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Special Opportunity
  • The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking a Section Head for Surface Earth Processes, the section under which the Hydrologic Sciences program sits. The closing date is May 29, 2013.

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Job Title: Section Head, Surface Earth Processes Section
Agency: National Science Foundation
Job Announcement Number: EAR-2013-0007 
 
Become a part of our mission to maintain and strengthen the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise. For over 60 years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has remained the premier Federal agency supporting basic research at the frontiers of discovery across all fields, as well as science and engineering education at all levels.
 
The Head of the Surface Earth Processes Section serves as a member of the Division leadership team and as the Directorate’s principal spokesperson in the area of Surface Earth Processes research.  The incumbent is responsible for the overall planning, management and commitment of budgeted funds for the section, which includes the following programs: EAR Education and Human Resources, Geobiology and Low Temperature Geochemistry, Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics, Hydrologic Sciences, Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology.  The Section supports both disciplinary and multidisciplinary programs.  The incumbent guides the Section in formulating and implementing its research objectives and manages its administrative, fiscal and personnel aspects.  The responsibilities of the Head of the Surface Earth Processes Section include the coordination of activities with other relevant organizations within the Foundation, other Federal agencies, community organizations and international partners. 
 
Notice of Opportunities 
  • CUAHSI Notice of opportunity for CZO Network Office services - read our Dear Colleague Letter (10/18/2012) regarding CUAHSI's willingness to serve as a subawardee to universities proposing to operate the Critical Zone Observatories National Office (CZO - NO) (National Science Foundation  solicitation 12-595 [http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5618]) 
 

NSF Funding Opportunities
 
Are you seeking funding? Here you will find announcements regarding funding opportunities that may be of interest to you and/or your university program. This is not a comprehensive list of all funding resources available but rather intended to be used as a supplemental resource in identifying potential sources.

CUAHSI can support individuals and teams in preparing proposals in a number of ways through our data services and educational and outreach activites. To learn more about these possibilities, visit CUAHSI's Proposal Resources page.
 
 
Source Title Program     Due Date URL
NSF 
Hydrologic Sciences NSF 13-531 June, 3, 2013 Program Solicitation
NSF
Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC)
NSF 13-535
Sept 10, 2013
Program Solicitation
NSF
Critical Zone Observatory National Office
(CZO-NO)
NSF 12-595
 
Sept 16, 2013
 
 

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Other Opportunities 
 
 
EPA’s Science Advisory Board Staff Office is seeking recognized experts to be considered for an SAB panel that will review the draft EPA report “Connectivity of streams and wetlands to downstream waters:  a review and synthesis of the scientific evidence.” 
 
EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) was created by Congress to provide independent reviews of scientific and technical information relevant to EPA’s mission and is authorized to provide advice to the Administrator of EPA (further information about the SAB can be found at www.epa.gov/sab). 
 
Candidates can self-nominate or may be nominated by someone else on the SAB website at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/WebSABSO/NominationExperts?OpenDocument. For this review panel, nominations are sought for recognized experts in one or more of the following disciplines: 
  • Hydrology, geology and fluvial geomorphology, with expertise in the hydrology, formation, and maintenance of large rivers, small streams, wetlands, surface-groundwater interactions, sediment transport, or hydrologic connectivity. 
  • Ecology, with expertise in stream ecology, especially stream-wetland connectivity, and wetland ecology, especially wetland ecosystem function.
  • Biology, with expertise in population dynamics, dispersal of freshwater organisms, fisheries, aquatic entomology, amphibian biology, or biological connectivity of freshwater ecosystems.
  • Water chemistry or biogeochemistry, with expertise in nutrient dynamics, or pollutant fate and transport. 
Additional information about the SAB and the panel being formed was provided in a Federal Register notice published March 8, 2013 and is available at:  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-03-08/pdf/2013-05500.pdf
 
Please contact Iris Goodman, SAB Staff Office, at goodman.iris@epa.gov , or 202-564-2164, if you have questions. 
 
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