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MSU Tenure Track Positions

MSU Funding Opportunities for Students

Graduate Research Assistantship
Constructing and Evaluating a Knowledge Management System for a Natural Resource Management Organization
Department of Forestry and The Usability and Accessibility Center

Position is currently open (posted 10/16/07)

Ph.D. Research Assistantship
Human Dimensions of Wildlife Health Management
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Positions are currently open (posted 10/03/2007)

Graduate Student Assistants
The Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
MSU, East Lansing, MI

Positions are currently open (posted 07/11/2006)

Graduate Student Assistants
The Skunkworks Lab
MSU, East Lansing, MI

Applications will be reviewed as they are received

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MSU Post-doctoral Fellowships

Animals & Society Institute Summer Fellowship Program
Michigan State University

Application deadline: January 31, 2008

Post-doctoral Fellowships
The Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University

Position is currently open (posted 07/11/2006)

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MSU Funding Opportunities

MSU'S Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project (SMEP)
Closing Date: Continuous

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Employment and Fellowships

Director of Sustainability - The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Applications being reviewed currently (posted December 5, 2007)

Research Assistant Professor, Joint Position Between the Public Lands Institute and the Department of Recreation and Sport Management - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Applications being reviewed currently (posted December 5, 2007)

eNews Coordinator - National Wildlife Federation
Applications being reviewed currently (posted December 5, 2007)

Two tenure-track faculty positions - Colorado School of Mines
Applications being reviewed currently (posted December 5, 2007)

Post-doctoral position: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Modeling and Ecosystem Services - U.S. Envrionmental Protection Agency
Applications being reviewed currently (posted December 5, 2007)

Post-doctoral position: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Science, Demography, and Ecosystem Services - U.S. Envrionmental Protection Agency
Applications being reviewed currently (posted December 5, 2007)

Visiting Fellowships for Scholars in Inida Working on Environment, Water or Urban Issues
Applications being reviewed currently (posted November 26, 2007)

Senior Policy Analyst, Climate Change - The Brookings Institute
Applications being reviewed currently (posted November 4, 2007)

Public Policy Associate - American Institute of Biological Sciences
Applications being reviewed currently (posted November 4, 2007)

Climate and Energy Program Director - German Marshall Fund
Applications being reviewed currently (posted October 13, 2007)

Director of Sustainability & Multi-disciplinary Research - The University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Applications being reviewed currently (posted October 13, 2007)

Faculty Director for the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences -The University of Colorado, Boulder
Applications being reviewed currently (posted October 13, 2007)

Program Officer, Safeguarding Habitat - Turner Foundation, Inc.
Applications being reviewed currently (posted October 13, 2007)

Coastal Management Specialist - Perot Systems Government Services (PSGS)
Applications being reviewed currently (posted September 16, 2007)

Managing Director, Ocean's Enterprise Program - Environmental Defense
Applications being reviewed currently (posted September 16, 2007)

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology - University of Oregon
Applications begin being reviewed September 24, 2007

Endowed Chairs and Faculity Positions in Sustainability - Michigan Technological University
Applications being reviewed currently (posted September 27, 2007)

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences - Samford University
Applications begin being reviewed November 1, 2007

Kamchatka Field Associate - Pacific Environmental
Application deadline: December 5, 2008

Assistant or Associate Professor; Climate, Society, and Environmental Change - Rutgers
Application deadline: December 5, 2007

Director, Communications and Public Information (D-1) - United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi
Application deadline: December 8, 2007

Editor-in-Chief - National Association of Environmental Professionals, Environmental Practice Office
Application deadline: December 10, 2007

Managing Editor - National Association of Environmental Professionals, Environmental Practice Office
Application deadline: December 10, 2007

Assistant Professor, Landscape Ecology - University of Illinois at Chicago
Application deadline: December 15, 2007

Senior Academic Officer - United Nations University
Application deadline: December 15, 2007

Assistant Professor of Science - Southern New Hampshire University
Application deadline: December 20, 2007

Science and Technology Policy Fellowships - AAAS
Application deadline: December 20, 2007

Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Climate Sciences - The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Unviersity of Vermont
Applications beging being reviewed December 21, 2007

Director, Communications and Public Information (D-2) - United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi
Application deadline: December 22, 2007

Professor/Associate Professor in Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Center Director - University of North Florida
Applications begin being reviewed January 2008

Postdoctoral Recruitment - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Application deadline: January 14, 2008

Research in Ecological Synthesis - National Centers for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Application deadline: January 14, 2008

Tenure Track Assistant or Associate Professor, Environmental Studies - The King's University College, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Application deadline: January 15, 2008

Visiting Assistant Faculty Position - Colby-Sawyer College
Application deadline: January 15, 2008

Assistant Professor, Forest Resource Policy - Virginia Tech
Applications begin being reviewed Januaary 31, 2008

Open Rank Position in Environmental Studies - Williams College
Application deadline: January 31, 2008

Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Multicultural Fellowship - University of Vermont
Application deadline: February 1, 2008

Switzer Environmental Fellowships
Application deadline: February 1, 2008

Alcoa Foundation's Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program
Application deadline: February 14, 2008

National Academies Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
Application deadlines: March 1, 2008 and June 1, 2008

Assistant Professor, Informatics for Natural Resources and Ecology - School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona
Applications begin being reviewed August 20, 2007

Project Director - The Wildlife Conservation Society Uganda
Applications being reviewed currently (posted August 20, 2007)

Project Manager - The Wildlife Conservation Society Uganda
Applications being reviewed currently (posted August 20, 2007)

Technical Specialist, Land Use Planner/Ecologest - The Wildlife Conservation Society Uganda
Applications being reviewed currently (posted August 20, 2007)

Associate Program Officer - Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Divions on Earth & Life Studies
Applications being reviewed currently (posted August 19, 2007)

Program Officer, Conservation and Science Program - The David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Applications being reviewed currently (posted August 19, 2007)

Communtity Liaison - The Wildlife Conservation Society
Applications being reviewed currently (posted August 19, 2007)

Interdisciplinary Research Coordinator - The Wildlife Conservation Society
Applications being reviewed currently (posted August 19, 2007)

Senior Program Officer - World Wildlife Fund
Applications being reviewed currently (posted August 19, 2007)

Senior Program Officer - Natural Capital Project, World Wildlife Federation
Applications begin being reviewed August 6, 2007

Association/Senior Association, Institutions and Governance Program - World Resources Institute
Applications being reviewed currently (posted July 17, 2007)

Director of Federal Lands Program - Defenders of Wildlife
Applications being reviewed currently (posted July 17, 2007)

Managing Director, Environment and Social Assessment - The Millenium Challenge Corporation
Applications being reviewed currently (posted July 17, 2007)

Multiple positions open with ENVIRON International Corporation
Applications being reviewed currently (posted July 17, 2007)

Natural Resource Management & Community Development in West Africa - ARD Inc.
Applications being reviewed currently (posted July 17, 2007)

Position for PhD with experience related to global warming, climate science, energy use, and water use - National Wildlife Federation
Applications being reviewed currently (posted February 2, 2007)

Research concerning human-environment interactions - The Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Applications being reviewed currently (posted February 14, 2007)

Scientific Staff Positions: Ecologist and Environmental/Resource Economist - Woods Hole Research Center
Applications being reviewed currently, interview process begins in early May, 2007
(posted March 8, 2007)

Jobs Related to the Social Sciences Working Group - Society for Conservation Biology
Multiple listings

Residential Fellows Program - Stanford
Application deadline: June 29 (annual)

International Affairs Fellowship Program - Council on Foreign Relations
Application deadline: September 19 (annual)

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Funding Opportunities for Faculty Research

Department of Agriculture

Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Progam
National Integrated Food Safety Initiative

Letter of Intent: December 7, 2007
Closing Date: January 11, 2008

Solid Waste Management Grant
Closing Date: December 31 (annual)

Integrated Organic Program
Closing Date: January 9, 2008

Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program
Closing Date: January 11, 2008

International Science and Education Grants Program
Closing Date: January 17, 2008

Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy: A Joint Research Solicitation
Closing Date: January 23, 2008

Higher Education Challenge Grant
Closing Date: February 1 (annual)

Rangeland Reserach
Closing Date: July 9 (annual)

International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups
Closing Date: December 4, 2008

National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program
Closing Date: Variable

New Investigator Awards
Closing Date: Variable

Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education
Closing Date: Variable

Department of Defense

National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) and Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI) - Navy
Closing Date: December 11, 2007

Advanced Distributed Sensor Technologies
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Applications of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Advanced Laser Techniques
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Atmospheric Effects, Analysis, and Prediction
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Chemical, Biochemical, and Physical Sensing Materials, Trasducers, and Sensor Systems
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy - Naval Research Lab
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Monitoring Nuclear Waste in the Arctic
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Oceanography
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Research in Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Strategic Envrionmental Research and Develoment Program
Closing Date: January 8, 2008

Broad Agency Announcement - Funding for Conferences, Symposia, and Numerous Research Areas
Closing Date: Continuous

Bioeffects - Navy
Closing Date: Continuous

Cognition and Decision
Closing Date: Continuous

Environmental and Tactical Support Systems - Navy
Closing Date: Continuous

Modeling and Simulation/Analysis tools for Infrastructure Applications
Closing Date: Continuous

Pollution Prevention
Closing Date: Continuous

Reduced Footprint Technologies for Forward Facilities Early Entry and Sustainment
Closing Date: Continuous

Remote Sensors and Imaging
Closing Date: Continuous

Rendering and Display of Terrain and Environment
Closing Date: Continuous

Spatial Data Mining and Spatial Analysis
Closing Date: Continuous

Water Detection and Drilling
Closing Date: Continuous

Department of Energy

Hydrogen Education Development
Closing Date: December 12, 2007

Abrupt Climate Change Modeling: Climate Change Prediction Program
Pre-application due November 5, 2007
Application due December 17, 2007

Solar America Initiative Market Transformation: Solar America Cities 2008
Closing Date: January 10, 2008

Novel Fuel Cell for Coal-Based Systems
Closing Date: January 15, 2008

International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups
Closing Date: December 4, 2008

Clean Coal Power Initiative
Closing Date: Continuous

Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health

Exploratory Investigations in Food Allergy
Closing Date: Letter of intent due November 9, 2007; Full proposal due December 10

Public Health Conference Support Program - Center for Disease Control
Closing Date: December 10, 2007 and March 3, 2008

Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award
Closing Date: December 11, 2007

Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings
Closing Date: December 12, 2007; April 12, 2008; August 12, 2008

Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research
Closing Date: Not yet posted; opens January 2008

Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program
Closing Date: January and September (annual)

Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Environmental Health Sciences
Closing Date: January 11 (annual)

Pharmacogenetics of Flouride
Closing Date: January 15, 2008; May 15, 2008; January 15, 2008

New Methodolgies for Natural Products Chemistry
Closing Date: January 23, 2008

NIAID Science Education Awards (R25)
Closing Date: January 25, 2008; May 25, 2008; and September 25, 2008

Bioengineering Research Grants
February 1, 2008

Bioengineering Research Partnerships
Closing Date: February 5, 2008

Innovations in Biomedical Comupational Science and Technology
Closing Date: February 5, June 5, and October 5 2008

Lung Response to Inhaled Highly Toxic Chemicals
Closing Date: February 5, 2007

Metals in Medicine
Closing Date: February 5, 2008

Psychopharmacology of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products
Closing Date: February 5, 2008 and June 5, 2008

Research Project Grants
Closing Date: February 5, 2008

Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Grants
Closing Date: February 22, 2008

Bioengineering Nanotechnology: Trans-NIH Consortium
Closing Date: April 5, 2008 and August 5, 2008

Superfund Basic Research and Training Program
Closing Date: April 16, 2008

Community Participation in Research on Hazardous Waste Facilities
Closing Date: May 17, 2008

Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children
Closing Date: June 16, 2008

International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups
Closing Date: December 4, 2008

Behavioral and Social Research on Disasters and Health
Closing Date: Multiple deadlines

Department of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service

Applied Science Program Cooperative Agreements Related to Coal Mining & Reclamation
Closing Date: January 2, 2008

Canada Standard Grants Program for Bird Habitat Conservation
Closing Date: January 2 (annual)

Conservation Programs for Asian Elephants, African Elephants, Great Apes, Rhinoceroses, and Tigers
Closing Date: April 1 and November 1 (annual)

Wildlife Without Borders - Latin America and the Caribbean
Closing Date: April 15 and October 15 (annual)

Coastal Programs
Closing Date: September 30 (annual)

Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Program
Closing Date: November 15 (annual)

Neotropical Migratory Bird Grants
Closing Date: November 15 (annual)

Midwest Region Challenge Cost Share Grants
Closing Date: November 16 (annual)

North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Small Grants
Closing Date: November 30 (annual)

Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge System
Closing Date: December 18 (annual)

Southeast Endangered Species
Closing Date: Continous

Earthwatch Institute

Grants for Renewable and Alternative Energy Research and Teaching
Closing Date: Continuous

Grants for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Teaching
Closing Date: Continuous

Environmental Protection Agency

Enhancing Ecosystem Services from Agricultural Lands: Developing Tools for Quantification and Decision Support
Opens: December 2007

Source Reduction - Electronics Standards Development Grant Programs
Closing Date: December 5, 2007

5th Annual P3 Awards: People, Prosperity, and Planet
Closing Date: December 20 (annual)

Environmental Education Grants
Closing Date: December 20, 2007

Implementation of the Compliance/Prevention Underground Storage Tank Program and the Cleanup of Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program
Closing Date; December 21, 2007

Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality
Opens: January 2008

National Smart Growth Conference Request for Proposals
Closing Date: January 11, 2008

Request for Proposals from Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 319
Closing Date: January 15, 2008

Health Effects of Near-Roadway Exposures to Air Pollution
Closing Date: January 15, 2008

Investigation of the Associations Between Air Pollution and Health Using Alternative Estimates of Human Exposure
Closing Date: January 30, 2008

Exposure Assessment: Research for Understanding and Assessing Human Exposure in Longitudinal Studies
Opens: March 2008

Global Change and Impact on Allergic Disease
Opens: March 2008

Adapting to Global Change: Air Quality
Opens: April 2008

Pollution Prevention Grants Program
Closing Date: April 2 (annual)

Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
Closing Date: April 9 (annual)

Dynamic Air Quality Management
Opens: June 2008

Research for Outcomes and Accountability: Development of Novel Environmental Health Outcome Indicators
Opens: June 2008

Community-Based Cumulative Risk Assessment Research
Opens: September 2008

Near Roadway Air Pollution
Opens: October 2007

Water Infrastructure Systems for Water Quality and Drinking Water
Opens: November 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ROSES 2007: Terrestrial Hydrology
Letter of Intent: November 14, 2007 (optional)
Closing Date: January 15, 2008

National Science Foundation

Funding Opportunities in the Environmental Sciences

Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
Closing Date: December 6 and January 17 (annual)

Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Closing Date: Preliminary proposal due December 10, 2007

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
Closing Date: December 12, 2007

Ecology of Infectious Disease
Closing Date: December 12 (annual)

Center for Research at the Interface of the Mathematical and Biological Sciences
Closing Date: Pre-proposal due December 24, 2007

Planetary Biodiversity Inventories
Closing Date: January 2008

Research on Gender in Science and Engineering
Closing Date: Preliminary proposal due January 5 or February 5 (annual)

Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Closing Date: January 8 and November 18 (annual)

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
Letter of Intent: January 4, 2008
Closing Date: March 28, 2008

Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering
Closing Date: January 8, 2008

U.S. GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics: Pan-Regional Synthesis
Closing Date: January 8, 2008

Ecological Biology
Closing Date: January 9, 2008

Ecosystem Science
Closing Date: January 9, 2008

Long Term Research in Environmental Biology
Closing Date: January 9, 2008 and July 9, 2008

Opportunities for Promoting Understanding Through Synthesis
Closing Date: January 9, 2008 and July 9, 2008

Population and Evolutionary Processes Cluster Grants
Closing Date: January 9, 2008

Revisionary Syntheses in Systematics (REVSYS)
Closing Date: January 9, 2008

Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Cluster Grants
Closing Date: January 9, 2008

Synthesizing Research Projects in Environmental Biology
Closing Date: January 9, 2008

Atmospheric Sciences Mid-Size Infrastructure Opportunity
Closing Date: January 11, 2008

Cellular Systems Cluster
Closing Date: January 12, 2008 and July 12, 2008

Genes and Genome Systems Cluster
Closing Date: January 12, 2008 and July 12, 2008

Research Initiative Grants and Career Advancment Awards to Broaden Participation in Biology
Closing Date: January 14 (annual)

Pan-America Advanced Studies Institute Program
Closing Date: January 15 (annual)

RIDGE 2000: Geology/Biology of Mid-Ocean Ridge System
Closing Date: January 15 (annual)

Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry
Closing Date: January 16 and July 16 (annual)

Geomophology and Land Use Dynamics
Closing Date: January 16 and July 16 (annual)

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology
Closing Date: January 16, 2008 and July 16, 2008

Economics
Closing Date: January 18, 2007

Major Research Instrumentation Program
Closing Date: January 24 (annual)
Letter of intent for large awards

Discovery Research K-12
Closing Date: January 28 (annual)

Science and Society Program
Closing Date: February 1 and August 1 (annual)

Innovation and Organizational Change
Closing Date: February 2 (annual)

Science of Learning Centers
Closing Date: February 4, 2008

Dynamical Systems
Closing Date: February 15, 2008

GeoEnvironmental Engineering and GeoHazards Mitigation
Closing Date: February 15, 2008

Infrastructure Management
Closing Date: February 15, 2008

Infrastructure Materials Applications and Structural Mechanics
Closing Date: February 15, 2008

Information Technology and Infrastructure Systems (includes water infrastructure)
Closing Date: February 15 and October 15 (annually)

Marine Geology and Geophysics
Closing Date: February 15, 2008 and August 15, 2008

Material Design and Surface Engineering
Closing Date: February 15, 2008

Ocean Drilling
Closing Date: February 15, 2008

Oceanography
Closing Date: February 15, 2008 and August 15, 2008

International Research Experiences for Students
Closing Date: February 15 and September 15 (annual)

Human and Social Dynamics
Closing Date: February 19, 2008

International Planning Visits & Workshops
Closing Date: February 20; May 20; September 20 (annual)

Biochemical Engineering: Diverse Topics Including Food Safety
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Biomedical Engineering
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Biophotonics, Advanced Imaging, and Sensing for Human Health
Closing Date: March 1, 2008 and September 15, 2007

Biotechnology

Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Chemical and Biological Separations
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Combustion, Fire and Plasma Systems
Closing Date: March 1and September 15 (annual)

Energy for Sustainability
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Environmental Engineering
Closing Date: March 1and September 15 (annual)

Environmental Sustainability
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Environmental Technology
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Particulate and Multiphase Processes: Emphasis on Environmental Applications
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Thermal Transport Processes
Closing Date: March 1 and September 15 (annual)

Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
Closing Date: March 5 (annual)

Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
Closing Date: May 10 (annual)

Hydrology Sciences
Closing Date: June 1 and December 1 (annual)

Petrology and Geochemistry
Closing Date: June 1 and December 1 (annual)

Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences
Closing Date: June 25 (annual)

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
Closing Date: June 29, 2007 (semi-annual)

Modeling of Continental Margins - MARGINS program
Closing Date: July 1 (annual)

Living Stock Collections
Closing Date: July 4 (annual)

Research Experiences for Teachers in Engineering
Closing Date: July 6 and November 19 (annual)

Biological Databases and Informatics
Closing Date: July 9 (annual)

EarthScope
Closing Date: July 16 (annual)

Science and Society Program - Impacts of Biology on Society
Closing Date: August 1 (annual)

Instrument Development for Biological Research
Closing Date: August 29 and September 12 (annual)

Informal Science Education
Closing Date: September 14 (annual)

International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups
Closing Date: December 4, 2008

Archaeology and Archeometry
Closing Date: Multiple deadlines

Research Experiences for Teachers in Biology
Closing Date: Rolling deadline

International Polar Year — Additional Funding Opportunities at NSF
Closing Date: Variable

Other

Michigan Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant - Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps)
Closing Date: December 5, 2007

Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Closing Date: December 5 and October 3 (annual)

WAM/Glassen Educational Grant Program - Wildflower Association of Michigan
Closing Date: December 10, 2007

Materials from Renewable Resources for Apparel Applications - Dow
Closing Date: December 14, 2008

Venture Grant - Michigan State University Center for Water Sciences
Closing Date: December 15, 2007 and April 1, 2008

National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agrements Program - U.S. Geological Survey
Closing Date: December 18, 2007

Brownfield Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) - Department of Housing and Urban Development
Closing Date: December 24, 2007

Cooperative Institute: Earth System Modeling for Climate Applications - NOAA
Closing Date: December 24, 2007

Brownfield Economic Development Initiative (BEDI)
Closing Date: December 28, 2007

Script Competition for Plays About Science and Technology - Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystem Institute
Closing Date: December 31, 2007

Research and Dissertation Grants Program - American Education Research Association
Closing Date: January, February, August (annual)

Next Generation Design Competition - Metropolis Magazine
Closing Date: January 4, 2008

Research Residencies - University of Minnesota
Closing Date: January 3, 2008

Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program - Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Closing Date: January 11, 2008

Bellagio Study and Conference Center - Rockefeller Foundation
Closing Date: January 15 (annual)

Working Groups and Graduate Seminars - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Closing Date: January 15 and July 16 (annual)

America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Planning Grants - National Endowment for the Humanities
Closing Date: January 23, 2008

America's Media Makers Production Grants - National Endowment for the Humanities
Closing Date: January 23, 2008

Research and Experimentation Grants in Art, Science, and Technology - Daniel Langlois Foundation
Closing Date: January 31 (annual)

Domestic Policy Research - Searle Freedom Trust
Closing Date: February 1 and September 15 (annual)

Small grants for diverse research and conservation projects - Raptor Research Foundation
Closing Date: February 1 and October 1 (annual)

American Seed Research Foundation
Closing Date: February 2, 2008

Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research - American Philosophical Society
Closing Date: February 15 (annual)

PADI Grants - PADI Foundation
Closing Date: February 15 (annual)

Research Grants - National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
Closing Date: February 15 (annual)

Complex Systems - The James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Research Awards
Closing Date: March 12 (annual)

Research Grants - Fats and Proteins Research Foundation
Closing Date: March 15 and September 15 (annual)

Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Closing Date: March 28 (annual)

Intersection of Biological and Cultural Diversty - The Christensen Fund
Closing Date: March 31 and August 31 (annual)

Fish and Wildlife Conservation General Matching Grants Program - National Fish and Wildlife Program
Closing Date: April 1, 2008

Floriculture Research Grants - The Gloeckner Foundation
Closing Date: April 1 (annual)

Research Fellowships in Planning and Development - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Closing Date: April 1 (annual)

Climate Research Network for New Ph.D. Graduates - DISCCRS
Closing Date: April 30, 2008

Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences - Dreyfus Foundation
Closing Date: Preliminary proposal June 7, Full proposal November 15 (annual)

Domestic Public Policy Research Fellowship Program - Smith Richardson Foundation
Closing Date: June 29 (annual)

Ocean Fund for ocean research and awareness - Royal Caribbean Cruises
Closing Date: June 30 (annual)

Residential Fellows Program - Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences - Stanford University
Closing Date: June 30 (annual)

Science for Peace Programme -NATO
Closing Date: July 1 and November 1 (annual)

Kushlan Research Award in Ciconiiform Biology and Conservation - Waterbird Society
Closing Date: July 15 (annual)

Searle Scholars Program - Kinship Foundation
Closing Date: August 24 (annual)

Research Grants - Fitch Foundation
Closing Date: September 14 (annual)

Army Research Office Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Scientific Research
Closing Date: September 30, 2011

Franklin Research Grants - American Philosophical Society
Closing Date: October 1 and December 1 (annual)

Summer Stipends - National Endowment for the Humanities
Closing Date: October 2 (annual)

Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars - American Council of Learned Societies
Closing Date: October 3 (annual)

(U.S.-Egypt) Grants to Support International, Collaborative Projects in Science and Technology - Department of State
Closing Date: October 22 (annual)

Sustainable Vision Grants: Faculty partner with communities and entrepreneurs to implement socially-beneficial technology
Closing Date: October 27 (annual)

Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship Program - AT&T
Closing Date: October 30 (annual)

Research Grants: Health of Animals - Morris Animal Foundation
Closing Date: November 1 (annual)

Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wllcome Fund
Closing Date: November 1 (annual)

Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences - Pew Charitable Trust
Closing Date: November 1 (annual)

Lemelson-MIT Prize and Award for Sustainability - Lemelson Foundation
Closing Date: November 2 (annual)

American Research in the Humanities in China - American Council of Learned Societies
Closing Date: November 14 (annual)

Cooperative Research Grants: United States-Isreal Binational Science Foundation
Closing Date: November 15 (annual)

Wildlife Research and Habitat Conservation - SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
Closing Date: December 1 (annual)

A. Richard Newton Breatkthrough Research Award - Microsoft
Closing Date: December 3 (annual)

Course and Program Development Grants - Lemelson Foundation/National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Allicance
Closing Date: December 3 (annual)

Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program - National Council for Science and the Environment
Closing Date: December 3 (annual)

Integrating Transportation and Resource Planning to Develop Ecosystem Based Infrastructure Projects - Department of Transportation
Closing Date: To be determined

Canada Exchanges - Government of Canada
Closing Date: Continuous

Conservation and Sustainable Development - MacAurther Foundation
Closing Date: Continuous

Environment Program Grants - Nathan Cummings Foundation
Closing Date: Continuous

Environment Program - Mott Foundation
Closing Date: Continuous

Great Lakes Protection Fund
Closing Date: Continuous

Microbial aspects of the indoor environment; marine life; bioterrorism; public understanding of science (and scientists' understanding of the public) - Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Closing Date: Continuous

Middle East Desalination Research Centre
Closing Date: Continuous

National Geographic Society Offers Grants for Scientific Field Research
Closing Date: Continuous

Plant Ecosystem Ecology: Junior Faculty Grants - Mellon Foundation
Closing Date: Continuous

Short-Term Fellowship - Human Frontier Science Program Organization
Closing Date: Continuous

Small Grants for Nature Conservation in Host Research Communities
Closing Date: Continuous

Small Research Grants for African Global Change Scientists - START/PACOM
Closing Date: Continuous

Sustainable Development Program - Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Closing Date: Continuous

Health Effects of Air Pollution
Closing Date: Variable

Rockefeller Foundation
Closing Date: Variable

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Opportunities for Post-doctoral Studies & Research

Multiple listings compiled by ESPP
Environmental Post-doctoral Opportunities (126 KB, PDF)
Updated 9/5/2007

Fiessinger Scholarships
Closing Date: July 1 (annual)

Postdoctoral Associates Program
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (various venues)

Application deadline: Continuous

Postgraduate Research at NCEAR
National Center for Environmental Assessment, Cincinnati, Ohio

Application deadline: Continuous

U.S. Ashoka Fellows
Applications will be reviewed as they are received

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Funding Opportunities for Graduate Studies & Research

Multiple listings compiled by ESPP
Funding Opportunities for Environmental Graduate Studies (131 KB, PDF)
Updated 9/5/2007

Student Environmental Management for the U.S. Army Environmental Center
U.S. Department of Defense (various venues)

Application deadline: Continuous

National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) Paid Internships
Washington, D.C.

Application deadline: Continuous

U.S. Ashoka Fellows
Applications will be reviewed as they are received

Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
Program Closing Dates:
        Winter - November 1
        Summer - March 1
        Fall - June 1

Graduate Fellowship in Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Application deadline: Every January

Early Doctoral Student Research Program
Housing and Urban Development

Closing Date: May 2 (annual)

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Funding Opportunities for Undergraduate Studies and Research

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program - Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York
Application deadline: February 15, 2008

Mellon Environmental Research Initiative
Lewis and Clark College

Student Environmental Management Participation for the U.S. Army Environmental Center - U.S. DOD
Application deadline: Continuous

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Other Opportunities

NECSI Summer School
Courses in Complex Physical, Biological and Social Systems and Modeling, Networks, and Evolution of Complex Systems

Currently accepting applications

Piedmont Environmental Council Summer Fellowship Program
Currently accepting applications

Aldo Leopold Leadership Program
The purpose of the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program is to encourage and support efforts by academic environmental scientists to become more engaged and
effective in communicating with non-scientific audiences.

Meet Michigan
Closing Date: Continuous

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