Melissa Burt

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year!

"Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)."

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Career & Internships » HF&G Holden Forests & Gardens is not just a great place to visit, it’s a wonderful place to work. Discover the opportunities now available for potential

Job alert! Please share.
We're looking for an urban ecologist (PhD) to join the research team at the Holden Arboretum.
Develop an active research program while supporting stakeholders. 🌳
I'll be at #ESA2025 and happy to chat.
#AltAc #HoldenScience #UrbanEcology

holdenfg.org/career-and-i...

RealClimate: National Climate Assessment links RealClimate: For some reason, it has become hard to locate the various National Climate Assessments (NCAs) that have been produced by the USGCRP over the decades (and it's pretty hard to find the USGR...

If you are having trouble finding National Climate Assessment reports, they are here.

www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…

Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋

The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽

Show Your Stripes Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

Today is the day to #ShowYourStripes. Here's what the show looks like @agu.org headquarters in downtown DC.

More on what people are doing about the climate crisis. eos.org/tag/climate-...

If you’re wondering if US climate researchers are freaking out, yeah they’re freaking out.

All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article) The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.

NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%

Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%

Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.

#GiftLink ⚛️🔭

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

About EES The NSF Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds, especially those historically underrepresented in science and engineering.

NSF’s entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EDU/EES), which “aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds to actively participate and excel in STEM disciplines” and some of it congressionally mandated, was just notified they will be RIFed. www.nsf.gov/edu/ees/about

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Report from @science.org:

• NSF staff told that its 37 divisions are being abolished. Programs within to be drastically reduced.

• Layoffs expected, details via memo Friday 5/9.

• Another round of grant terminations expected. (Already 1400 cancelled ~$1bn)

www.science.org/content/arti...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

🧪 funding alert! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Stand Up for the Endangered Species Act - International Crane Foundation The International Crane Foundation provides critical news and resources in the world of Cranes and Conservation. Stand Up for the Endangered Species Act

🌎 Stand up for the Endangered Species Act—submit public comments opposing the proposed rule change that would profoundly weaken the law by May 19! Learn how you can help ➡️ bit.ly/standupesa 🪶

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.

www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.

The NSF's flagship fellowship program typically gives offers to 2,000+ young scientists. This year, in the face of looming budget cuts, that number was halved: only 1,000 received an offer. Our story on what that means for the science talent pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Habitat specialization and edge effects of soil microbial communities in a fragmented landscape Soil microorganisms play outsized roles in nutrient cycling, plant health, and climate regulation. Despite their importance, we have a limited understanding of how soil microbes are affected by habit....

Great paper led by Claire Winfrey on edge effects on microbes in fragmented landscapes @julianresasco.bsky.social @noahfierer.bsky.social

Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long‐Term Studies Click on the article title to read more.

Excellent special issue in @Ecology_Letters featuring decades long studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Voltinism Shifts in Response to Climate Warming Generally Benefit Populations of Multivoltine Butterflies Insects may respond to climate warming by advancing phenology and increasing the number of generations each year (voltinism). However, one concern is that earlier phenology changes cue-response relat...

Our new paper led by @tysonwepprich.bsky.social is out. When warmer temperatures increase the number of butterfly generations in a year, population growth rates are higher onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Mauna Loa Observatory is the birthplace of the Keeling Curve, our longest continuous record of atmospheric CO2. It provides clear evidence that concentrations have risen since the mid-20th century.

No mystery, then, why POTUS wants to sell it. The data are inconvenient. Measurements must stop.

Biodiversity declines across fragmented forests Assessing the effect of forest fragmentation on biodiversity.

New article out today in @nature.com by Gonçalves-Souza, @nickhaddad.bsky.social, @jon-chase03.bsky.social et al. on forest fragmentation and biodiversity:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A must read for anyone interested in this topic. See my summary here:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🦋 This is the first study to combine butterfly observations from thousands of surveys across the country to create a complete picture of U.S. butterfly trends.

Of 342 species, 245 suffered declines of at least 10 percent.

Read the story here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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NSF fact sheet

The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.

Scoop: U.S. delegation pulled from key U.N. climate science meeting The IPCC meeting in China is slated to determine the content in the group's next series of reports.

‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved.

More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

Educator Materials Request for March Mammal Madness #2025MMM WELCOME EDUCATOR!!! Thank you & your students for participating in, as one twitter user phrased it, this "delightfully bonkers" science education outreach where the motto is always "if you're learning...

EDUCATOR SIGN-UP: All MMMaterials are freely available for all, but educators who sign-up through the form, you will get extra context & guidance (and any necessary patches/communiques) for successfully stewarding #2025MMM with your learners: forms.gle/PciZp9bzTnAM...

@globalchangevt.bsky.social welcome to BlueSky!

Check out this amazing organization at VT that supports a huge diversity of faculty, students, postdocs, and researchers working on important issues. One of the many strengths being at VT!

I think I remember a google sheet that was making the rounds last semester containing undergraduate research opportunities in ecology (and fields related to ecology). Anyone have the link?

A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share

Don't let science be hidden

Hourly Pooled - Field Technician for Hawai'i VINE Project Job Description The University of Wyoming is delighted to receive your interest in our vacant position! We strive to connect with qualified and uniquely talented individuals to join our campus communi...

The HAWAII-VINE Project is hiring field technicians to collect data on seed dispersal at Oahu island

Details at: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...

NSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa