[LTER-All-lter] LTER Network News | 2018 August

Tue Aug 21 17:33:03 PDT 2018

August 21, 2018

*LTER Network News is a forum for sharing news and activities from across
the LTER Network. This is our water cooler. If you have personnel changes,
new grants, cross-Network activities that might interest your LTER
colleagues, please send them along to downs at nceas.lternet.edu
<downs at nceas.lternet.edu>.*
*2018 LTER All Scientists’ Meeting: **Next Generation Synthesis: Successes
and Strategies <https://lternet.edu/lter-scientists-meeting-2018/>.
**Registration
closes Aug 30!*

   - Key Committee Meetings: Sunday September 30
   - General Meeting: October 1-October 4, 2018

Join us for an exceptional lineup of workshops
<https://2018lterallscientistsmeeting.sched.com/?iframe=no> and plenary
speakers
<https://lternet.edu/lter-scientists-meeting-2018/keynote-speakers/>, as
well as poster sessions and special evening events. Only a few registration
slots remain, so if you haven’t done so yet make sure you register
<https://book.passkey.com/event/49619060/owner/10793795/home> as soon as
possible.
*2018 ASM T-Shirt Design Competition*

We are excited to announce the LTER ASM 2018 T-Shirt Design Competition!
This competition is an opportunity for students, researchers, and anyone
else affiliated with any of the 28 LTER Network sites to showcase their
artistic ability, creativity, and communication of the conference theme
through graphic design. The T-shirt should incorporate the theme of this
year’s All Scientists’ Meeting, *Next Generation Synthesis: Successes and
Strategies*. *Submissions due August 27*. Get all the details on our website
<https://lternet.edu/stories/announcing-the-lter-asm-2018-t-shirt-design-competition/>
.
*Papers of Interest to the Network*

Advancing Theories of Ecosystem Development through Long-Term Ecological
Research <https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/68/8/554/5051780>

Ideas and Perspectives: Strengthening the Biogeosciences in Environmental
Research Networks <https://www.biogeosciences.net/15/4815/2018/>
*Around the Network*

*Sevilleta:* To discover how environmental change is affecting dryland
ecosystems, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year,
$6.4 million grant
<https://news.unm.edu/news/nsf-awards-6-4-million-grant-to-sevilleta-long-term-ecological-research-site>
in new support of the SEV-LTER site in central New Mexico under the
leadership of Jennifer Rudgers.

*Northeast U.S. Shelf*: NES-LTER co-PI Michael G. Neubert
<https://www.whoi.edu/cms/images/headshots/neubert_michael_65750jpg> is a 2018
Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
<https://www.esa.org/esa/ecological-society-of-america-announces-2018-fellows/>.
Mike is Senior Scientist in the Biology Department and Director of the
Marine Policy Center at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. NES-LTER team
completed a trip this summer to the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory
(MVCO) to deploy the Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) to continue the greater
than 12 year time series <https://ifcb-data.whoi.edu/mvco>, and completed
the R/V Endeavor Summer 2018 Transect cruise.

*Northern Gulf of Alaska*: A new four-part series
<https://news.uaf.edu/sikuliaq-expands-ways-to-study-gulf-of-alaska-ecosystems/>
published on the University of Alaska Fairbanks News and Information
website features stories from one of the newest LTER sites, highlighting
research activities undertaken during the May 2018 research expedition on
the research vessel *Sikuliaq*. Alicia Rinaldi-Schuler, a fisheries
graduate student at CFOS who volunteered for NGA LTER’s *Spring 2018 cruise*
<https://nga.lternet.edu/field-work/sikuliaq-cruise-may-2018/> aboard *R/V
Sikuliaq* <https://www.sikuliaq.alaska.edu/>, recently released a video
about her experience
<https://nga.lternet.edu/highlights/video-of-zooplankton-sampling/>.

*Beaufort Lagoon:* The new BLE-LTER site spent their first summer field
season establishing long-term study sites and taking their first
measurements of hydrology, chemistry, and microbial diversity in Alaskan
Arctic lagoons. Updates can be found on the BLE website
<https://ble.lternet.edu/> as well as on their very active Twitter account,
@ArcticLagoons.

*Konza Prairie:* John Blair, university distinguished professor of biology,
has been named the director of Kansas State University's Konza Prairie
Biological Station, while Jesse Nippert steps up to steer the Konza LTER.
Blair's appointment begins on July 16, and follows the retirement of John
Briggs, who served as the station director from 2008-2018. Also, an article
about grass response to drought, written by KNZ-LTER graduate student Emily
Wedel, was featured in Science Snapshots.

*California Current Ecosystem*: Scientists from CCE-LTER participated on
the P1706 process cruise this summer studying upwelling filaments off the
California Coast and produced a blog <http://cce.lternet.edu/blogs/201706/>
about their experience. A paper led by CCE postdoc Tristan Biard concerning
the role of single-celled phaedorians in the silica cycle is featured in EOS
<https://eos.org/research-spotlights/the-tiny-organisms-that-transport-silica-across-earths-oceans>’
June issue.

*Andrews Forest: *The Joan Truckenbrod PopUp Gallery in Corvallis, Oregon
recently displayed a new exhibit
<https://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/visual/corvallis-gallery-features-david-paul-bayles-photos-from-andrews-forest/article_a0cf75ca-1a50-5b76-bf07-e41cc064a37e.html>
of photographs from Oregon State University's Andrews Experimental Forest
taken by artist David Paul Bayles during his time as artist-in-residence at
the site. AND-LTER hosted 2018 HJA Day on June 28, highlighting the 70th
anniversary of the 1948 establishment of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
with presentations and field trips.

*Cedar Creek:* On August 15, CDR-LTER hosted the 2018 Intern Research
Symposium, with 26 interns presenting results from independent research
projects. CDR has had a busy summer full of field work, citizen science and
education activities, all described in their summer newsletter
<https://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/sites/default/files/public/downloads/summer_2018_newsletter2_0.pdf?_ga=2.191774829.636601685.1534452480-1325247476.1534452480>
.

*Florida Coastal Everglades:* Dr. Rene Price was featured in an
episode of *Inside
Higher Ed's Academic Minute*
<https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2018/07/11/salt-water-intrusion-everglades>
podcast; FCE researchers Drs. Tiffany Troxler and Ben Wilson are quoted in
an article and featured in a video published by The New Yorker (*Miami
Faces an Underwater Future*
<https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/miami-faces-an-underwater-future>,
*"Planting
Trees to Fight Flooding" video footage*
<https://video.newyorker.com/watch/planting-trees-to-fight-flooding>). FCE
Education and Outreach Coordinator Nick Oehm delivered 200 copies of the
FCE Schoolyard Book *One Night in the Everglades* to be distributed in
Broward County Public School Libraries this fall.

*Georgia Coastal Ecosystems*: The 2018 GCE LTER Schoolyard was a success
this year with 16 participants and projects including a new study in the
Cypress Swamps of the Altamaha, fish bioacoustics, and “hidden heroes” of
the salt marsh.

*Have news for "Around the Network?" Post it on your LTER website. We
gather tidbits from all the LTER websites in the week before the newsletter
comes out.*

*Upcoming NSF Funding Opportunities*
*Letter of Intent* *Full Proposal* *Program*
*Research & Synthesis*
  11/19/2018 & 08/05/2019 Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through
Synthesis (OPUS)
<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13403&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
  02/14/2019 Earth Sciences: Laboratory Technician Support (EAR/LTS)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505381&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
  1/4/2019 Prediction of and Resilience against Extreme Events (PREEVENTS)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504804&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
  11/1/2018 Dear Colleague Letter: Research Coordination Networks (RCNs)
for Driving Convergent Science in the Critical Zone
<https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18090/nsf18090.jsp?org=NSF>
*Inclusion*
12/12/2018 01/09/2019 ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement
of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
(dates differ for various sub-programs)
  04/02/2019 Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of
Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505289&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
  12/14/2018 Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5474&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
*Education, Training, and Engagement*
11/26-12/06/2018 02/06/2019 National Science Foundation Research
Traineeship (NRT) Program
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505015&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
(emphasizing NSF’s Research Big Ideas)
  08/14/2019 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
(ITEST)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5467&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
09/21/2018 11/19/2018 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into
Geoscience (IUSE: GEOPATHS)
<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505169&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
  08/01/2018 to 06/03/2019 STEM + Computing K-12 Education (STEM+C)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505006&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
  01/25/2019 Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced
Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505342&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
  1/22/2019 Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology
Education (RCN-UBE)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505495&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>
  06/03/2019 Antarctic Artists and Writers Program
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503518&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>*Open
Positions*

   - SESYNC Request for Proposals for Postdoctoral Fellows and Mentors
   <https://www.sesync.org/news/mon-2018-08-06-0915/request-for-proposals-postdoctoral-fellows-and-mentors>:
   The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), located in
   Annapolis, Maryland, invites applications from early career scholars (≤ 4
   years post PhD) for two-year postdoctoral fellowships that begin August
   2019.
   - Postdoctoral fellow at Niwot Ridge LTER
   <https://lternet.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-fellow-niwot-ridge-lter/>
   in data analytics
   - Business and Development Manager Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
   (HBRF)
   <https://hubbardbrook.org/articles/job-announcement-business-and-development-manager-hbrf>
   - Director, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
   <https://lternet.edu/opportunities/79820/>

*LTER Newsletters*

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issued bi-monthly, provides brief, accessible summaries of recent science
from across the Network. It is designed to inform partners, educators, and
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*LTER Network News* <https://nco.lternet.edu/news-from-the-nco/>*, issued
bi-monthly, provides regular organizational updates to all current
LTER-associated personnel.*
*From Related Organizations*

   - *The LTER data repository is now the **Environmental Data Initiative*
   <http://environmentaldatainitiative.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c258a774cbd4d34290410d1ea&id=da346b264c>*,
   serving LTER as well as a broader community of environmental biologists.
   Visit the EDI website and subscribe to the bi-monthly newsletter to stay
   up-to-date on their training webinars and in-person training opportunities.*
   - *Critical Zone Observatory Network*
   <http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=352231f5e14f7bad9721e3a45&id=330ade1465>*
   offers an occasional newsletter with articles on Network research,
   education, and meeting activities.*
   - *The **International LTER Network* <https://www.ilter.network/>*
   maintains an email list and a **twitter presence*
   <https://twitter.com/ILTER_network>*. Check out their new website and
   subscribe to their newsletter.*
   - *Sign up for **NEON’s monthly newsletter*
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   about the National Ecological Observatory Network and data collections
   rapidly coming online.*

-- 
Marty Downs
Deputy Director, LTER Network Communications Office

https://lternet.edu
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