On Sep 28-30, 2015, Debra Butler participated in the Proposal Writing Workshop at SESYNC in Annapolis, MD. SESYNC, the Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) supports interdisciplinary, data-driven, team science collaborations that interface human and ecological systems.
The Center, funded by the National Science Foundation at the University of Maryland, services projects from inception through every stage of collaboration –team processes, meeting planning and facilitation, travel and logistical support, cyber infrastructure resources and results dissemination.
This 2015 cohort included social and environmental scientists from the United States and Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Brazil. Three of the participants were in IGERT programs.
“Self-selected” teams of 5-7 researchers are encouraged to submit proposals in early January 2016, for funding in late spring. Debra’s team includes PhD researchers in management, anthropology, public health, forest restoration ecology, food security, and spatial geography.