Applications now open!
2024 LTER Graduate Writing Fellows

Now selecting our 2024 cohort of LTER Graduate Writing Fellows. See more info and apply here >>

Applications close November 31, 2024.

2024 LTER Network Photo Competition: Voting Underway

LTER sites go head to head in this year’s LTER Photo Competition. Round 1 of voting is now open—go support your site!

Vote here>>

Featured Events

LTER Climate and Culture Survey
November 13 | Community Call

In this community call we’ll review the results of the LTER climate and culture survey and think about how to enhance a culture of inclusion in LTER research and education.  REGISTER NOW.

Deadline to complete survey: Nov. 10.

ESA Events

Two ESA events this month are particularly relevant to LTER Sites:

Ecology Careers Outside of Academia [November 7, December 5]

Building a Vocabulary for Learning in Science Communication That Foregrounds Indigenous Perspectives and Stewardship [November 6]

DEIA Resource of the month is brought to you by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Contact Committee chairs Nameer Baker (nameerbaker@gmail.com) or Mariah Patton (mtpatton@unm.edu) for additional information.

Beyond Land Acknowledgment: A Guide

This guide is the product of an event put on by the Native Governance Center featuring several prominent thinkers in the land acknowledgement space. It highlights many important considerations when designing or revising a land acknowledgment. Check it out here>>

A changing Arctic drives a new generation of research

—by Gabriel De La Rosa

An experiment at treeline, one on the tundra, one in the Kuparuk. Each has provided researchers with valuable truths about how each Arctic system responds to change. Read more >>

Measuring Methane in 4D: Tree Fluxes at Harvard Forest

SSALTER Blog by Jon Gewirtzman

Trees are widely recognized for their role in carbon cycling, but did you know they also emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas? Read more >>

Synthesis Opportunities

—DCL: Using Long-Term Research Associated Data (ULTRA-Data)  |  open submissions

—Environmental Data Science Innovation and Inclusion Lab  | Nov. 22

Actionable Science

—Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator (R2I2) | Dec. 16, 2024

—Confronting Hazards, Impacts and Risks for a Resilient Planet (CHIRRP)

—Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP)  |  New RFP forthcoming

—CESU Funding Opportunities | Ongoing opportunities

—DCL: Catalyzing human-centered solutions through research and innovation in science, the environment and society  |  Posted March 28, 2024

Research and Career Opportunities

—The DoE Biological and Environmental Research Program holds monthly office hours on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

—Environmental Sustainability  |  Full proposals accepted any time

—NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)  |  October 17, 2024

—Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (BoCP)  |  Sept. 24, 2025

Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunities

—SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)  |  Nov. 6, 2024
—Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)  |  Nov. 7, 2024

—Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (OCE-PRF)  |  Nov. 8, 2024

Broadening Participation

—Focus on Recruiting Emerging Climate and Adaptation Scientists and Transformers  |  April 2025

—DCL: Expanding Institutional Diversity in Support of STEM Research and Education Capacity

—Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)  |  January 23, 2025

Education Opportunities

—Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR Racial Equity)  |  Oct 8, 2024

—DCL: Enhancing STEM Education, Research Capacity, and Workforce Development in Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Jurisdictions

Information Management Opportunities

—DCL: Leveraging Cyberinfrastructure for Research Data Management (RDM)

—DCL: Innovative Use of Scientific Collections (IUSC)