Seattle City Light is looking to partner with researchers to apply to a funding opportunity, Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) | NSF – U.S. National Science Foundation, by April 7. City Light has electricity generation infrastructure and transmission lines throughout Skagit, Whatcom, and Pend Oreille counties that we’re looking to protect from wildland fires. The NSD call fits within City Light’s planning for hazard work. Please reach out to tarney.sheldon@seattle.gov if interested in collaborating.
Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) Networks (FIRE-NET) projects, Focus Area 3 of the NSF call, will build new collaborative teams to synthesize aspects of wildland fire science and develop strategies for tackling key gaps. These networks will advance wildland fire research, or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training, and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic, and international boundaries. Exchanging knowledge and information across and among different groups is encouraged. Projects will provide opportunities to foster new collaborations, including those with international partners where appropriate, and will address interdisciplinary knowledge and data exchange focused on wildland fire research and education.
Successful FIRE-NET conference proposals are encouraged to include but are not limited to the following types of activities:
- Leveraging existing and developing data resources to support the development of new wildland fire-related research directions and educational activities;
- Employing novel networking strategies and collaborative training technologies to enhance coordination among a variety of fields and knowledge holders;
- Developing community standards for data and meta- data use and management in wildland fire research;
- Developing mechanisms to share information and ideas, such as bringing together disparate data sources including Earth observation data;
- Advancing wildland fire-related science and education through communication, data analysis, ideas sharing, novel collaborations, and workforce development.
Particular areas of interest for FIRE-NETs include developing partnerships among groups that are not currently working together that might include multiple sectors, such as scientists from various disciplines, government representatives, resource managers, operational organizations, and community members. Small to large scale conference proposals that bring together different parts of the community to build a highly-functioning team are encouraged
Join the Ohio Population Consortium on March 25 at 8 AM PT for a webinar on “The Relational Context of Fertility Goals.” Register for Zoom link. Most children are born into two parent families, and romantic relationships are likely the most proximal determinants of fertility goals. Yet relatively little research is focused on the relationship context of fertility goals. A major issue is that most demographic studies are restricted to measures of relationship status and do not consider more refined measures of the relationship quality and dynamics. Further, many studies highlighting relationship indicators are based solely on heterosexual couples. Speakers in this webinar will reflect on what we know about how relationship qualities and partners form fertility goals. They will also discuss how demographic research can be expanded to consider how intimate relationships are related to fertility goals. For more information, see the Ohio Population Consortium website.
Presenters
Nicole Hiekel, Research Group Leader, “Gender Inequalities and Fertility,” Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Alina Pelikh, Senior Research Fellow in Demography and Deputy Research Director, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College, London, England
Wendy Manning, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider the future of birthright citizenship – a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – new research is shedding light on what is at stake should the Administration succeed in eliminating this long-established protection.
The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) invites you to join us for a webinar on Wednesday, March 25 from 10 – 11 AM PT / 1 – 2 PM ET exploring new findings from the forthcoming study “Multi-Trillion Dollar and Multi-Million Worker Contributions: An Economic Accounting of Birthright Citizenship.” The study will be available on the CMS website two days prior to the webinar.
During this timely discussion, the study’s authors, legal experts, and economists will examine the economic contributions of birthright citizenship beneficiaries and discuss the legal questions now before the Supreme Court.
- Date: Thursday, March 26,2026 (register by March 24)
- Time: 10-11:30 am Pacific Time
- Location: Online via Zoom
- Registration – Working with Industry – Registrants will receive a reminder email with Zoom details prior to the session.
UW faculty and staff are invited to register for Working With Industry, an information session designed for researchers to learn more about support and resources available at UW to help them engage with industry partners. The session is hosted by the Office of Research, CoMotion, and Corporate and Foundation Relations, and features presenters from Corporate Relations, CoMotion, the Office of Sponsored Programs, and the Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Policy and Practice. Registration is open only to current UW faculty and staff.
Topics covered:
- Key units, roles, and resources that assist industry research collaboration
- How companies approach partnerships
- Types of research-related agreements
- Terms and conditions to understand
- Navigating the agreement process
Hosts:
Presenters:
- Mark Cabrales, Senior Director for Corporate Relations
- Meredith Reynolds, Licensing Specialist, CoMotion & OSP
- Hogan Ricks, Senior Contract Specialist, OSP
- Nate Sniadecki, Professor Mechanical Engineering, Chair, Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Policy and Practice
MDPI has launched a new journal Populations. They have just reached their one year milestone. You can read about their first year here. Here is some information about publishing with them: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/populations