SFS Students

Join the SFS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Virtual Events Committee for a fun and engaging event exploring themes in Black history and spotlighting Black scientists in freshwater science. 🎣 Come play a game, learn something new, and connect with the community!

Wednesday, February 25 @ 8 PM ET

Consider joining #SFS2026 and our special session on carbon dynamics in lentic systems! Abstracts due January 16th.

@sfs-src.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social

📢 SFS Career Award nominations close Dec. 13!
Help us celebrate excellence in freshwater science.

SFS Career Awards honor our colleagues' achievements in service, research, environmental stewardship, early-career research, and leadership.

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

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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)

I love tip 9. Writing is so much better as a social activity! A 5 minute conversation with a writing partner can save me an hour of spinning my wheels.

The other tip I would add is to start writing at the beginning of the research process not the end because writing = thinking.

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?

Join the SFS DEI Subcommittee to unwind for the season with Cozy Connections! November 14th at 3pm PST/6pm EST 🍂

Link to Teams meeting: tinyurl.com/sfscozyconne...

Are you attending the 2026 Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting? Are you interested, but unsure if it’s feasible?

Take the survey below to let us know what factors are affecting your decision to attend and how we can support the #SFS community.

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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 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.

@freshwaterscience.bsky.social

Special Session Proposals — SFS 2026 Annual Meeting

Plus - Abstract submission and early registration will open soon — so start exploring your options for SFS 2026 today. (3/3)

Special Session info:
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Workshop info:
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Special Sessions will complement contributed sessions, which cover major topics in the freshwater sciences, including biogeochemistry; microbial, molecular, invertebrate, and fish ecology; hydrology, geomorphology, ecosystem dynamics, restoration, climate change, and biodiversity. (2/3)

Don’t miss your chance — Special Sessions and Workshop submissions are closing on October 22! Proposals should be related to the meeting theme, “Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities,” or other emerging topics related to freshwater science. (1/3)

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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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)

📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the @weillinstitute.bsky.social PLS spread the word!
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Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social ‪‪@caseagrant.bsky.social‬

🫵 Are you the next Society for Freshwater Science Communications & Media Specialist?

💡Assume primary responsibility for managing internal Society-wide and external public communications through the Society’s media channels

💻Remote position, 8-10 hours per week on a regular schedule

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The deadline to join the 2025 cohort of the Headwaters Leadership Academy has been extended to July 7th. Don’t miss the opportunity to join this signature program! @sfs-src.bsky.social

📣Folks of all career stages who work in, study, or aspire to enter the field of freshwater science

📋Please take this 10-15 minute survey to help us understand the barriers to pursuing careers in this field

💲Enter a drawing to win a $50 Visa gift card

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Please consider taking this survey from the SFS Council of Underrepresented Voices for a chance to win one of ten $50 Visa gift cards. This survey will help the CUV understand where to focus their efforts to support members of the society. The survey can be found here: tinyurl.com/cuvsurvey

SFS opportunity for early career scientists!

Do them a favor and fill this out if you can!

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development invites you to attend a free webinar titled, “Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems to Improve Human Health and Well-being” on June 10, 2025 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET.

Link to register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Request for feedback: SFS 2025 Spanish lightning talks ¡Gracias nuevamente a todos los que participaron de nuestra sesión de charlas relámpago en español, tanto los presentadores como los que asistieron! Si fuiste presentador o del público, nos gustaría ...

If you presented, attended, or just have ideas, please use this Google form to provide feedback: tinyurl.com/spanishtalks

¡Gracias! (2/2)

We would like to thank all the participants, both speakers and attendees, of the Spanish lightning talks. The response to the session was amazing and we deeply appreciate everyone that engaged with it. We would love to get any feedback or ideas you might have for the future of this session. (1/2)

AusStars recipient and Uni of Canberra student Max Van Woerkom presenting his poster to a fellow Aussie at #sfs2025. Well done Max!

I'm so happy to see that @freshwaterscience.bsky.social and @sfs-src.bsky.social are continuing to support its queer membership! A lot of these efforts kicked off in 2017 as the result of member action

Some history on the topic: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...