Society for Freshwater Science

Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) 2026 Annual Meeting Spokane, WA May 17-21 logo featuring a mountains, a waterfall, and a bridge in the background and salmon and aquatic insects in the foreground. Around the edge is the meeting theme: Gathering to build resilient watersheds and communities

💻Abstract submission and registration for #2026SFS May 7-21 in Spokane, WA, USA are now open!

💧Submit your work for exciting contributed and special sessions

📆Abstract submissions are open through Jan 16

💲Early registration rates are available through Mar 20

🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org/abstracts

📆: Jueves, 8 de enero de 2026, 9:00am-4:00pm (abriremos las puertas desde las 8:30am)

📍: Conference Room del Instituto Internacional de Dasonomía Tropical (IITF) en el Jardín Botánico de Río Piedras

⭐Por favor llenar el formulario de registro antes del 12 de diciembre de 2025. (2/2)

Anuncio para el simposio aquaboricuas: Forjand conexiones en las ciencias acuaticas Fecha: Jueves, 8 de enero de 2026 Hora: 9:00am-4:00pm Lugar: Salon de Conferencias Instituto de Dasonomia Tropical (IITF) Jardin Botanico de Rio Piedras. Registrate antes del 12 de diciembre: La bandera de Puerto Rico, un codigo QR, y el logo de aquaboricuas tinyurl.com/simposioaquaboricuas Fondos para el simposio proveidos por: Society for Freshwater Science

Invitamos a todas las personas trabajando en sistemas acuáticos o con recursos de agua en Puerto Rico a participar del Simposio Aquaboricuas. Como parte del simposio tendremos presentaciones y grupos de discusión enfocados en diferentes temas de interés. (1/2)

🔗 tinyurl.com/simposioaquaboricuas

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Instars provides SFS membership, conference registration, and travel funds, includes a pre-meeting orientation, professional development workshop, and exclusive networking activities with peers and mentors.

Learn more: freshwater-science.org/awards-progr...

Apply: www.sfsemerge.org/apply
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Instars logo featuring outlines of three aquatic insects

Applications for student travel assistance to attend the #2026SFS annual meeting through the Instars program are now open.

Undergraduates from historically underrepresented backgrounds interested in freshwater science are eligible to apply. (1/2)

Are you working with #OpenData to advance #freshwater #biogeochemistry? Consider submitting an abstract to share your science in our special session at #2026SFS!

Organized by Ashif H Abir, Wil Wollheim, me, & Kelly Aho @kellyaho.bsky.social. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026. www.sfsannualmeeting.org 💧🌎🧪

Postdoc position in Freshwater Ecology starting Spring 2026: yourfuture.sdbor.edu/postings/45968

📝Hynes Award for New Investigators: outstanding recent primary publication

📣Leadership Award: early or mid-career members doing extraordinary work on behalf of SFS

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SFS Career Awards:

🏅Award of Excellence: outsanding contributions to freshwater science

🤝Distinguished Service Award: genuine and lasting contributions to SFS through service or leadership

🌱Environmental Stewardship award: successfully transferring science to the public arena

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Dr. Laurel Genzoli receiving the Hynes Award for New Investigators from former SFS President Dave Arscott at the 2025 SFS Annual Meeting

Do you have a colleague who embodies excellence in science, service, environmental stewardship, early career research, or leadership in freshwater sciences?

Nominate them for a SFS Career Award by Dec 13!

freshwater-science.org/awards-progr...

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To apply visit: freshwater-science.org/awards-progr...

📆Deadlines for the Americas Fund, Fellows Fund, and Petersen Fund to attend the #2026SFS have been extended to Nov 21

🏆Americas Fund: travel award for a student from Latin America

🏆Fellows Fund: travel award for Australian students

🏆Petersen Fund: travel awards for non-North American students

Title: Beginner's Guide to Publishing Research. Society for Freshwater Science emerging mayfly logo. 1) Read widely in different journals: Active reading will make you a better writer. Develop a structured reading practice. Reflect on options for structuring papers and elements that make a paper easy or difficult to understand. 2) Figure out your 'story': Draft your main messages and clearly identify your target audience. 3) Identify a list of target journals (3-5): Not all journals are the same. There are scientific society journals, non-profit and for-profit journals, more and less discipline-specific journals. Where have you seen similar research published? 4) Assemble your skeleton: Focus your initial writing on the most important paragraphs 1) the last paragraph of the introduction and 2) the first paragraph of the discussion. Create parallel structure for your manuscript. 5) Pay attention to journal's guidelines: Mind maximum word counts, figure and table numbers, etc.

6) Plan your time well: the publishing process can be a long and slow road, often > 1 year. 7) Develop your process for working with co-authors: learn to manage in multiple directions (up, down, horizontally) 8) Avoid taking reviewer's comments personally: respond systematically (consider formatting responses in a table) and thoroughly; consider declining irrelvant comments. 9) Consider writing and publishing as a social activity: Talk about your ideas, share drafts, participate in community writing blocks; find your most effective writing spaces and times. 10) Recognize that writing is iterative and requires practice: try to write daily. Even seasoned writers get better over time. The Society for Freshwater Science and its journal Freshwater Science are committed to supporting first time authors. For more information about the society or its journal, visit our website https://freshwater-science.org

The Society for Freshwater Science's non-profit society journal Freshwater Science is committed to supporting first-time authors in the publication process.

Check out these tips from our Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Anderson on publishing research.

What are your best publishing tips?

Reminder to submit your proposals for the SFS Innovation Fund Grant by Nov 15th. Help us advance our strategic plan with innovative ideas!

Last chance to fill out the #2026SFS Annual Meeting survey to help us project attendance and work on solutions to overcome attendance barriers!

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Don't miss this joint event from the early career committees of SFS and ASLO 28 October at 1:00 PM ET (5:00 PM GMT). Make connections with other freshwater scientists and learn about the societies' funding opportunities, research pathways, ongoing diversity initiatives, and upcoming conferences.

In the current survey, we are evaluating interest and ability to attend the meeting in person in Spokane, WA, USA.

SFS 2026 Annual Meeting and Membership Survey Thank you for taking a few moments to complete this brief survey. We seek to understand the extent to which members would like to attend the 2026 SFS Annual Meeting in Spokane but may be unable due to...

Looking for a way to support the #2026SFS Annual Meeting?

Take the #2026SFS survey bit.ly/3Wbxmi3

This helps us project meeting attendance and better understand barriers to attendance.

We will use these results to plan SFS events and programming to meet the needs of all of our members.

Don't forget to submit your special session and workshop proposals for #2026SFS this Wednesday Oct 22nd!

Announcement for Society for Freshwater Science 2026 meeting deadline for special sessions and workshops October 22nd. SFS invites you to propose Special Sessions and Workshops relating to the 2026 Annual Meeting theme, "Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities." See the latest email from communications@freshwater-science.org or visit sfsannualmeeting.com for more info. Deadline extended

Deadline for #2026SFS special session and workshop proposals extended to Oct 22nd.

See website for more information: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/special-sess...

SFS 2026 Annual Meeting

Special Sessions will complement contributed sessions, which cover major topics, including biogeochemistry; microbial, molecular, invertebrate, and fish ecology; hydrology, geomorphology, ecosystem dynamics, restoration, climate change, and biodiversity. Visit sfsannualmeeting.org for more 🐟🌊 (2/2)

Submit your proposal for workshops and special sessions for the 2026 SFS Annual Meeting relating to the theme “Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities,” or other related emerging topics. Deadline: October 15th, 2025. (1/2)

🔗Request for proposals: bit.ly/SFSInnovate25

🔗Strategic plan: freshwater-science.org/sites/defaul...

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Society for Freshwater Science adult mayfly logo in the top left corner. Next to the logo the title: Call for SFS Innovation Fund Grant Proposals. Subtitle: Have a great idea for SFS? Apply by Nov 15, 2025. Paragraph text left justified below: The Long-Range Planning Committee is requesting proposals from SFS members for projects that advance the Society’s strategic goals (see 2025-2030 SFS Strategic Plan). We anticipate supporting at least six member-led proposals of up to $5,000 each. To learn more about how to submit a proposal and view examples of prior SFS Innovation Fund awards, please see the linked Request for Proposals. Next to the paragraph is a cartoon of three people lounging with a computer and pointing to a lightbulb.

💡Have a great idea for SFS?

📆 Apply for an SFS Innovation Fund Grant by Nov 15th for funds to make it happen

🎯Projects must advance goals in the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan

🏆Awards available for 6 teams up to $5000 each

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North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Established through the generosity of the Georgia Lakes Society (GLS), NALMS is pleased to offer a limited number of conference scholarships for the 2025 NALMS Symposium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolin...

The Georgia Lakes Society is offering a limited number of conference scholarships for the 2025 NALMS (@nalms.bsky.social) Symposium to eligible individuals from AL, GA, SC, and NC.

Find more info here: www.nalms.org/nalms2025/gl...

New paper in #FreshwaterScience demonstrates a straightforward way to design stormwater controls to reduce stream erosion. By combining regional sediment monitoring and modeling, this method gives stormwater practitioners a practical tool to protect streams & water quality.

🔗https://bit.ly/FWS0925

ociety for Freshwater Science (SFS) 2026 Annual Meeting Spokane, WA May 17-21 logo featuring a mountains, a waterfall, and a bridge in the background and salmon and aquatic insects in the foreground. Around the edge is the meeting theme: Gathering to build resilient watersheds and communities

We’re thrilled to announce the Society for Freshwater Science 2026 Annual Meeting!

💡Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities
📍 Spokane, WA
📆 May 17–21, 2026

Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more:
🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org

Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) 2026 Annual Meeting Spokane, WA May 17-21 logo featuring a mountains, a waterfall, and a bridge in the background and salmon and aquatic insects in the foreground. Around the edge is the meeting theme: Gathering to build resilient watersheds and communities

💡We’re now accepting workshop & special session proposals for the Society for Freshwater Science 2026 Annual Meeting.

📍 Spokane, WA
📆 May 17–21, 2026
📝 Proposals due Oct 15, 2025

🔗 Special sessions: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/special-sess...

🔗 Workshops: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/workshop-pro...