Month: December 2020

The following ORISE Research Opportunities are available at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA), Pacific Ecological Systems Division (PESD). Please share these announcements with anyone in your network that may be interested in applying!

Title	EPA Coastal Acidification Vulnerability Research Opportunity
Reference Code	EPA-ORD-CPHEA-PESD-2020-05
Educational Level	Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree received within the last 60 months or anticipated to be received by 2/28/2021 11:59:00 PM.
Location(s) of the Position	Newport, OR
Level of Participation	Full-time for one year
Closing Date	Friday, 1/29/2021 3:00:00 PM Eastern Time Zone
# of Vacancies	1
Opportunity Link: https://zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-CPHEA-PESD-2020-05

Title	EPA Environmental Economist Fellowship
Reference Code	EPA-ORD-CPHEA-PESD-2020-04-A
Educational Level	Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or anticipated to be received by 12/31/2020 11:59:00 PM.
Location(s) of the Position	Corvallis, OR
Level of Participation	Full-time for one year
Closing Date	Thursday, 12/31/2020 3:00:00 PM Eastern Time Zone (to be extended until February 2021)
# of Vacancies	1
Opportunity Link: https://zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-CPHEA-PESD-2020-04-A

Register now for the virtual web-based symposium being held December 16-

The program and steering committees are excited to announce “A Community on Ecosystem Services 2021 Preview.” We would like to take this opportunity to engage with the ACES community on the vision and plans for ACES 2021; connect ACES to new communities with like interests; and highlight early career ecosystem services researchers. The program will have five sessions:

Session 1: ACES Intersections: Making Connections to Expand Our Community

Wednesday, December 16^th from 10:00am–12:00pm EST

Session 2: ACES Fellows Lightning Round I

Wednesday, December 16^th from 1:30pm–3:00pm EST

A rapid paced series of presentations on a wide variety of ecosystem services research from our ACES 2020 Student Fellows. Each speaker will provide a 7-minute presentation of their research followed by questions and answers.

Session 3: ACES 2020 Pollinator Buzz – At Home Happy Hour

Wednesday, December 16^th from 5:00pm–6:30pm EST

Dive into the hive with us for a discussion on the intersection of pollinators, conservation, ecosystem services and business. There will be supporting presentations on recent pollinator research activities and pollinator investment priorities.

Session 4: What’s Next: An ACES 2021 Preview

Thursday, December 17^th from 10:00am–11:30am EST

Please join us for a special session introduced by program co-chairs who will talk about the state of the ACES community in 2020, provide the vision for the 2021 conference, and engage the community on topics and sessions for the 2021 conference (with live polling). We welcome two expert speakers during this session who will address some of the critical themes planned for the ACES 2021 conference: “Ecosystem Services and Wellbeing: Mental Health Benefits” and “Cultural Ecosystem Services: An International Perspective.” After hearing from our speakers, there will be time for questions and discussion

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Session 5: ACES Fellows Lightning Round II

Thursday, December 17^th from 1:00pm–2:30 pm EST

A rapid paced series of presentations on a wide variety of ecosystem services research from our ACES 2020 Student Fellows. Each speaker will provide a 7-minute presentation of their research followed by questions and answers.

The webinar will conclude with a wrap up discussion from our conference co-chairs. We look forward to your participation!