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2023-03-31

Canada Chapter Registration Grants for the ESA 2023 Annual Meeting

Due to a change in budgeting at ESA, we as a chapter find ourselves in a one-off position to offer support for some people attending the ESA meeting in-person in Portland. We encourage you to share this information with your lab members and colleagues.

  1. Student registration grants. We anticipate offering up to six registration grants for students (undergraduate and graduate). The grants will cover full student-member registration costs (approx $230 USD) but not associated travel costs.

    1. Eligibility requirements @ the time of application:

      1. You must be an active (dues paid up) member of the Canadian Chapter of ESA.

      2. You must attend the 2023 ESA meeting IN-PERSON, in Portland.

      3. You must present a poster or talk at an ESA-scheduled session.

      4. You must either be enrolled as a full-time student or have finished your program no more than six months prior to the time of application.

    2. Application

      1. Please send a brief letter attesting to the above above to esacanadachapter@nullgmail.com

      2. Please include a copy of your submitted ESA abstract

      3. The application deadline is 5 pm MST on Wednesday, May 31st.

    3. Adjudication

      1. We randomly select the grant recipients if we receive more than six applications.

    4. A request. If you are a PI, and at this point in time have sufficient funds to cover these costs for your students, please discourage them from applying. This is not a ‘competition-based’ award; thus, it should not have value on a CV. Instead, we intend to help increase attendance at ESA by those who either would not be able to attend or would face financial hardship. However, we do not require students to attest to ‘need’ in the application.

  2. PDF, contingent faculty, and personally-funded researcher registration grants. In the modern research landscape, we recognize that many individuals actively engaged in ecological research are neither lab PIs with research grants nor students. Here, we are trying to facilitate conference lab attendance by this diverse set of researchers by offering up to four additional registration grants (approximately $500 USD each).

    1. Eligibility requirements @ the time of application:

      1. You must be an active (dues paid up) member of the Canadian Chapter of ESA.

      2. You must attend the 2023 ESA meeting IN-PERSON, in Portland.

      3. You must present a poster or talk at an ESA-scheduled session.

      4. You can NOT have access to alternative financial support to attend a research conference, such as Discovery Grants, Employer Grants/Funds, travel funds associated with a Fellowship, etc.

    2. Application

      1. Please send a brief letter attesting to each of the above to esacanadachapter@nullgmail.com

      2. Please include a copy of your submitted ESA abstract.

      3. The application deadline is 5 pm MST on Wednesday, May 31st.

  3. Adjudication

    1. We randomly select the grant recipients if we receive more than four applications.

3. Increasing representation of international science at ESA.

Though our chapter has substantial funds for this one year, most other chapters and sections do not. This coincides with a broad need for travel support from many ESA members. Portland is very expensive relative to many other locations, and consequence is that several invited symposium/organized sessions speakers from outside of North America cannot afford to attend the conference. We have decided to use a small amount of the chapter funds (up to 2 registration grants) to specifically facilitate the presentation of research by other international researchers in ESA. We believe this is consistent with the overall goals of this Chapter and also can help enhance a collaborative culture among Chapters and Sections going forward. However, we welcome feedback from members.

2020-05-13

A new proposed rule, to be formally released on Friday, May 7, would repeal the Trump administration’s changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act regulations. The Trump administration’s rule, finalized in January 2021, determined that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act does not apply to the “incidental” or accidental killing of birds. Previous administrations have prosecuted and fined companies for violations of the MBTA that harm protected birds. Notably, BP paid a $100 million fine under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act after the Deepwater Horizon spill. The proposed rule will be open for public comments through June 6.

Note: The new executive plans to post upcoming information on this webpage. Any member seeking to post information can reach out to the secretary Emily Holden.