Category: Conservation

Organization: Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment 

Award amount: up to $40,000

Deadline: 9/18/2020

Description: The Foundation is accepting applications to its Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund, which supports community-based efforts to mitigate past pollution runoff and protect or improve the water quality of Puget Sound. The foundation is particularly interested in proposals that benefit water quality in the following areas: the waters of central Puget Sound, especially Elliott Bay; the Duwamish River watershed, with a preference for projects that relate to the intersection of water quality and human health, including aerial deposition of pollutants in the Duwamish River watershed and associated food chains; Commencement Bay in the Tacoma area; and the waters of South Sound, especially Budd Inlet. Limited funds are also available for projects focused on the eastern shore of Puget Sound, from Mt. Vernon to the Canadian border, including the eastern part of the Salish Sea.

Examples of projects eligible for funding include but are not limited to water-quality monitoring and testing; innovative low-impact development or green infrastructure projects intended to reduce stormwater pollution or other water-quality impacts; water quality-related policy development and associated public outreach; public education and environmental education (especially if the project also includes an element that mobilizes community members and/or students around specific actions to protect water quality); shoreline or riparian restoration and other hands-on stewardship activities; and public access in underserved and urbanized areas, which traditionally have had disproportionally less area dedicated to parks and open spaces.

Eligibility:

applicants must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, have a fiscal sponsor with such status, or be a governmental or tribal entity. If an applicant’s small neighborhood-based organization has a compelling project, the foundation may be willing to act as a fiscal sponsor for the proposal.

Link to complete RFP

Stanford PRISM is a recruitment opportunity for late stage graduate students from diverse backgrounds to explore postdoctoral training at Stanford. *The application deadline for our 6th cohort is September 15th.*

*Stanford PRISM*
PRISM (Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Science and Medicine) is an opportunity for select late-stage graduate students from broadly diverse backgrounds to explore postdoctoral training at Stanford, including interviewing with potential mentors, getting the inside scoop on postdoctoral training at Stanford from current postdocs, and accessing professional development to score the best postdoc for them. The purpose of this program is to encourage those who might not currently consider a postdoctoral position at Stanford to get a first-hand look at whether Stanford might be a good fit for them. Our goal is to match excellent trainees to excellent mentors at Stanford.

This opportunity is open to all. We especially encourage those from backgrounds underrepresented in academia to apply, including but not limited to: African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Pacific
Islanders, Filipinos, those with disabilities, first generation college-goers, those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, and those underrepresented on the basis of gender identity or expression or sexual orientation. Applications consist of an application form, a CV, a research statement, a recommendation from your graduate advisor, and the names of up to 6 potential mentors at Stanford.

For more information or to apply, go to http://postdocs.stanford.edu/PRISM
*PRISM Fall 2020 dates: October 7-10, 2020 (virtual events)*
*Deadline: September 15, 2020*