Ahoy!

This has been an exciting summer of Ocean Discovery League team fieldwork. From spending ten days aboard OceanXplorer supporting OceanX's fourth Young Explorers Program to test deployments in Rhode Island and Connecticut, we're making great progress toward our goals of expanding access to deep ocean exploration through both tools and training. 

During the Young Explorers Program, we trained 16 students on various ocean exploration topics, opening our eyes to how future generations will approach solving the vast issues facing our oceans. Their curiosity and passion renewed our sense of commitment to these endeavors and showed us that hope is on the horizon.

This week, 67 countries signed the historic high seas treaty at the United Nations General Assembly, taking another step towards protecting these critical ecosystems. While it still must be individually ratified by 60 nations to take full effect, it's progress, and we'll take it.

Looking forward to the fall, our team will host a series of mini-workshops with DOOS in San Diego this October to gain community insight into the needs of "Cheap and Deep" technology and kick off the co-design of our next phase of solutions. 

We are also very excited to announce that our year-end fundraiser will celebrate creativity and how it is a crucial part of innovation. The Ocean Arts & Crafts Festival and Fundraiser will be held in late November and auction the creative works of our team and supporters to raise funds for our mission-driven work. Want to donate an item you created? We'd love to connect!

Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Founder & President
Ocean Discovery League

Dr. Peter Girguis Receives 2023 Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration

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Job posting: Pacific Islands Science Advisor, NOAA Ocean Exploration
NOAA Ocean Exploration is currently seeking a Pacific Islands Science Advisor. The science advisor will support an upcoming campaign to map and explore the deepwater areas in the vicinity of the remote Pacific Islands, with a focus on areas in and around the US Exclusive Economic Zone. 
Deadline: Rolling with priority for September 25, 2023

Job posting: Science Coordinator, Ocean Exploration Trust E/V Nautilus
The Science Coordinator will provide critical science support by assisting OET’s Science Department with the planning, execution, and reporting of expeditions aboard E/V Nautilus. Primary responsibilities will include coordinating communications between OET, expedition partners, and Scientists Ashore to ensure that expeditions address the primary needs of the ocean exploration community and of our expedition sponsors. 
Deadline: October 14, 2023

Job posting: Postdoctoral positions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at UC San Diego in La Jolla, California, invites applications for one or more Institution-wide Postdoctoral positions in any of the major areas of research conducted at Scripps.
Deadline: October 30, 2023

Job posting: Electrical Engineer, WHOI
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Chemical Sensors Lab is currently searching for an Electrical Engineer to work with a cross-disciplinary team focused on developing biogeochemical sensors and instrumentation for ocean and environmental applications. Areas of interest include the ocean carbon system, coral reef health, microplastics, sea level rise, and deep ocean exploration. This is an entry to early career-level position designed to encourage the connection and application of academic training to results-oriented projects in support of scientific and research activities.
Deadline: Rolling

Funding: SOI-NGS Partnership NGS Level 1 Grant Project Aboard SOI Falkor (too)
SOI-NGS invite early-to-mid career professional from underrepresented backgrounds or from areas that SOI's Falkor (too) will be visiting in 2024 who would be interested in leading an NGS Level 1 grant project onboard in 2024 to submit a statement of interest.
Deadline: September 28, 2023 / Information webinar: September 29, 2023

Funding: Explorers Club: Discovery Expedition Grants
The Explorers Club has a new grant program to support researchers and explorers from around the world, while also providing them with a platform to illuminate their findings—and without restrictions on scientific publication or infringement on ownership of research.
Deadline: Rolling

Funding: NOAA Brennan Matching Fund Program (FY25)
NOAA’s ocean and coastal mapping programs invite non-Federal entities to partner on jointly-funded mapping projects of mutual interest under the NOAA Ocean Mapping Fund program. NOAA will match up to five selected non-Federal partners at a 70:30 NOAA to partner ratio for contract mapping projects totaling up to $1,000,000 in ocean, coastal and/or Great Lakes waters.
Deadline: October 10, 2023

Funding: Deep Dives: Ocean and Fisheries Reporting
The Pulitzer Center is seeking ambitious reporting proposals from freelance and staff journalists from around the world who wish to report on vital ocean and fisheries issues and are in need of support for their reporting projects. 
Deadline: Rolling

Research 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 identified as an area of operation for R/V Falkor (too). EOIs and full proposals are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed twice yearly.
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

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