Graduate Student Assistant - Campus Sustainability Fund Coordinator

Graduate Student job opportunity - Campus Sustainability Fund Coordinator

Please share this exciting job opportunity for with your departments and students. Additional information about the Campus Sustainability Fund can be found at http://csf.washington.edu

Our Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Office has an excellent opportunity for a 50%, Graduate Student Assistant to fill its Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) Coordinator position.

The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) Coordinator is responsible for the prudent management of the CSF Student Activities Fee budget allocation. This individual will be the primary support for the CSF Committee and will manage proposal requests from UW students, faculty and staff. The Coordinator will be responsible for maintaining the CSF website to manage and track fund proposals, report on projects and update information about the CSF to campus groups. The CSF Coordinator will have responsibility of managing multiple CSF budgets and creating financial reports. The Coordinator will be responsible for researching matching grant opportunities for the CSF and for raising visibility for the Campus Sustainability Fund with campus groups, and if appropriate, other UW leadership teams and committees.

The Coordinator will be a team player, with excellent collaboration skills and ability to communicate effectively with students, faculty and staff. Other important characteristics possessed by the CSF Coordinator include: strong project management skills; attention to detail; ability to prioritize; flexibility and resilience; creative problem solving skills; ability to gain consensus; ability to manage sensitive situations; superior verbal and written communication skills; and proficient and comfortable presenting to small and large groups of people.

To apply please visit the UW Hires website and search for requisition # 74493 http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/
Or you may also apply at Husky Jobs searching for job # 55090: http://careers.washington.edu/HuskyJobs

Applications must be received no later than Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
The appointment for this position will be August 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 with an optional reappointment of one year pending review by the committee.


Aubrey Batchelor
Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability University of Washington
B040 Gerberding Hall, Box 351248
Seattle, WA 98195
206-616-9471
http://green.washington.edu

RAs and TAs at UW-Friday Harbor

We'd like to invite you to apply to be TA for a course or RA for a research apprenticeship at UW-Friday Harbor Laboratories in Autumn 2010. We are seeking TAs or RAs for the following courses and research apprenticeships:

AUTUMN 2010
Pelagic Ecosystem Function research apprenticeship
Marine Biology Quarter

To learn more about these courses & apprenticeships:

http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentClasslist2010.html
http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentApprentice2010.html

Center for Environment and Population Fellowships

Population, Climate Change and Environment Fellowships, Center for Environment and Population

The Center for Environment and Population (CEP), with four leading US and global institutes, announces the appointment of the 2010 CEP Fellowships on Population, Climate Change and the Environment. This is the first of a new, ongoing series of Fellowships to - a) advance the science, science-policy-advocacy links, and real-world science application, and; b) build a much needed cadre of outstanding new young leaders, scientists, activists, spokespersons and policymakers worldwide - on "Population and Climate Change" and other key population-environmental linkages, for example, with water, forests, biodiversity, habitat and land use.

To launch the program, this year CEP is partnering with:

* National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
* Green Belt Movement, Nairobi, Kenya
* The Nature Conservancy, Washington, DC
* Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado

During 2010 Fellows will undertake cutting-edge research and/or analysis and reporting of key population, climate change and environmental issues to strategically advance the science and make progress on the science-policy-advocacy links in order to move the issues forward. They will:

* Do research and/or analysis and reporting to both strengthen the science and help integrate it into US and international policy and advocacy
* Help determine how the science is linked and can enhance women-centered approaches to climate change, and girls/women's empowerment, education and reproductive health issues
* Become part of CEP's long-term, ongoing mentoring project to create and facilitate new young leadership and "influentials" on the issues in science, policy, and advocacy

Reports on the fellows research/analysis will be published in late 2010 and be part of CEP and partner institutes' activities associated with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) and United Nation's Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) in Fall 2010. Following are summaries of the 2010 CEP Fellowships:

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): work with Dr Brian O'Neill and his NCAR research team to help develop a global, multi-regional population/household projection model as the demographic portion of an integrated assessment model used for carrying out research on issues related to climate change. This will include projections of future greenhouse gas emissions and the response of the climate system. A continuing focus of this work is on understanding the effects on emissions of various demographic factors, including aging, urbanization, and population growth/decline.

Green Belt Movement (GBM): work with the GBM in Nairobi, Kenya to determine the links and potential opportunities between "girls education, women/girls empowerment, reproductive health, and family planning", and the GBM's traditional approach to conservation and development.

The Nature Conservancy (TNC): work with TNC's International Water Policy program to determine how population and gender issues are associated with water policy and climate change and water issues, and their MDG links.

Institute of Behavioral Sciences (IBS), University of Colorado: work with Dr Lori Hunter and her research team on both internal country level (Mexico) and international population migration patterns relating to environmental change. A focus on gender, vulnerability, and adaptation will shed light on the potential migratory implications of climate change.

For more information go to www.cepnet.org or email vmarkham@cepnet.org.

Mazamas Research Grant Funding

Request for Proposals

The Mazamas, a 3,000 member Oregon mountaineering organization headquartered in Portland OR, is soliciting research grant proposals from scientists and their graduate students. Our organization supports research projects in keeping with the purposes of the Mazamas, including the investigation of geologic features, biotic communities, and human endeavors pertaining to mountains, forests, rivers, and lakes.

The Committee evaluates each proposal and awards grants to selected applicants in the spring of each year. Grants range from $500 to as much as $3,500 from a total amount available this year of approximately $11,500. The Publications Committee may edit and publish the final report of each grantee’s research in the Mazamas Annual Journal.

The Research Committee must receive grant applications by the deadlines listed on the web link below (late Jan or early Feb 2010, depending on the type of grant).

To see our grant application procedure and for additional information, please see this link:

http://www.mazamas.org/your/adventure/starts-here/research-grants

This link will also show you the grants we have awarded in the past several years.

For more information, please contact the Mazamas Research Committee:

Email: mazama.research@mazamas.org
Web: www.mazamas.org

Mazamas Research Committee
527 SE 43rd Avenue
Portland OR 97215
Phone: 503 227 2345