MEOPAR is excited to announce an additional funding opportunity with the Tracer Release Experiment (TReX). Responding to emergencies, managing coastal environments sustainably, predicting the impacts of human activity and climate change on marine ecosystems, and ensuring safety and well-being of coastal communities require having timely access to appropriate information about the state of the ocean… Read more »
MEOPAR students, researchers and highly qualified personnel (HQP) are invited to apply for funding to organize and host training workshops related to the Response Core mandate. In the context of MEOPAR, “response” refers to the development of solutions to address the likelihood and/or consequences of marine-related hazards. All training activities should align with the Response… Read more »
In 2020/21, MEOPAR expects to offer up to three Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards of $20,000. The purpose of these awards is to bring new postdoctoral fellows into the network to connect them with MEOPAR-funded researchers and HQP. Proposed research activities that would be supported by an Award must address MEOPAR’s organizational objective (To connect partners, resources… Read more »
MEOPAR is excited to announce the second iteration of the Early Career Faculty (ECF) program. This Call for Proposals (CFP) will be released at the end of June 2018. We have released the eligibility criteria for the call early so that interested researchers can begin preparing their proposals. We are seeking investigators who are five… Read more »
The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Network of Centres of Excellence invite proposals from social scientists based at universities in Canada to quickly deploy to a disaster-affected area in the aftermath of an extreme event to collect perishable data. The purpose of this funding opportunity… Read more »
The Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR), a Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) is accepting proposals for prototype regional associations that will contribute to a Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS). A CIOOS, built through a public, private and academic partnership, will bring together and leverage existing Canadian and International ocean observation data/programs/projects. It will… Read more »
MEOPAR, in partnership with Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) and the Arctic Research Foundation (ARF), is accepting proposals for research activities that will strengthen Canadian participation in the international Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP). YOPP is an initiative of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that seeks to “enable a significant improvement in environmental prediction capabilities for… Read more »