This webinar, Realizing Resilience: Coordinating efforts from across the Great Lakes basin, is the first of a three-part series from the Great Lakes Commission (GLC): Realizing Resilience: Coordinating efforts from across the Great Lakes basin. The webinar series is offered in advance of the Midwest Climate Resilience Conference, scheduled for October 20-22 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Staff from the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP) will preview the upcoming Midwest Climate Resilience Conference, and the Great Lakes Commission will provide an overview of GLC’s Action Plan for a Resilient Great Lakes Basin. This Action Plan helps to prioritize basin-wide efforts and forms a roadmap to advance climate resilience in the region.
Great Lakes Themed Midwest Climate Resilience Conference in October 2025
The Great Lakes Commission’s (GLC) Standing Committee on Climate Resilience is thrilled to partner with the Midwest Climate Resilience Conference (MCRC) to offer a Great Lakes theme for this 3-day convening, scheduled for October 20-22 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The GLC is coordinating a Great Lakes conference sub-track that will highlight basin-wide resilience efforts for all conference attendees, and will host a working session for Great Lakes resilience practitioners.
Summer Symposium August 5-7
Join the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center this summer to meet adaptation scientists and practitioners, learn about innovative research, and discuss regionally important issues related to climate adaptation.
Internal Funding for Graduate Research Assistantship, Deadline May 16
The Midwest Climate Adaptation and Science Center (MW CASC) invites proposals from faculty and researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to support up to three 11 month, 50% Graduate Research Assistantships (RAs) for incoming graduate students. Eligible incoming/current students are those pursuing research applicable and relevant to the mission of the MW CASC, and that have been admitted/enrolled in a UIUC degree program.
104G Funding Opportunity Coming Soon
The Illinois Water Resources Center, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, is anticipating the release of 3 nationally competitive funding opportunities this month! Although the specific research priorities have not yet been released, opportunities are expected to be on general water resources, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and aquatic invasive species.
Upcoming Algal Bloom Action Team Webinar: A Look at Cyanobacteria
Tune into the Algal Bloom Action Team’s first webinar of the year focusing on cyanobacteria! The webinar will feature the work of Rick Stumpf of NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and Rebecca North of the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. They will look at cyanobacteria in the Great Lakes from satellite and explore winter cyanobacteria.
- When: Wednesday, March 5th, 2025, 11:00 AM CT
- Register Here
2025 Annual Water Resources Conference Call for Abstracts is Open
UCOWR and NIWR invite you to engage with leading researchers, educators, water managers, students, and other professionals from across the globe as we seek to develop new and innovative collaborations and transdisciplinary solutions to complex water resources challenges.
Abstracts (300 words max.) for oral, poster, panel, lightning, and participatory should be submitted electronically. The deadline to submit abstracts is January 29, 2025. Notification of acceptance will be late February. If accepted and presented, abstracts will be available for viewing on the Conference Platform & App during and after the conference.
- Abstract Deadline: January 29, 2025
- Conference: Minneapolis, June 3-5, 2025
- Submit Abstract Here
Abstract Call for Harmful Algal Bloom Virtual Symposium – Deadline Extended to November 1st
The Algal Bloom Action Team, a collaboration of water professionals, researchers, and educators from 12 states in the North Central Region of the United States, invites you to submit an abstract to the Fifth Annual Harmful Algal Bloom Virtual Symposium. The symposium will feature emergent harmful algal bloom (HAB) research and provide opportunities to discuss community outreach efforts.
To learn more about this opportunity, you can read more on our website.
- Deadline: November 1st, 2024, 11:59 pm Central Time
- Submit: Google Form
Fifth Annual Harmful Algal Bloom Virtual Symposium Call for Abstracts
January 9–10, 2025
Deadline: October 22, 2024, 11:59 pm Central Time
The Algal Bloom Action Team, a collaboration of water professionals, researchers, and educators from 12 states in the North Central Region of the United States, invites you to submit an abstract to the Fifth Annual Harmful Algal Bloom Virtual Symposium. The symposium will feature emergent harmful algal bloom (HAB) research and provide opportunities to discuss community outreach efforts.
The Algal Bloom Action Team includes the national network of Water Resources Research Institutes (WRRI), the North Central Region Water Network, and university Extensions within each state in the North Central Region. The Algal Bloom Action Team was the recipient of the Outstanding Regional Collaboration Achievement Award from the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals for its first Annual Harmful Algal Blooms Symposium in 2021. The 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Symposium featured 6 presentations on a variety of HAB-related topics and brought together over 600 water professionals from across the United States.
For more information on the Algal Bloom Action Team, see our website:
https://northcentralwater.org/habs/
Presentation Abstract Information
The Symposium Planning Committee is specifically interested in science-based presentation abstracts that address harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the North Central Region of the United States, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
To be considered for acceptance, presentation abstracts must address at least one of the following topic
areas related to HABs:
- Monitoring, Forecasting, and Detection
- Prevention and Treatment
- Human Dimensions*
- Climate Change Impacts
*Particularly interested in citizen scientist opportunities or monitoring/communication methods
Upon acceptance, presentations should be limited to 30 minutes.
Presentations should be research or outreach focused. Product promotion is discouraged.
Review Criteria
Presentations will be reviewed based on one or more of the following criteria:
- Is the abstract a science- or data-driven approach to understanding HABs?
- Does the abstract address HABs topics in the North Central Region? (See states listed above.)
- Does this topic have interest or applicability to Extension and other HABs-related professionals?
Abstract Submission
Proposals should be submitted using this Google form. No submissions will be accepted via email to
conference organizers. Incomplete submissions or submissions sent directly to planning committee
members will not be considered.
For questions regarding the program or submitting an abstract, please contact:
Amy Weckle, aweckle@illinois.edu.
104B Research Grants Program – Full Proposals Due November 1st
The Illinois Water Resources Center requests proposals to fund exploratory research or educational projects that enhance water sciences research and higher education throughout Illinois. We are particularly interested in supporting projects that will help grow the body of research in Illinois, including proof-of-concept projects that may help researchers attract larger grants. To learn more about this opportunity, you can read about it on our website or read the call for proposals on Box.
- Notification of Intent due 10/1/2024 5 pm CST
- Full Proposal due 11/1/2024 5 pm CST