SESYNC FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: THEMATIC PURSUITS
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
(SESYNC) is a new national research center
supported by the National Science Foundation
through a grant to the University of
Maryland. SESYNC funds the worlds leading
social scientists, natural scientists, and
humanities scholars to travel to the Annapolis
facility and work intensively in small
trans-disciplinary groups to advance fundamental
research on socio-environmental
problems. Computational science is also supported by the center.
SESYNC invites applications to support synthesis
research projects (Pursuits) under the
following new <http://www.sesync.org/programs/research-themes>Themes:
Theme 2 Globalization and Environmental Change:
SESYNC seeks proposals for activities that will
illuminate linkages between globalization and
natural resources or environmental change at any
scale. Globalization here refers to increased
economic and social interaction among peoples via
trade, migration and employment, or via new forms of communication.
For more information:
<http://www.sesync.org/new-globalization-and-environmental-change>http://www.sesync.org/new-globalization-and-environmental-change
Theme 3 Informing Sustainability & Adaptation
Decisions through Assessment and Modeling of
Ecosystem Services: SESYNC seeks proposals for
activities related to data, modeling and methods
that will improve our capacity to observe
ecosystem services. This includes measures of
social processes and outcomes, and biophysical outcomes.
For more information:
<http://www.sesync.org/new-informing-sustainability-and-adaptation-decisions-through-assessment-and-modeling-ecosystem>http://www.sesync.org/new-informing-sustainability-and-adaptation-decisions-through-assessment-and-modeling-ecosystem
Applications are due no later than 5:00pm EST on
May 31, 2012. Details and application guidelines
can be found <http://www.sesync.org/node/181>here.
