NEOSEC Featured in Gulf of Maine Times
NEOSEC was recently featured in the March edition of the Gulf of Maine Times online publication. NEOSEC is a sponsor of the Times, which provides News and information on the Gulf of Maine from the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. If you missed the piece, you can find it online, here. You can also sign up to receive the Gulf of Maine Times.
MIT Sea Grant Announces Ocean Science Summer Internships
MIT Sea Grant is now accepting applications for the Summer 2012 Ocean Science Internship!
Applications due: April 13, 2012
Program Dates: July 2nd – July 27th, 2012
Open to: High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Stipend: $800
About the Internship
Over the course of a four-week program, interns will work collaboratively to investigate the intertidal zone in the Boston Harbor Islands. The student work is part of an ongoing ecological assessment and non-native species monitoring effort conducted by MIT Sea Grant in collaboration with the Boston Harbor Islands National Parks Service.
Students will gain valuable hands-on experience in the field of marine ecology. Interns may also have the opportunity to work with engineers, biologists and/or policy experts who design, build and utilize autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).
Who Should Apply
Successful applicants will:
To Apply
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Complete the application form and return that form to
Rachel VanCott, MIT Sea Grant College Program
77 Mass Ave., Bldg. E38-300
Cambridge, MA 02139 - Have a member of the science faculty at your high school, or a teacher that you’ve worked closely with, send a letter of recommendation, in a signed, sealed envelope.
- Have one official copy of your transcript sent to Rachel VanCott, at the address above.
Or, by email, to seagrant-ed@mit.edu
All application materials must be postmarked or emailed by April 13, 2012.
Contact Rachel Vancott with any questions at vancott@mit.edu
Encyclopedia of Life Education Innovation Challenge
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is pleased to announce the EOL Education Innovation Challenge, an international competition to foster development of educational software tools, services, or games using EOL content. The challenge is to use EOL content and services to create an engaging and educational application that will promote global learning activities focused on discovering and understanding the living world.
The competition will award funding to the most scalable and innovative applications. Target audiences can include the general public, citizen scientists and learners of all ages in both formal and informal settings. The platform can be the web and/or mobile devices.
The Challenge is a two-stage process. In Stage 1, applicants submit a product idea that includes an overview of the concept. Applicants who are selected to continue to Stage 2 will be asked to submit a development plan and budget required to complete a working product. One or more prizes will be awarded to successful Stage 2 proposals.
The prize total is $50,000 USD, which may be divided among one or more successful applicants. In addition to the cash award, the winners’ work will be promoted and distributed by EOL.
For more information about deadlines, guidelines and eligibility, please visit the EOL Innovation Challenge page.
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) operates as an ongoing collaboration of individuals and organizations who share the vision to provide global access to knowledge about life on Earth. EOL is supported by founding sponsors the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Additional support comes from EOL member institutions and donations from around the world.
Three camps join NEOSEC’s Summer Science in New England program
This summer, teens in twelve camps around New England will conduct citizen science along the rocky shore, contributing their findings to an international ocean research database. Through the program, marine scientists partner with camp staff to train campers in the Census of Marine Life’s NaGISA protocol, a means for estimating intertidal biodiversity. New to the project this year are summer programs at The Ocean Explorium at New Bedford (MA) Seaport, UMaine Machias’ Downeast Institute, and Girls Inc. of Lynn (MA). For a full list of partners and details about the NOAA-funded project, visit our website.
Call for 2012 Gulf of Maine Council Awards Nominations
Do you know a group or individual who has worked professionally or selflessly volunteered to improve the Gulf of Maine? A volunteer who has devoted his or her life to natural resource and environmental issues in the Gulf? A very special coastal management professional who works in the Gulf of Maine? A member of the industry that has gone above and beyond requirements to be a good Gulf citizen? A community or a group within a community that exemplifies a sustainable environment and economy?
The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment is calling for nominations for its annual Visionary, Longard, Susan Snow-Cotter Leadership, Industry, and Sustainable Communities Awards.
- One group and one individual—paid professionals or volunteers are eligible—in each province and state will be selected to receive a Visionary Award.
- One Longard Award will be selected to honor a lifetime of achievement in his or her volunteer work.
- One individual will be selected for the Susan Snow-Cotter Award to recognize a coastal management professional who exemplifies outstanding leadership or exceptional mentoring in the Gulf of Maine watershed.
- One Industry will be selected to receive the Award.
- New this year: one group or a group within a community will be selected for the new Sustainable Communities Award.
The deadline to nominate a group or individual for an award is April 30, 2012. Please send Michele Tremblay at info@gulfofmaine.org your completed Visionary, Longard, Susan Snow-Cotter, Industry, and Sustainable Communities Awards forms, which can be found at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/new-site/opportunities/.
Further information on the awards as well as a list of past award recipients are posted here.
