Great Lakes Research Consortium Newsletter
December 2008

In this newsletter:
GLRC News:

• 19th Annual GLRC Conference
• Call for student papers
• Great Lakes Goes to Albany poster competition
• Research Task Groups
• GLRC seminar series

Conferences/ Events:

• Great Lakes Urban Habitat Restoration Symposium
• Great Lakes Day in Washington events
• Great Lakes Web Resources at Your Fingertips Spring ’09 Workshop
• FL-LOWPA Conference
• GLRC annual conference
• Great Lakes Day in Albany
• IAGLR conference

Job Opportunities:

• Paid Summer Internships in Aquatic Sciences
• NYS Coastal Resources Specialist 1
• Graduate Student, Aquatic Invasive Species Ecology and Undergraduate Research Mentor

Great Lakes News:

• Report available: Information Needs for Lake Ontario: The Great Lakes Regional Research and Information Network Search Conferences.
• President-elect Obama's plan for a Healthy Environment and Great Lakes
• International Fisheries Representative Visits Great Lakes
• Fall 2008 issue of Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
• Funding and project news from Great Lakes National Program Office of USEPA

Grant Opportunities:

• EPA Lake Erie grants available
• NSF Hydrologic Science grant
• Soil and Water Conservation Society
• USGS: Water Resources Research National Competitive Grants Program
• Eastern Bird Banding Association
• North American Native Fishes Association
• Anthony A. Lapham River Conservation Fellowship at American Rivers

GLRC News:

The 19th annual Great Lakes Research Consortium Conference will be on March 13th and 14th, 2009 and will be held at SUNY ESF in Syracuse, NY. For more on the Call for Papers or to view the Conference Brochure, Visit our website for more information.

Call for Student Papers: At our annual conference this year we will have both student oral and poster presentations. Oral presentation session include topics such as limnology, Social Science including Economics, Human Dimensions, Policy and Planning; Limnology and Ecology including Fisheries, Trophic Interactions, Ecosystem Modeling; Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology; Environmental Engineering and Modeling; and a Special Section: Research on Areas of Concern. Click here to view the Call for Papers.

Great Lakes Goes to Albany!: The GLRC is hosting a poster competition for a poster session it is holding at Great Lakes Day in Albany on April 28, 2009. Successful students will receive a $100 award and up to $150 in travel support. The GLRC will also provide students with professional poster design and printing and will deliver the poster to Albany as well. Attending students will be able to meet with other Great Lakes researchers, advocates and legislators. To view the Call for Abstract Submission, click here.

GLRC Research Task Groups
These are groups of researchers with a common interest that work together to obtain funding for large multi-institutional grants. To take advantage of a number of opportunities on the horizon, the GLRC is proposing to start research tasks groups in a number of areas including:

• Develop and support an Ocean and Great Lakes Health Index.
• Harmful Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes
• Application of GIS and Remote Sensing to the Great Lakes
• Implementation of the Great Lakes Observing System
• Education and Outreach Opportunities for the Great Lakes
• Ecosystem modeling.

The GLRC will be offering small planning grants to assist in developing strong research proposals to task groups. More details are coming soon on our website at www.esf.edu/GLRC/research.  However if you are interested in joining, or proposing a research task group, please contact us at glrc@esf.edu or at 315-470-6720.

Seminar Series
We have more than 40 proposed seminars this year and almost half are scheduled. Take a look at available and scheduled seminars at www.esf.edu/glrc/SeminarPages/CurrentSem.htm
 

Great Lakes Urban Habitat Restoration Symposium
January 22-23, 2009
Partnering to restore Great Lakes urban nearshore and riverine areas.
www.glfc.org/urbanrestore/

Great Lakes Day in Washington events
Feb. 24-25, 2009
Contact: Tim Eder teder@glc.org
http://www.glc.org/greatlakesday

Great Lakes Web Resources at Your Fingertips Spring ’09 Workshop
Due to the hands-on nature of these workshops, attendance will be limited to 25 participants.
More info: mailto:hmd4@cornell.edu

The 19th Annual Great Lakes Research Consortium Conference
March 13th and 14th, 2009 at SUNY ESF in Syracuse, NY.
To register, for more on the Call for Papers or to view the Conference Brochure, Visit our website for more information.

FL-LOWPA Conference
April 9, 2008
SUNY Oswego
This conference will focus on Lake Ontario, climate change and how that affects our local water bodies, planning and policy. As details become available, or if you are interested in participating, please check the FL-LOWPA website at www.fllowpa.org

Great Lakes Day in Albany
April 28, 2009 9am-5pm
This session will be held to show our Great Lakes legislators the importance of Great Lakes work. The GLRC will also be holding a poster session at this event. For more on Great Lakes Day in Albany, visit the Environmental Advocates website. For more on our poster session, click here.

IAGLR's 52nd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research
May 18-22, 2009
Toledo, Ohio
http://www.iaglr.org/conference/
 

 Paid Summer Internships in Aquatic Sciences
June 8 – August 14, 2009
The Center for Great Lakes Studies of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences offer career development and experience in Marine and Freshwater Sciences through a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program. Students continuing college enrollment in Fall 2009, particularly with majors pertinent to aquatic sciences (e.g., chemistry, biology, physics, geology, mathematics) and interest in water are encouraged to apply.
Complete details and application materials are available at www.GLWI.UWM.EDUby following the REU Program links. The application deadline is 09March 2009, and decisions will be made in mid-April. For further information, call (414-382-1700), email (cglsreu@uwm.edu)

NYS Coastal Resources Specialist 1
The NYS Department of Civil Service has announced an examination, open to all qualified individuals, for Coastal Resources Specialist 1.  These positions exist in the New York State Department of State in Albany, NY.  The written test will be held January 10, 2009.  Applications must be submitted or postmarked by December 08, 2008.
            Please visit the Department of Civil Service website for additional information and the complete announcement:
http://www.cs.state.ny.us/examannouncements/announcements/oc/25-121.cfm
 
Graduate Student, Aquatic Invasive Species Ecology and Undergraduate Research Mentor
Two years of half-time research assistant support ($7000 plus tuition per yr) are available for a student interested in aquatic invasive species ecology and an interest in providing mentor support for minority undergraduate aquatic ecology researchers.  Position will lead to Master’s degree in aquatic biology and is available beginning Spring or Summer 2009. Students from underrepresented ethnic categories preferred, but open to all qualified candidates. Contact Dr. Chris Pennuto, Biology Department and Great Lakes Center, Buffalo State College, 716-878-4105, pennutcm@buffalostate.edu.

Great Lakes News:

Report available: Information Needs for Lake Ontario: The Great Lakes Regional Research and Information Network Search Conferences. The Lake Ontario node of the Great Lakes Regional Research and Information Network (GLRRIN) contracted with the Human Dimensions Research Unit (HDRU) at Cornell University to design and facilitate two modified search conferences to engage diverse stakeholders in the
identification of research and information needs for Lake Ontario. The principal product of the search conferences was a list of information needs to assist future decision-making about Lake Ontario. The principal questions guiding these discussions were: (1) What aspects of the likely future of Lake Ontario are uncertain? What information could help make the likely future more certain?; (2) In what cases does a mismatch between the ideal and likely futures exist? What information could help determine how to make the ideal future more likely?; and (3) In what cases does a disagreement exist about the ideal future? What additional information could be used to help resolve that disagreement? The highest priority information needs were synthesized into the following six topic areas: water, stressors, fisheries, people, information and analysis, and decision-making management. Read the whole report here.

President-elect Obama's plan for a Healthy Environment and Great Lakes
Sen.Obama has been a strong supporter of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration and co-sponsored the Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act in the 109th Congress. In September 2008, he released The Obama-Biden vision for the future of our Great Lakes
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/issues/EnvironmentFactSheet.pdf

International Fisheries Representative Visits Great Lakes
            An international fisheries representative recently visited New York’s Great Lakes region to study open water trawling techniques and vessel design. As part of an October educational visit to the U.S., Tomas Juza (at right in photo), a Ph.D. student with the Institute of Hydrobiology at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, visited the Atlantic coast and NY’s Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
            Juza visited on behalf of 14 nations: Czech Republic, Poland, France, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, Hungary, Russia, Estonia, and the Netherlands.
            Juza joined fish assessment biologists and Great Lakes commercial trawlers at an open water trawling workshop organized by Rhode Island Sea Grant in collaboration with Great Lakes and marine Sea Grant programs and the Canadian fisheries agencies.

Fall 2008 issue of Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
now available <http://www.ijc.org/rel/focus/v33i2/v33i2_en.html> with articles on the following issues:
·         New Goal for Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River
·         Lake Ontario–St. Lawrence River Regulation: How We Propose to Resolve theIssue
·         Public Outreach Key Focus of International Upper Great Lakes Study
·         A Century of Cooperation Protecting Our Shared Waters
·         Commission Begins Study for Renewal of Osoyoos Lake Orders
·         IJC Asked to Coordinate Phosphorus Reduction in Missisquoi Bay
·         International Watersheds Initiative Project Proposals Approved
·         Task Force to Standardize Transboundary Hydrographic Data and Maps
·         Air Board Studies Alaska–Yukon Air Quality Issues
·         IJC Advisory Bodies work on 2007–09 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Priorities
·         Twinning the North American and African Great Lakes

Funding and project news from Great Lakes National Program Office of USEPA
The State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 2008 was held October 22–23, 2008, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Emphasis was on "The Nearshore." In 1996, SOLEC focused on the nearshore lands and waters of the Great Lakes where biological productivity is greatest and where humans have maximum impact. In 2008, the conference concentrated on what has changed with respect to the nearshore environments since 1996.
            The conference attracted over 300 attendees in Niagara Falls and several hundred on-line viewers who accessed a live video webcast.
            Conference slides, speaker's notes and video are available for each plenary presentation. Playing the Video together with the Slides or Notes allows a more complete experience. http://epa.gov/greatlakes/solec/solec_2008/
 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes National Program Office is requesting applications for an estimated $500 thousand in funding for the following projects in approximately the amounts indicated below:
      Lake Erie Western Basin Algal Bloom Study ($100,000)
      Central and Eastern Basin Studies of nearshore/ offshore nutrient
      fluxes and interactions ($150,000)
      Lake Erie Bioavailable Phosphorus Studies ($100,000)
      Lake Erie Basin tillage and nutrient management study ($75,000)
      Lake Erie Basin On-Farm Demonstration Projects ($75,000)
- The Request for Applications is available today through a link from:
http://epa.gov/glnpo/fund/glf.html
- Applications are due February 2, 2009.  Submissions must be postmarked or received by EPA or electronically through grants.gov by midnight, CST.

Program: Hydrologic Sciences - NSF 06-545
Sponsor: NSF
Deadline: Dec 01, 2008 Jun 01, 2009
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06545/nsf06545.htm
This program focuses on the flow of water and transport processes within streams, soils, and aquifers. Particular attention is given (1) to spatial and temporal heterogeneity of fluxes and storages of water and chemicals over a wide range of scales; (2) to geolimnology; and (3) to interfaces with the landscape, microbial communities, and coastal areas. Studies may also deal with processes in aqueous geochemistry and with the physical, chemical, and biological processes within water bodies. Study of these processes requires expertise from many basic sciences and mathematics, and proposals often require joint review with related programs.

Program: Research Scholarships
Sponsor: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Deadline: February 13, 2009
URL: http://www.swcs.org/en/members_only/scholarships
Please be aware that you must be a member of the Soil and Water Conservation Society for at least 1 year to apply for these scholarships. Opportunities for scholarships are as follows:
1. Research Scholarship—made possible by Kenneth E. Grant
2. Soil Conservation Scholarship—made possible by Donald A. Williams
3. Student Leader Conservation Scholarship—made possible by Melville H. Cohee (not applicable for 2009).

Program: Water Resources Research National Competitive Grants Program
Sponsor: U. S. Geological Survey
Deadline: Mar 06, 2009
URL: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=43327
Awards are available only to Water Research Institutes or Centers established pursuant to the provisions of section 104 of the Water Resources Research At (42 USC Sec. 10303) and listed at http://water.usgs.gov/wrri/institutes.html. However, any investigator at an accredited institution of higher learning in the United States is eligible to apply for an award through a Water Research Institute or Center. (See announcement, Section V for further information)
Section 104(g) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 USC Sec. 10303(g) requires that this competitive grant program focus on: "water problems and issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those of concern to a single State and which relate to specific program priorities identified jointly by the Secretary (of the Interior) and the (water resources research) institutes." (see announcement, Section II for additional description).

Program: Research Awards
Sponsor: Eastern Bird Banding Association
Deadline: March 15
Funds Available: $1000
URL: http://www.frontiernet.net/~bpbird/eb00007.htm
The Eastern Bird Banding Association seeks applicants to apply for grant awards to be used toward research using banding techniques and/or bird banding data. Applicants should submit a resume of their banding and ornithological background, the project plan including the significance of the study site, and a budget. No formal application forms are necessary, however three copies of each application are required if you submit hard copy, (electronic submissions are preferred).

Program: Conservation Research Grant
Sponsor: North American Native Fishes Association
Deadline: 01/19/2009
URL:
http://www.nanfa.org/education/conservation/conservationflyer.pdf
The sponsor will provide an award to support research relating to the conservation of North America's indigenous fish fauna. The sponsor wishes to support research that contributes to the sustainable existence of North American native fishes, especially those that are imperiled.

Program: Anthony A. Lapham River Conservation Fellow
Sponsor: American Rivers
Deadline: February 15, 2009
Funds Available: $35,000 plus benefits*
URL:
http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AR7_LaphamFellowship&JServSessionIdr001=u2qz78r0c4.app2b
The Anthony A. Lapham River Conservation Fellowship at American Rivers (AR) provides an excellent professional development opportunity for talented post-graduates pursuing careers as leaders in environmental conservation. Recent master degree graduates will focus on an applied research project that will make a tangible contribution to AR's mission. Working with a team of professional staff, the individual will apply practical research and advocacy skills and develop a network of professional contacts in their field of expertise. The individual will be an integral part of a dynamic organization comprised of experienced conservationists and emerging leaders and will participate in a range of organizational functions including staff retreats and Board of Directors meetings.

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