n°31 - February 2010

IMBER summer school // Call for applications!!
23-27 August 2010: Brest, France
ClimECO₂: Oceans, marine ecosystems, and society facing climate change - A multidisciplinary approach -

An international summer school co-organized by IMBER, IUEM,and Europôle Mer.
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2010
This five day training programme aims to provide participants with an overview of knowledge, methods, models and approaches for analyzing the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems and the consequences for society.
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New IMBER endorsed projects
LUCIFER: Lunar Cycles and Iron Fertilization
Leader: Santiago Hernández-León (Spain)
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) call for author nominations.
The IPCC is seeking experts to act as coordinating lead authors, lead authors or review editors for its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). Read more about AR5.
Suggestions for nominations can be made either through IGBP (contact owen.gaffney@igbp.kva.se) or via IPCC National Focal Points (contact IPCC-Sec@wmo.int to find out who these are).
Deadline for nominations: 12 March 2010.

NOAA climate program funding opportunities for 2010: Climate Change Data and Detection Program (CCDD), including Paleoclimatology, Global Carbon Cycle Program (GCC), Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA), Sector Applications Research Program (SARP).
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NSF program solicitation (call 10-530): Ocean acidification
Deadline for letter of intent submission: 29 March 2010
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NSF program solicitation (call 10-531): Undergraduate research and mentoring in the biological sciences (URM)
Deadline for full proposal: 26 April 2010
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Request for proposals: Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP)
The Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP) sponsors research on pelagic fisheries to improve our understanding of pelagic ecosystems, and to provide the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) with scientific information to support development of optimal management policies for fisheries for tunas and billfish in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Deadline for pre-proposal submission: 9 March 2010
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ESF Call for Outline Proposals for Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs): European Trans-Atlantic Coral Ecosystem Study (EuroTRACES).
EuroTRACES is aiming to attract the wider marine science community, including many who have not previously worked with cold-water corals, as well as experts of climate change. Scientific communities from the European Consortium of Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), and the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), might find EuroTRACES an ideal platform to cooperate with other scientific communities involved in marine science.
Deadline for submission: 26 March 2010
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Ten post-doctoral positions sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean”, Kiel, Germany.
Deadline for application: as soon as possible
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Post-doctoral position on biogeochemical modelling "Developing a mechanistic model of phytoplankton and zooplankton growth based on a global ocean biogeochemical model (PISCES)", Brest, France.
Deadline for application: as soon as possible
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Post-doctoral research assistant "Importance of prokaryotic photoheterotrophy in ecosystems of the Atlantic Ocean", Southampton, UK.
Deadline for application: 19 March 2010
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Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office, Southampton, UK.
Deadline for application: 29 March 2010
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Post-doctoral position in marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; effects of climate change and trait diversity on the functioning of eelgrass systems, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Deadline for application: 9 March 2010
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10-13 May: Edinburgh, UK
AIMES Open Science Conference 'Earth System Science 2010: Global Change, Climate and People'
Deadline for abstract submission: 19 March 2010
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21-25 June: Paris, France
First Internationnal Congress on Viruses of Microbes
Deadline for abstract submission: 1 March 2010 / !!! LAST FEW DAYS for submission
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4-9 July: Tilton, New Hampshire, USA
Marine Microbe Gordon Conference
Deadline for application: 13 June 2010
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5-9 July: Hyderabad, India
3rd Sasaki Symposium on Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanographic and Hydrological Applications at the EOGS Annual Meeting.
Deadline for abstract submisison: 1 March 2010 / !!! LAST FEW DAYS for submission
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19-22 July: La Jolla, California, USA
2010 OCB Summer Workshop
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8-13 August: Foz do Iguaçu , Brazil
2010 AGU Meeting of the Americas
Session of interest: OS03- Assessment of climate change through biogeochemical oceanographic time-series observations.
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 March 2010
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1-4 September: Brockenhurst, UK
Chapman Conference on the biological carbon pump of the oceans.
Deadline for registration: 14 August 2010
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6-9 September: Southampton, UK / IMBER endorsed Conference!
The 14th Biennial Challenger conference for marine science on "Ocean challenges in the 21st century".
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13-16 September: Kiel, Germany
3rd Bi-Annual Symposium: "The Future Ocean"
Deadline for registration:1 May 2010
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20-24 September: Nantes, France
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Annual Science Conference
Deadline for registration: 15 April 2010
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10 October 2010: Crete, Greece / IMBER Meeting!!
Dry cruise: an interactive training workshop.
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11-14 October: Crete, Greece / IMBER Meeting!!
IMBER IMBIZO ll - Integrating biogeochemistry and ecosystems in a changing ocean: Regional comparisons.
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 April 2010
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