Upcoming Events and Funding opportunities
Eventos proximos y Oportunidades de finaciamiento

In July NSF and the U.S. Agency for International Development launched the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program (http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121003&org=NSF&from=news).

The National Academies has been contracted by USAID to administer PEER, and has just put program details on their website: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/dsc/peer/index.htm.

PEER is a competitive grants program that will allow developing country scientists to apply for funds to support research and capacity building activities in partnership with their NSF-funded U.S. collaborators. Areas targeted for support include:

The deadline for developing country partner PIs to submit proposals to the National Academies is coming up soon - November 30, 2011. COLSED

• March 2011- EDF Mexico ofrece la oportunidad de trabajo  en dos posisciones de su  oficna en La Paz Mexico/ Mexico is offering two job opportunities at his office at Mexico (La Paz):

  1) Consultoría para un Facilitador Alto Golfo de California /Cansultan and FAcilitator for the Upper Gulf of California

  2) Desarrollo de Negocios Sustentables / Sustainable Business Developer 

• Post-doctoral position available at the University of Arizona: A position as a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Geosciences is available, starting February 1, 2009.  The availability of this position is still contingent on University approval. CLOSED

The successful candidate will be associated with the Research Coordination Network for the Colorado River Delta. More details here. Contact person: Karl Flessa:  kflessa@email.arizona.edu

• David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowships Smith Postdoctoral Fellows will be awarded 2 years of support for applied research in the broad field of conservation biology (including biological and social sciences) conducted in the U.S. DEADLINE: September 26, 2008. More information here CLOSED

• Post-doc available: USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program Opportunity (#16). Seasonal Moisture Source Variability for the Colorado River Basin during the Late Holocene from Lake and Marine Sediment Archives. Research Advisor(s): Lesleigh Anderson, (303) 236-1296, land@usgs.gov; John Barron, (650) 329-4971, jbarron@usgs.gov

  More information at:  http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/2010/opps/opp16.html

• Center for Ocean Solutions Early Career Fellowship seeks one or more recent graduates who have received a JD, MBA or PhD in the natural, physical or social sciences in the last five years, to collaborate with researchers and experts on one or more interdisciplinary projects focused on elevating the impact of the social, physical and natural sciences on ocean policy. Application due on July 14. Details here CLOSED

• The RCN-CRD has available travel scholarships for professional meetings to report on the results of research on the Colorado River delta and Exchange Visit Fellowships for collaborative research to prepare research proposals, work on joint projects, or run preliminary analyses of samples related to the Colorado River delta. Details here ACTIVE