NASEM Gulf Research Program

We are happy to announce an open funding opportunity! Up to $5M available to support projects that engage K-8 children and youth in place-based educational activities that foster the development of scientific and environmental skills, competencies, and capabilities that are critical to solving complex issues in the Gulf now and into the future. Proposals will be accepted from nonprofit, state, and local entities, excluding federal agencies, which support educational, service, and/or coordination activities for children and youth in the K-8 grade range. Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/m5si50UpbJr #PlaceBasedEd #K8education #EmpoweringYouth #GrantOpportunity

Congratulations to our new cohort of Early-Career Research Fellows in the Environmental Protection and Stewardship and the Education Research tracks! During their fellowship, the eight fellows on the Environmental Protection and Stewardship track will study climate change, sea-level rise, and water quality impacts on Gulf of Mexico ecosystems. The five fellows on the Education Research track will explore science and environmental education in the Gulf or Alaska, focusing on sense-of-place in learning environments. Learn more about our newest fellows: https://ow.ly/Z6Rx50UoFci

We are excited to see Tulane University launch their Center on Climate Change and Urbanism which will house their #GRPfunded interdisciplinary design studio, Gulf Coast Climate Futures Project, while supporting research among faculty and students and driving public programming on how climate change is shaping the Gulf Coast. Learn more: https://ow.ly/FfAA50UonUm #ClimateChange #Climate #Urbanism #GulfCoast #GulfofMexico #InterdisciplinaryEducation

Young community planners in the making! I was privileged to represent FHWA at the Transportation Professional Day in Baton Rouge, an event to showcase transportation professions for K-12 students and their families. The lead sponsor was the NASEM Gulf Research Program. Louisiana Transportation Research Center and WTS Greater Baton Rouge Chapter organized the event, inviting local transportation-related institutions, agencies, and firms to provide interactive activities. Exhibitors provided some cool demonstrations and exercises that excited the kids. To help the kids think about the transportation and land use connection, the Louisiana Division office of the Federal Highway Administration created a "Build Your Town" activity with road and sidewalk segments; residential, retail, and institutional buildings; and cars and people which could be arranged and rearranged. Several children considered how best to facilitate car and pedestrian travel to the town's destinations. And many talked about drivers watching for pedestrians, and pedestrians needing sidewalks to get from their homes to the school and grocery store.

Check out this write up about our latest #ClimateConversation on Housing and Disaster. 👇

This year, the Gulf of Mexico had its first lease sale for offshore wind. Understanding how wind energy development may impact ecology will be an important component to the successful integration of wind energy to the Gulf's offshore energy resources.

Applications for the Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship are open! Interested in applying science to policy? Hone your skills by putting them to practice for the benefit of Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems. Fellows gain first-hand experience as they spend one year on the staff of federal, state, local, or non-governmental environmental, natural resource, energy, and public health agencies in the Gulf of Mexico region. Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/eg1z50UgHgN #SciencePolicy #GraduateFellowship #Environment #Energy #PublicHealth #NaturalResources #GulfOfMexico

Register by Dec 3 to join us for the 2nd Gulf-Alaska Knowledge Exchange Workshop in Thibodaux, LA from Dec 10-11! We'll hear from experts and join discussions about oil spill impacts on health, ecology and resilience and restoration. https://ow.ly/3oUt50Ugc8Z

Welcome to our new Early Career Research Fellow on the Human Health and Community Resilience Track, Francisca Santana! Dr. Francisca Santana is an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington. She studies the social and psychological processes underpinning conservation and adaptation behavior in a climate changing world.

Welcome to our new Early Career Research Fellow on the Human Health and Community Resilience Track, Khalid Osman! Dr. Khalid K. Osman is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and a Center Fellow by courtesy at the Woods Institute for the Environment. His research focuses on the operationalization of equity and justice in the provision of infrastructure services. Specifically, employing qualitative and quantitative methods to develop novel frameworks at the intersection of the natural, built, and social environment.