Research Week: October 15-19

Agriculture and Climate Change Thursday, October 18th @ 2pm-3:15pm The effect of climate change on agriculture offers a host of opportunities for interdisciplinary research. Use this matchmaking session to meet other researchers and build collaborative relationships that will enhance your research, inspire creativity, and promote innovative projects. Presenters will prepare a short 5-minute/3 slides talk […]

Call for Abstracts: 12th Washington Hydrogeology Sympopium

Submission Deadline is midnight, Monday, September 24, 2018 View the Call for Abstracts and access the online Submission Form. We hope you have marked your calendar for the 12th Washington Hydrogeology Symposium scheduled for April 9-11, 2019. We are pleased to bring this important conference back to the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Washington. Keynote Speakers […]

Data Carpentry Workshop

Data Carpentry (https://datacarpentry.org/) workshops introduce the computational skills needed for effective data management and analysis. Instructors guide participants through the data lifecycle, with hands-on exercises on topics from data cleaning and organization in spreadsheets to data analysis and visualization with R or Python. Workshops assume no prior computational experience and provide a user-friendly and fun […]

Dear Colleague Letter: Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity

NSF will consider supplemental funding requests that enable PIs to request up to six months of additional support for graduate students with the following goals: 1. To provide graduate students with the opportunity to augment their research assistantships with non-academic research internship activities and training opportunities that will complement their academic research training; 2. To […]

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Start preparing your application NOW Check your eligibility here Application Deadlines: October 22, 2018: Life Sciences, Geosciences October 23, 2018: Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Engineering, Materials Research October 25, 2018: Psychology, Social Sciences, STEM Education and Learning October 26, 2018: Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy

Call for Presentation Proposals: National Urban Extension Conference

Washington State University and the National Urban Extension Leaders are pleased to jointly announce a call for proposals for the National Urban Extension Conference on “Innovation in the City: A Land Grant University Experience,” which will be held in Seattle, Washington, May 20-23, 2019. Proposals may be for presentations, workshops, posters, and panels for the […]

4th Annual Free the Snake Flotilla

Please consider joining hundreds of people from around the Pacific Northwest for the 4th Annual Free the Snake Flotilla on September 7 – 8, 2018 in Clarkston, WA. Register here. The two-day event will feature music, guest speakers, camping and, of course, a float on the water to promote the return of a free-flowing river […]

Program Manager, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

The PICS Program Manager: supports the overall implementation of the PICS strategic plan (www.pics.uvic.ca); is responsible for PICS on-campus presence at the University of Victoria including organizing events, maintaining a program of student and faculty engagement, participating in local outreach and climate change solution implementation activities; developing advanced knowledge in their subject matter domain; developing […]

Researcher in Residence, Built Environment

This is a three-year, non-renewable full-time contract position with a focus on the built environment. The Institute currently supports a multi-year, multi-institutional project on this subject. The incumbent will be expected to support this work as well as other projects and extend their reach into the non-academic community. This is the first of three positions […]