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C-DEBI Newsletter – May 15, 2020

C-DEBI Newsletter – May 15, 2020
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Meetings & Activities

C-DEBI: Nominations open for the 2020 Networked Speaker Series
C-DEBI seeks nominations for three speakers for the 2020 program. C-DEBI is continuing the Networked Speaker Series (begun in Fall 2011) as a means to enhance communication and the exchange of ideas among our spatially distributed community. Potential speakers can be nominated by colleagues, mentors, or those mentored by C-DEBI participants; they can also self nominate. Selected C-DEBI Networked Speakers will make a presentation online, using video conferencing tools, with assistance from the C-DEBI main office at USC. Nominated C-DEBI Networked Speakers should be capable of combining compelling visual materials with the ability to communicate effectively to a broad audience. We are particularly enthusiastic about giving young researchers a chance to present work to the C-DEBI community. Being selected to be a C-DEBI Networked Speaker is an honor.

AGU: Nominate Your Peers for 2020 Honors
Nominations are now open for 2020 AGU honors, including the Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize. Extended Deadline: June 1, 2020.

UNOLS: Science of the Abyss Virtual Workshops – NEW!
The final phase of the Alvin submersible overhaul has just begun. When completed, HOV Alvin will join ROV Jason as the only US research submersibles capable of diving to 6500 m. You are invited to join the team that will identify and describe the critical scientific objectives for abyssal research and the technological requirements to achieve them. The Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) of UNOLS is organizing a series of three online, open workshops (on June 16, June 30, and July 7, 2020) to provide a forum for community input. Prior to the workshops, participants can watch pre-recorded presentations by subject matter experts, so that the 2-hour workshops focus on small-group discussion. The results of the discussions will be used to develop a manuscript describing abyssal science objectives and a white-paper outlining key tasks for a 6500-meter Alvin Science Verification Cruise. Please pre-register to participate in the workshops.

IODP-USSSP: Volunteer for a Board, Committee or Panel – NEW!
For 2020, the U.S. Science Support Program in association with IODP is seeking new U.S.-based members for the U.S. Advisory Committee for Scientific Drilling (USAC) and the Science Evaluation Panel (SEP), as well as one senior U.S.-based scientist to serve on the JOIDES Resolution Facility Board (JRFB). All new members will serve three-year terms, beginning in October 2020. Scientific disciplines particularly needed for SEP this year include paleoceanography / paleoclimate, hydrology, geomechanics, structural geology & tectonics, marine geology & geophysics, sedimentology / stratigraphy, and geochemistry. For USAC, USSSP seeks expertise in all scientific disciplines relevant to IODP. Candidates for the JRFB should have an extensive history of participation in scientific ocean drilling. We encourage the involvement of early and mid-career scientists on USAC and SEP, as well as those with more experience. Scientists interested in volunteering for these opportunities should apply by July 1, 2020.

ISSM 2020: Meeting postponed to November 1-6, call for poster abstracts extended
Submitting poster abstracts (oral presentation abstract submissions are now closed) has an extended deadline of July 30, 2020.

Microenergy 2020: 4th International Workshop on Microbial life under extreme energy limitation, September 7-11, 2021, Sandbjerg Manor, Denmark
Applications for admission open January 1, 2021, deadline March 15, 2021.

Serpentine Days: 5th Workshop, Sestri Levante (Genova, Italy) – UPDATED!
Considering the restrictions in mobility and in meeting organization due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Organizing Committee of the Serpentine Days 2020 meeting has postponed the meeting to the last week of September or the first week of October 2021. We will keep you posted via the website about our future decisions.

Ongoing Activities:

Undergraduate Student Spotlight

Learn more about our summer undergraduate course and meet the rest of the 2019 Global Enviromental Microbiology students.


Proposal Calls

NOAA: Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2021 Funding Opportunity – NEW!
The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) is soliciting ocean exploration proposals to support projects that provide data and information that may inform ocean-related segments of the U.S. economy through mapping, characterization, and exploration of the deep seafloor and water column of the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as well as marine cultural heritage in U.S. waters. Proposals are being requested on the following three topics: 1) OCEAN EXPLORATION: ocean exploration to inform management, sustainable use, and conservation of marine resources in poorly explored deep ocean areas of the U.S. EEZ. Areas proposed for exploration and/or initial characterization must be at a minimum water depth of 200 m or more. 2) MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY: discovery and characterization of underwater cultural heritage to inform decisions on preservation and seabed use, and to identify sources of potential environmental impacts. Marine archaeology proposals can be conducted in any water depth within the U.S. EEZ. 3) TECHNOLOGY: application of new or novel use of existing ocean technologies or innovative methods that increase the scope and efficiency of acquiring ocean exploration data and improve usability of and access to ocean exploration data. Proposed technologies must be applicable to water depths of 200 m or greater, though testing in shallower water or lab-based test facilities will be supported. Technology testing may occur outside of U.S. waters. The deadline for the pre-proposal submission is June 18, 2020. The full proposal will be due on October 22, 2020.

IODP-USSSP: Apply to Sail on Expedition 377 Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography – NEW!
The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) is now accepting applications for scientific participants on Expedition 377 Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography (ArcOP) aboard a Mission Specific Platform (MSP) provided by the ECORD Science Operator. To learn more about the scientific objectives of this expedition, life at sea, and how to apply to sail, please join us for a web-based seminar on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 8:00 AM EDT/ 1:00 PM BST. The overall goal of the Expedition 377 is the recovery of a complete stratigraphic sedimentary record on the southern Lomonosov Ridge to meet the highest priority paleoceanographic objective: the continuous long-term Cenozoic climate history of the central Arctic Ocean. Furthermore, sedimentation rates two to four times higher than those at the site of IODP Expedition 302: ACEX permit higher-resolution studies of Arctic climate change in the Pleistocene and Neogene. This goal can be achieved by careful site selection, appropriate drilling technology, and applying multi-proxy approaches to paleoceanographic, paleoclimatic, and age-model reconstructions. Opportunities exist for researchers (including graduate students) in all specialties. While other expertise may be considered, specialists in the following fields are required: sedimentology, micropaleontology, palynology, organic geochemistry, inorganic geochemistry, structural geology, paleomagnetics, microbiology, physical properties, geophysics, stratigraphic correlation, and downhole logging. The deadline to apply is June 19, 2020.

NSF: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Full proposal deadline: July 27, 2020.

UNOLS: 2020 Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Cruise Opportunities
The application deadline for the Fall 2020 Deployment Operations cruises is is August 3, 2020.

NSF: Biological Oceanography
Full proposal target dates: August 17, 2020 and February 15, 2021.

NSF: Chemical Oceanography
Full proposal target date: August 17, 2020 and February 15, 2021.

NSF: Physical Oceanography
Full proposal target date: August 17, 2020 and February 15, 2021.

NSF: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences (IUSE:GEOPAths)
Letter of Intent Due Date: November 17, 2020.

NSF: Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 6, 2021.

NSF: Antarctic Research Program Solicitation – NEW!
The Antarctic continent remains a frontier for exploration and discovery. As such, NSF investments in Antarctic Science support a broad portfolio of research across a spectrum of interlinked disciplinary areas. This research advances understanding of biota and physical systems operating in the Antarctic region and adjacent seas through field, laboratory, modeling, and theoretical work encompassing terrestrial, marine, cryospheric, atmospheric, and space settings. Research is supported across a broad spectrum of disciplinary areas in response to proposals from the scientific research community. Proposals advancing research through synthesis, data and sample re-use, modeling, and development of predictive tools are encouraged. Support is also provided for research that capitalizes on unique features of the Antarctic continent, and its atmosphere, for scientific research. Proposals Accepted Anytime.

NSF: COVID-19 Impacts
Links: NSF Coronavirus webpage, NSF Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-17, COVID-19 Information for the Geosciences Research Community.

NSF OCE: Upcoming proposals to OCE, shiptime and data proposals

Rolling Calls:

Employment

LDEO: Associate Research Scientist/Assistant Director, Education & Outreach for USSSP

U of Georgia: Assistant or Associate Professor – Biological Oceanography

WWU: Assistant Professor in Marine Molecular Biology

 

 
 
 
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Best, 
 
Matt
 
— 
Matthew Janicak
Data Manager
Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI)
University of Southern California
janicak@usc.edu
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