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Ocean Discovery League Newsletter | April 2023
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Ahoy hoy!
Today is World Creativity and Innovation Day, which allows us to reflect on the role creative thinking and innovation play in exploration and research. Impactful change and new solutions require different approaches to problem-solving. Our co-design work with worldwide audiences has shown us how low-cost solutions push us toward creative and unique approaches. The Ocean Solutions fund projects highlighted below are examples that could use your support!
I am also excited to highlight several new creative endeavors of our friends and colleagues, including Where the Weird Things Are, a new children's book by Zoleka Filander, and La Mer, a collaboration between Boston Ballet and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to shed light on the importance of ocean conservation.
My own creative pursuits involve crafting, and we're working on a special year-end event to highlight the creative exploits of many of our ocean exploration colleagues, so stay tuned for more!
Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Founder & President
Ocean Discovery League
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These Experiment Projects Are Looking for Support!
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We have compiled a selection of Experiment projects submitted by our community members. We encourage you to explore the projects listed below and consider supporting them to help them reach their funding goal. The Ocean Solutions Fund will partially support these projects; however, it is important to note that Experiment.com works on an all-or-nothing basis, meaning the projects will only receive the pledged funds if they hit their target.
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Well, Would You Look At That...
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FathomNet 2023 Kaggle Competition
March 23, 2023 - May 23, 2023
FathomNet has launched a Kaggle Competition to help improve machine learning models for underwater images. This is all about out-of-sample detection and could help scientists discover new animals and improve ecosystem management practices. Register Here
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DOOS Annual Meeting: Exploring Collective Solutions to Global Deep Sea Challenges
May 9 (11-3pm EST), May 10 (9-5pm EST), May 11 (11-3pm EST)
During last year's meeting, the community came together to identify focused initiatives to address global challenges in the deep sea. In this year's meeting, DOOS will be focusing on creating collective solutions to scientific and societal needs across communities and disciplines by increasing our global capacity to observe the deep sea.
Please join and contribute your ideas and priorities as the community works together to strategically align the deep ocean observing community toward collective solution-based science. Register Here
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Grant Applications: NOAA Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2024 Funding Opportunity
NOAA Ocean Exploration is soliciting proposals for ocean exploration-related projects under three themes: ocean exploration and discovery, technology, and maritime heritage.
Deadline: Pre-proposals are due by May 30, 2023, at 4.59 PM EDT
Grant Applications: Schmidt's Expressions of Interest aboard R/V Falkor (too)
SOI is soliciting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for collaborative, multidisciplinary research at any time and for any location and year identified as an area of operation for R/V Falkor (too). EOIs and full proposals are accepted on a rolling basis and are reviewed twice per year.
Deadline: Rolling
Funding: COBRA Early Career Accelerator Stipends
COBRA is continuing to accept applications for their small accelerator stipends to accelerate the training of early career participants. These funds can be used for any type of training activity, and are expected to establish direct linkages among individuals to result in a more well-connected community and the development of future COBRA researchers and leaders.
Deadline: Rolling
Job posting: Program Director (Marine Geology), NSF-OCE-MGG
The Marine Geology and Geophysics Program (MGG) within the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) in the Directorate of Geosciences (GEO) announces a nationwide search for a Program Director (Rotator) with experience and expertise in marine geology preferably focusing on igneous petrology or geochemistry, or in plate tectonics, submarine volcanology, and hydrothermal processes.
Deadline: Open until filled
For more funding and job opportunities, follow our friends at SEVENSEAS Media and sign up for their weekly opportunities newsletter.
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If you would like to support our work, please consider making a donation. Your contribution will help us sustain and grow our programs, and make a positive difference in the ocean communities that we serve!
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Photo Credits: Experiment.com, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Boston Ballet
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