 All Scientists' Meeting Registration
The registration site for the LTER All Scientists' Meeting is now live! Learn more about the conference on the conference website, or head straight over to the registration site and line up your room. We have reserved the entire Asilomar conference center from September 19-23 and can accommodate over 600 LTER participants. This makes for a meeting that is both vibrant and intimate.
The "Generations" meeting theme points to the dedication of researchers who may commit entire careers to understanding the mechanisms at work in ecosystem science. It also signifies the changes in technology, culture, and perspective that emerge over long timescales.
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The 2022 Request for Proposals for LTER Synthesis Working Groups is now open!
LTER synthesis working groups use the data produced at LTER sites (often together with data from other networks or sites) to tackle a wide variety of problems from comparative ecology to modeling to scaling.
LTER synthesis working groups organized through the LTER Network Office (LNO) fund travel for in-person meetings, as well as analytical, facilitation, logistical and communications support from the LNO team. In the 2022 competition, twe expect to award 2-4 synthesis working groups at a funding level of up to $110,000 for up to two years, plus 3 or 4 newer, short-term SPARC awards.
For more information, visit https://lternet.edu/synthesis/rfp-2022/
PROPOSALS ARE DUE OCTOBER 12, 2022 AT 5:00 P.M. PDT.
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LTER Photo Contest is underway!
Compete for prizes, highlight your site, and help generate images for our new photo sharing website. Contest period runs until August 31, and winners will be announced at the All Scientists' Meeting. Open to all LTER folks—researchers, grad students, undergrads, REU's, and more! For more information, see the contest announcement.
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ASLO Amplifying Voices Webinar Series call for speakers
ALSO seeks speakers for their Amplifying Voices Webinar Series. The webinar series is designed to promote the scientific research of Early Career Researchers (ECR) (Advanced PhD or MSc student; Postdoctoral Fellow; Early Career Faculty) from historically excluded groups in our scientific society. It provides an opportunity to showcase the great work done from our global community, promote inclusion and foster belonging.
More information available at the webinar series' home page.
The next webinar in their series is on Thursday, July 28. Be sure to check it out—and remember to register to attend!
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New PSECCO Travel Grant Program
The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) is opening the PSECCO Conference Travel Grant Program to US-based polar early career scientists and educators who are in need of funding to attend an international or domestic conference at which they intend to present polar science-related content. Travel funding grants aim to support polar early career scientists and educators with demonstrated financial need. The deadline by which to apply is August 14, 2022 at 11.59pm MT.
For more information, see the program website.
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LTER Committee Meetings and LTER-related events are available for your reference at any time on the LTER Network Calendar.
- August 1, 2022: LTER ASM Poster reservations due.
- August 9, 2022. 4-5 pm PT/ 7-8 pm ET — Communicating Your Science. REU Webinar Series. Register to attend.
- August 14-August 19, 2022: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal Canada
- August 22, 2022. 12-2 pm PT/ 3-5 pm ET — Pre-ASM Pulses Webinar. Second of a 2-part series. Registration required.
- August 24, 2022: LTER Synthesis RFP Informational Webinar (Register HERE)
- August 31, 2022: LTER Photo Contest deadline.
- September 19 (committee meetings) and September 20-23, 2022 (all participants): LTER All Scientists Meeting (in person) at Asilomar Conference Grounds.
- October 12, 2022: Deadline for LTER Network synthesis proposals
- December 12-16, 2022: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL
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DEIA Resource of the Month
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 Creating and Sustaining Safety and Community at Scientific Field Stations, Field Camps, Marine Laboratories, and Research Vessels
Going to AGU? Work at a field station that strives to be safe and inclusive? Submit an abstract to this session organized by Dr. Haley Dunleavy (ARC & BNZ) centered around creating inclusive field stations. Abstracts due August 3!
DEIA Resource of the month is brought to you by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Contact Committee chairs Nameer Baker (nameerbaker@gmail.com) or Meagan Oldfather (Meagan.Oldfather@colorado.edu) for additional information.
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NEON and LTER: A long-term partnership for ecological observation
A number of NEON sites were deliberately colocated with established LTER sites across the country. These shared spaces add value for both networks and for the research community at large. Read more >>
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It's not a trap: California MPAs lead to more lobster catches over time
Over a decade after the network's inception, researchers at the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER show that lobster spillover from Marine Protected Areas caused a 400% increase in lobster abundance just outside of the protected areas between 2008 and 2018. Read more >>
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Kristin Vanderbilt is leaving LTER to help the US Park Service build their data repository. She has servied many key roles at the Sevilleta and Florida Coastal Everglades LTERs, as well as with the Environmental Data Initiative and the ILTER. Kristin, we wish you the best and know LTER will always hold a place in your heart. Share well-wishes on her KudoBoard.
Hubbard Brook has a new website. Check it out!
The Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER released a new video highlighting their research methods—from all-terrain vehicles to ice augers, and more!
Photographer David Paul Bayles and the Andrews Forest LTER released Following Fire, a photography project documenting the forest following the Holiday Farm Fire in 2020.
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National Science Foundation
Other Media
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LTER Publications of Interest
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The 40 years of LTER-related papers are available on the LTER Network website and can now be easily searched by site, author, keyword, and publication type. The full Network bibliography is also available at the LTER Network Zotero Group Library. Follow this public group for regular updates. |
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Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunities
Research and Career Opportunities
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education Opportunities
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Ever been this excited with your friends wearing matching red suits? You must have done work on the R/V Sikuliaq...great seeing photos from the far flung corners of the network!
And we couldn't resist putting in this ad from the bird sanctuary at the Kellogg Biological Station LTER. Got a favorite quirk at your LTER site? Post about it and tag us!
Remember to tag us on Twitter at @USLTER for retweets and possible features! And be sure to follow us on Instagram @lter_community.
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LTER Network Newsletters
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