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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>GCE-LTER Faculty Scholars Opportunity</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The GCE-LTER Faculty Scholars program is an NSF-funded opportunity for faculty to engage with a multi-disciplinary, multi-institution team studying long-term ecological
change in a southeastern coastal estuary.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/" target="_blank" id="OWA49c82cb0-07e9-09f3-e579-9e002f0b5d60" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">Georgia
Coastal Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> (GCE-LTER) project’s team of 20+ investigators has been characterizing the dynamics of estuarine ecosystems
in Georgia – from tidal freshwater forests to the South Atlantic Bight – since 2000, producing foundational knowledge of how these environments work and respond to long-term change. The inaugural
<i>GCE Faculty Scholars </i>program is designed to facilitate participation in the project through collaboration with GCE-LTER
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/personnel.asp?display=all" target="_blank" id="OWAc22748a8-fe57-4f71-0516-b805cae7aa5e" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/personnel.asp?display=all" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">Project
Investigator</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><u>(s)</u>. Scholars can use this opportunity to collect pilot data, conduct research that aligns with our scientific mission, and build collaborations.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Program Details:</b> </span></p>
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Target start date: Spring 2025</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
Two Faculty Scholars</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Benefits for Scholars:</b></span></p>
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Intentional collaboration(s) with GCE <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/personnel.asp?display=all" target="_blank" id="OWAc994ac09-0225-afcc-caef-8e5593d61d09" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/personnel.asp?display=all" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">Project
Investigator</a></u></span><u>s</u>, including reciprocal visits</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
Participate in the GCE annual meeting and engage with interdisciplinary GCE project teams</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
Faculty Honorarium ($10,000); Student support ($5,000); Research Budget ($10,000)</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
Travel and housing for the Scholar and a student to the <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
<u><a href="https://ugami.uga.edu/" target="_blank" id="OWA47a4ff73-6863-fe38-e144-5631541ed4bf" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://ugami.uga.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">UGA
Marine Institute</a></u></span> on Sapelo Island, which is the base of field operations for the GCE project.</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Eligibility requirements:</b></span></p>
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Must be U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
Must hold a tenure-track faculty position</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
Must be a scholar identifying from an historically underserved STEM field relevant to environmental sciences, such as biology, chemistry, or the physical/computational sciences, and/or an active member of a professional organization focused on advocacy of underserved
researchers in the STEM fields relevant to environmental sciences</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
Preference for Assistant Professors</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Submit:</span></p>
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CV</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
Statement of proposed collaborative research. Tell us how engaging with GCE will contribute to
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://oie.uga.edu/" target="_blank" id="OWA2a1aed4f-7289-4a2e-2db8-05fea3fcc6df" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://oie.uga.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">inclusive
excellence</a></u></span> and advance your career, and how your research would complement our
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/research/research_gce4.htm" target="_blank" id="OWA98c0efa6-1c37-5453-b41e-80537f4ed796" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/research/research_gce4.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">ongoing
programs</a></u></span>. Include timeline and proposed activities.</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Find out more and apply
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/employment/faculty_scholars_program.asp" target="_blank" id="OWAeb4fba1b-4b02-5486-01ff-8ba99b2f35ea" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/employment/faculty_scholars_program.asp" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">here</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> by
January 1, 2025 for full consideration.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><b>Lori Sutter, PhD</b></span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> |
</span><span style="color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">Biology & Marine Biology | University of North Carolina Wilmington</span></div>
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