closing January 24, 2025.
NC Water Resources Research Institute
Community Collaborative Research Grant (CCRG)
Applications closing January 24, 2025
Focus on Recruiting Emerging Climate and Adaptation Scientists and Transformers (FORECAST)
Proposals for Track 1 due Jan 29, 2025
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Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program 2025 Request for Proposals
Applications due January 30, 2025.
Community Progress Fund - Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Applications due January 30, 2025.
Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM)
Notice of Funding Opportunity
Next Target Date to Submit: January 31, 2025
ASFPM Foundation Future Leaders Scholarship
Applications due February 1, 2025
Restoring Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Grants | NOAA Fisheries
Deadline: February 10, 2025
GA Sea Grant Request for Proposals
Preproposal Deadline:February 10, 2025
Full Proposal Deadline:May 16, 2025
National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program
Applications closing February 13, 2025
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Discretionary Grant Program
Closing Monday, February 24, 2025
UPLIFT Climate and Environmental Community Action Grant (EPA)
Closing February 25, 2025
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Workshops, Trainings, and Events | |
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Just Added:
Caribbean Resilience Implementation Clinic: New Ideas for Investing in Climate Adaptation
February 7, 9:00 am-3:30 pm, Zoom and Miami, FL
Extreme Weather Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBES) Summit
Feb 18-21, Shepherdstown, WV
Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Response Workshop
Hosted by NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration, in collaboration with the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Response Research Center
March 3-6, 2025 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
For any questions or to register, please contact kathy.mandsager@unh.edu.
Upcoming events:
Coastal GeoTools Conference
January 27-30, Wilmington, NC
National Practice Forum on Nature-Based Solutions
February 4-5, Irvine, CA or Virtual
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Workshop: Higher Educations Path to Sustainability and Resilience
February 5, 9 am-5 pm ET Virtual & In-person
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National Academies for Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Workshop: Building Health and Resilience Research Capacity in the U.S. Gulf Coast: Elevating Minority-Serving Institutions as Key Partners
February 20, Virtual & In-person: New Orleans, LA 9 am-6 pm
People's Climate Innovation Center Vision Power Solutions Workshop Series
4 part virtual series on community-driven planning for racial and climate justice
February 20-December 4, 2025 (See website for exact workshop dates)
State of the Science Meeting on Health and Safety of Gulf Coast and U.S. Caribbean Fishers
March 3-4, San Juan, PR
2nd Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Extreme Heat Summit
March 10-11, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
WRRI Annual Conference
March 19-20, Raleigh, NC
Caribbean Conservation Community of Practice Annual Meeting
March 25-27, St. Thomas, USVI
American Planning Association
National Planning Conference
Denver, CO March 29-April 1
Online April 23-25
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Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:
Ready for Impact Incubator Program (NASA Lifelines)
We’re looking for innovative uses of Earth science, data, and technology to improve humanitarian decision-making before, during, or after a crisis. Apply now for a chance to access workshops to develop your ideas and a pitch competition that can provide opportunities to bring your ideas to life.
Applications due Jan 21, 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).
The Association of State Floodplain Managers and the Coastal States Organization want to hear from coastal and floodplain management practitioners about how we can better provide technical assistance to communities looking to implement higher standards for stewardship of floodplains. Please complete the questionnaire by January 17.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking suggestions for experts to participate in the new Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress XI - The 2024 Biennial Review.
Suggestions due January 20.
Natural Hazards Center
Annual Hazards and Disasters Student Paper Competition (Due January 24, 2025)
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking suggestions for experts to participate in a new study on the future of drought in the United States. The Study committee will consider approaches for drought characterization, assessment, and response under a changing climate. Nomination Deadline: January 24.
The Natural Hazards Center is seeking submissions for the 50th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Submissions accepted through January 31.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft of the Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts, providing agency programs and regional offices with tools and principles to consider cumulative impacts in their work. EPA welcomes public feedback on the draft Framework by February 19.
The Natural Hazards Center is inviting researchers from all disciplines to submit abstracts focused on any topic related to hazards and disasters for the 2025 Researchers Meeting, which will be held July 16-17, 2025 in Broomfield, CO. Researchers may present research or lead a roundtable discussion. Deadline to submit abstracts is February 28, 2025.
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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