BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260626T020848EDT-1108nPOD2N@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260626T060848Z DESCRIPTION:The Office of Sponsored Research is pleased to invite 91ºÚÁÏÍø re searchers and administrators to an information session on National Geograp hic funding opportunities.  Emerging and established researchers are encou raged to attend.\n\nNational Geographic has recently revised their grantin g program and funds fieldwork in the following areas:  human migration (i. e.\, the causes and effects of human population movement)\, human adaptati on (i.e.\, how societies adjust to and mitigate environmental changes)\, a nd human diversity (i.e.\, the cultural\, linguistic\, and genetic diversi ty of our species)\, biodiversity in human-altered environments (including human-wildlife conflict and mitigation\, urban ecology\, zoonotic disease s)\, the effects of climate change on biodiversity (including science- and policy-oriented solutions)\, the exploitation of natural resources (inclu ding bushmeat\, legal but unsustainable harvesting\, wildlife crime)\, lan dscape connectivity and habitat corridors (including animal migrations)\, and the science of restoration (i.e.\, ecosystem restoration at all scales )\, geology\, geochemistry\, physical geography\, marine ecology\, oceanog raphy\, paleontology\, and observational astronomy. We are particularly in terested in the themes of ocean research and conservation (including reef processes\, marine ecology and management\, and sea-level change)\, disast ers associated with natural hazards (including volcanoes\, earthquakes\, a nd landslides)\, environmental change (including records of past climates\ , glacial retreat\, pollution\, and remediation)\, and the history of our planet (including plate tectonics\, paleobotany\, mass-extinction events\, and planetary analog science).\n\nThe information session will include:\n \npresentation by Colin Chapman\, Professor (Anthropology and School of En vironment) and Member of the Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE) at National Geographic.  Professor Chapman will share his insights\, knowl edge\, and new updates from his perspective as a member of the CRE for ove r 9 years.\n a question and answer period. \n​Please RSVP online by Wednesd ay\, March 22\, 2017 at 5:00 P.M.\n DTSTART:20170329T180000Z DTEND:20170329T200000Z LOCATION:CA\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal SUMMARY:National Geographic Society Information Session URL:/research/channels/event/national-geographic-socie ty-information-session-267016 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR