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Monday, 10 April 2017

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Congratulations Garrett and Caytie! 

Watershed Hydrogeology Blog [2017-04-10 17:04:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info
Congratulations to the Watershed Hydrology Lab’s two first year MS students for each achieving two big accomplishments. They have both successfully defended their MS thesis proposals, putting them in a great position to be productive on their research this summer.  Also, both Caytie and Garrett were awarded Geological Society of America student

Letters, op-eds, and blogs express concern over defunding of geological survey 

Arizona Geology [2016-06-27 03:45:00]  recommend  1 recommendations  (175 visits) info

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Geologists and geology advocates are making their opinions known about Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's government consolidation decision to defund the Arizona Geological Survey as of June 30.  The AZGS duties have been handed over to the University of Arizona, which is providing partial funding for one year while the Survey is expected to become fully self supporting from grants and fees

AZGSexit moves forward 

Arizona Geology [2016-06-26 05:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (716 visits) info

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As Britain exits the European Union, the Arizona Geological Survey is exiting Arizona state government for a new future as a research and service center at the University of Arizona.  We have one year of partial transition funding to become entirely self-supporting from grants and fees for services. AZGS shut down the retail store on Thursday, emptied out the library of all remaining

Help Support the Jurassic Foundation 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2015-10-13 23:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info

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I've been wanting to do something to help out The Jurassic Foundation for a while. They are a nonprofit that supports dinosaur research worldwide by offering grants to paleontologists, many of whom are from developing countries or are early in their career. To celebrate the fifth National Fossil Day, half of all Mammoth is Mopey hardcover and ebook sales this week will be donated to them. That's $7.50 of every hardcover sale and $3.50 from every ebook sale going straight to the Jurassic [...]

USBR Selects 23 Projects Totaling $5.2 Million to Build Drought Resiliency in Nine States 

GeoPrac.net [2015-09-18 06:52:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (186 visits) info

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From the USBR Press Release:Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López has announced the selection of 23 projects to receive grants totaling $5.2 million for proactive drought planning and other efforts to build long-term drought resiliency in nine states in the West."The western United States has faced an unprecedented drought this year and will face many more water challenges in the future," Commissioner López said. "This funding will help the selected communities prepare for [...]

August 5, 2015 

Geology.com News [2015-08-05 08:10:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (186 visits) info

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Landslides Triggered by Nepal EarthquakesUnited States Geological Survey Landslide Hazard Information for the United StatesUSGS Fact Sheet on Geology.com NSF Awards Grants for Study of Nepal EarthquakeNational Science Foundation Four West Coast Universities Funded for Earthquake Early Warning SystemUniversity of Washington Oil Drillers Retreat from the Shallow U.S. Gulf of MexicoBloomberg Business Shell Begins Drilling

MS student opportunity in urban hydrology and biogeochemistry at Kent State University 

Watershed Hydrogeology Blog [2014-12-19 03:12:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (162 visits) info

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We seek a highly motivated masters student to start in June 2015 to study urban hydrology and biogeochemistry with Dr. Anne Jefferson (ajeffer9@kent.edu) in the Watershed Hydrology Lab (http://all-geo.org/jefferson) of the Geology Department at Kent State University. We have available funding for a student to study the hydrologic and biogeochemical

October 3, 2014 

Geology.com News [2014-10-03 08:10:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (107 visits) info

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Enhanced Shuttle Elevation Data NASA Malaysia Oil and Gas Report Energy Information Administration Putting the Gee-Whiz in Geology Washington Post NWT Diamond Exploration Grants Mining.com Snake Handlers Needed in the Marcellus Shale ?? PennLive.com World Wildlife Populations Halved in 40 Years BBC Statoil and Shell Awarded Shale Licenses in Algeria Oil and Gas

In Darwin's Footsteps: A Book On The Galapagos Daphne Major Finches 

Reporting on a Revolution [2014-08-12 06:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info

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Years ago I read Jonathan Weiner's excellent book The Beak Of The Finch. He describes the work of Peter and Rosemary Grant on the finches of Galapagos Islands, a place which proved to be such an inspiration for another aspiring naturalist in the 1830's. The Grants studied for decades evolution of finch populations, observing in them natural selection in action. Now they have written their

NASA Awards 2013 NIAC Phase I Grants 

The Dragon’s Tales [2013-07-21 15:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (60 visits) info
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Ayudas para investigar en el Ocean Drilling Program 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [2013-01-21 13:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (68 visits) info
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 Los micropaleontólogos conocen bien la investigación relacionada con el programa mundial de sondeos profundos en el oceano. Ha tenido diferentes nombres pero los objetivos son los mismos, investigar sobre los sedimentos del fondo marino. Se ha convocado una ayudas económicas para este programa. Os la adjuntamosThe European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) is sponsoring merit-based awards for outstanding graduate students to conduct research related to the Integrated Ocean [...]

Grants for Undergraduate Science Teacher Preparation 

Geology.com News [2013-01-17 20:43:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
The National Science Foundation is awarding grants to universities with science and math education programs. These grants can be used to fund scholarships for students enrolled in teacher preparation programs who are willing to commit to teaching four years in a high-needs school district. As an example…. one recently funded program provided over $1,000,000 to

Why did the UK government fund manure instead of apple trees? 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [2013-01-13 23:27:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
Suppose the UK government decides that the country needs more apples. It decides to give out thousands of grants to householders so they can buy and plant their own fruit trees. I receive one of those grants and go to Garden Centre A to buy my trees. They say “Sorry, we don’t sell apple trees.

New grant: Bridging the Conceptual Divide Between Theoretical and Applied Environmental Chemistry 

Watershed Hydrogeology Blog [2012-08-28 21:09:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
Along with colleagues at Kent State University, I have been awarded a DUE TUES grant from the National Science Foundation. Our project “Bridging the Conceptual Divide Between Theoretical and Applied Environmental Chemistry” focuses on developing curriculum centered on hands-on experiences with stable isotope analysis. We’ll also be developing ways to

Environmentalists debate big solar plans 

Arizona Geology [2011-04-30 05:38:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info
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Opponents of large scale solar power plants are arguing that "big environmental organizations have been co-opted by grants from solar developers intended to buy their acquiescence" and that these large operations will "worsen the environmental catastrophe they are trying to avert."'Big Solar' advocates counter that opponents are marginalized, local NIMBYs.The anti-big solar case is made in

Utah Geological Survey seeking proposals for geologic research 

Arizona Geology [2011-03-19 18:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (42 visits) info
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The Utah Geological Survey is issuing a solicitation for geologic research proposals in the area of "Characterization of Utah's Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Metals, and Industrial Minerals." They expect to award up to 8 grants, at a maximum of $25,000 per grant, for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Proposals are due May 27.A list of previous and current projects is posted on

INQUA grants for the 2nd World Landslide Forum – Session on Seismically induced landslides and seismic landslide hazard analysis 

Paleoseismicity [2011-03-03 14:10:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info
Dear Colleagues, we would like to invite you to participate to the session “Seismically induced landslides and seismic landslide hazard analysis” (conveners: Ed Harp, Hideaki Marui and Luca Guerrieri) at the Second World Landslide Forum that will be held at Continue reading

Interior Department Invites Proposals for Northeast, South Central and Pacific Climate Science Centers 

Geology News [2011-03-01 21:43:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (48 visits) info
The Department of the Interior today invited proposals on grants.gov to host DOI Climate Science Centers (CSCs) in the Northeast, South Central, and Pacific

Don’t go it alone: Making outreach work 

The Plainspoken Scientist [2011-02-28 21:20:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (34 visits) info
Broader impacts programs are an increasingly important factor in winning hyper-competitive grants. But how can scientists gain the skills they need to succeed in outreach while they are busy learning what's necessary to advance in their field? One possible answer: team up with the

No Innovation for Canada 

Ontario-geofish [2010-10-14 02:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (46 visits) info
Article Through the review, the Conservatives hope to determine why Canada lags other developed countries in terms of innovation, private-sector investment in R&D, as well as the commercialization of research. Canada continues to perform poorly in these areas, despite the fact that the federal government has invested in billions to spur innovation through tax breaks, grants and other forms
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