SCDRP Newsletter: May 22, 2025 | | |
Join us on Thursday, May 29, for the SCDRP May Partnership Meeting to hear from Robert Macnee, Ph.D. on strategies for continuing disaster resilience initiatives in uncertain times.
Robert Macnee, Ph.D. is Deputy Director of Climate Resilience Consulting, with expertise in climate impacts, economic development, and developing and implementing resilience projects. He is a highly trained climate impact expert, with a Ph.D. in Environmental Management, focused on climate change impacts on health and communities. His work is focused on helping communities, governments, and corporations to avoid, prepare for, and resist the global and local impacts of climate change..
Robert is an expert in developing resources to support institutions and governments in identifying hotspots of climate vulnerability and exposure and making informed decisions about how to reduce climate risk fairly and effectively. He has published several academic papers in this field.
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SCDRP is pleased to announce a new workshop series entitled Pathways to Resilience: Learning from Leaders, Connecting with Peers taking place May-August 2025. This series, which is an extension of the SCDRP Mentorship Program, will provide students, early career professionals, and others who are new to the field of resilience with an opportunity to learn from experts in the field (mentors) in a virtual small group setting. Group size will be limited in order to allow for maximum interaction.
Workshop Schedule:
Manuel Laboy, NovaForge Consulting Partners LLC
(Former Executive Director of the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency in Puerto Rico and as the Governor's Authorized Representative from 2021 to 2024)
Friday, May 30: 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Allyssa Zebrowski, Southeast Regional Preparedness Coordinator, NOAA Disaster Preparedness Program
Friday, June 6: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Hilary Lohmann, Coastal Resilience Coordinator, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Division of Coastal Zone Management
Friday, June 20: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Brian Byfield, Resilience Planner, State of North Carolina
Friday, July 11: 12:00 pm -1:00 pm
Meagan Jones, Coastal Resilience Specialist, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Thursday, July 31: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Image: Coral Reef in Tres Palmas, PR, NOAA
New Report from Restore America’s Estuaries: JOBS AND DOLLARS: Big Returns from Coastal Habitat Restoration
This report highlights how coastal habitat restoration fuels the US economy. Specifically, the report details how coastal habitat restoration creates jobs, saves money through storm damage mitigation, and brings in revenue through outdoor recreation opportunities. The report includes case studies, statistics, and other data that illustrates the economic benefits of coastal habitats.
Study from the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR): Hybrid coral reef restoration can be a cost-effective nature-based solution to provide protection to vulnerable coastal populations | Science Advances
This study demonstrates how coral reef restoration in Florida and Puerto Rico has the potential to save thousands of lives and millions of dollars. Children, the elderly, minorities, and people living below the poverty line would benefit the most from coral reef restoration in these regions. The study shows that restoring 20% of the region’s reefs would provide economic benefits outweighing the costs of restoration.
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SCDRP is an incubator network housed under the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Association (SECOORA). SECOORA is one of eleven Regional Associations in NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Federal funding cuts recently proposed by the Executive Branch would eliminate next year's budget for IOOS. The work of SCDRP is financially sustained by SECOORA with federal funds through the IOOS Program; eliminating the IOOS program will disable SECOORA's ability to fund SCDRP.
Learn more about the proposed cuts and you can help here.
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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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See Below for Job Opportunities, Upcoming Webinars/Events, Funding Opportunities, and Helpful Resources!
| | Job Opportunities, Internships, and Fellowships | | |
Marine Patrol Administrative Specialist, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (Closing 5/23)
New Hanover County, NC
$37,782.00 - $41,777.00 Annually
Environmental Compliance Authority (ECA), Savannah River National Laboratory
Aiken, SC (Closing 5/26)
Critical Area Permitting Project Manager, South Carolina Bureau of Coastal Management (Closing 5/26)
Charleston, SC
$55,651.00 - $86,321.00 per year
Environmental Planner, Martin County Board of County Commissioners (Closing 5/26)
Stuart, FL
$62,176.87 - $102,591.84 Annually
Communications Manager, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) (Apply by 5/30)
Remote
$86,000 per year
OPS Government Operations Consultant III (Disaster Response Project Coordinator), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (Closing 6/08)
Tallahassee, FL
$25.00-$40.00 per hour
Resilience Programs Manager, City of Miami (Closing 6/13)
Miami, FL
$81,013.50 Annually
Disaster Recovery Circuit Rider, South Carolina Rural Water Association
South Carolina
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Indigenous Right Relations Director, The Nature Conservancy (Resume review begins 6/13)
Job ID 56638
Remote
$118,000 - $177,000 per year
Faith & Food Coordinator, The Conservation Fund
Chapel Hill, NC
$52,000 - $60,000 per year
Project Manager - Green Stormwater Infrastructure, McAdams
Charlotte, NC
Internships, Fellowships, and Early Career
Compliance Engineer I or II, St. Johns River Water Management District
Engineer I - $ $60,112.00 - $75,129.60
Engineer II - $64,313.60 - $80,392.00
Apopka, FL, US
Part Time Planner, City of Raleigh (Closing 5/27)
Raleigh, NC
$25.00/hour
Reef Renewal USA Internship (Closing 6/23)
Fall Internship– September 9th through December 19th, 2025
Florida Keys
$900/month living stipend
Watershed Outreach Coordinator, Asheville GreenWorks
Asheville, NC
$48,200 per year
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State Economic and Infrastructure Development (SEID) Grant Program, Southeast Crescent Regional Commission
This grant cycle will fund projects that revitalize and transform communities, spurring economic development in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Eligible projects include public infrastructure projects categorized as basic public, telecommunications and transportation, and projects to support basic health care, access to affordable housing, business and workforce development, resource conservation and preservation, tourism and recreation.
Pre-Application Deadline: May 27, 2025
Full Application Release Date: June 20, 2025
Full Application Deadline:: July 18, 2025
TD Charitable Foundation Regional Grants
Founded in 2002, the TD Charitable Foundation endeavors to be a responsible corporate citizen through its mission to support, respect and improve the quality of life in the diverse communities we serve. We primarily fund programs aligned to one or more of the four drivers of our corporate citizenship platform, the TD Ready Commitment, with special consideration given to those that benefit historically underserved communities and low-to-moderate income people.
Drivers of the TD Ready Commitment:
- Financial Security
- Vibrant Planet
- Connected Communities
- Better Health
Next Application Deadlines: May 30, 2025 and August 1, 2025
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program | The Spencer Foundation
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rapid response bridge grant opportunity for impacted scholars. This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF. While it is impossible for private philanthropy to close the gap left by federal funders, we can provide modest grants to mitigate some of the impact on scholars, projects, and project teams. These $25,000 grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected data or writing, thoughtful project closure with community partners, or preparing grant proposals to continue the research. To be eligible for these grants, scholars must: (1) be working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and (2) have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF. Where possible, we will prioritize early-career scholars.
Full Proposal Deadline: May 30 and June 13, 2025
Open Ocean Research Grants Program
This research grant program aims to enhance ocean governance by publicly sharing data on human activity at sea to grow our community of practice and expand and improve Global Fishing Watch datasets. The Open Ocean Research Grant Program seeks to strengthen this network of research partners and maximize the impact of these datasets by inviting global researchers to improve core technologies and apply them to ocean governance research.
The Open Ocean Research Grants Program offers up to $10,000 for individuals, including graduate students and researchers establishing themselves in their fields, ideally collaborating with civil society and/or government agencies. Institutions like small laboratories and organizations with teams of two to five people with a clearly identified team leader can receive up to $20,000 for projects using Global Fishing Watch data.
Closing June 17, 2025
Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program | NC Commerce
Local governments in North Carolina located in areas impacted by Hurricane Helene can apply for grants from the new Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (SmBIZ), a $55 million dollar fund designed to rebuild the damaged infrastructure that small businesses rely on to operate and thrive.
Timeline: there will be a continuously open grant window, with first awards announced June 30, 2025.
Closing Soon:
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Upcoming events:
GCOOS Spring Members' Meeting
May 28, 2025, 3 pm - 6 pm ET, Virtual
Symposium on Tropical Cyclone Risk in a Changing Climate
May 31- June 4, 2025, Clearwater, FL
Capitol Hill Oceans Week 2025 | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
June 2-5, 2025, Washington, DC
2025 Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice
June 3, 2025, Virtual
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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.
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.
Scholars for Conservation Leadership Program - Land Trust Alliance
This professional development program offers a range of opportunities for rising college seniors to:
Learn about career tracks and career development directly from practitioners who represent a wide spectrum of professional roles and institutions in this sector.
Pair with mentors from the land conservation community who can offer advice and assistance to students as they navigate the Scholars Program and beyond.
Participate in Rally: The National Land Conservation Conference, the largest gathering of conservation practitioners in the country, including workshops, seminars, trainings and networking events.
Build community with a cohort of other students from across the country interested in exploring a career in this sector.
Qualify to apply for a paid, year-long fellowship (post-graduation) with a land conservation organization to gain on-the-job experience at a critical time in their academic and early career.
Applications close June 6.
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.
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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