News and Events
NSF EPSCoR is hosting virtual office hours to share information about the RII Track 4
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is hosting virtual office hours to share information about the Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows solicitation. This opportunity provides awards to build...
MAPS REU student, Gretchen Wichman, makes it rain over the riparian zone to better understand riparian-stream connections.
Dr. Walter Dodds and Gretchen collecting soil water from miniature lysimeters in the riparian zone before the rainfall simulation.Monitoring rivers at a local preserve after joining the Watershed Environments and Ecology Lab was an influential factor that led...
Registration is now open for the 2021 Annual MAPS Symposium
We are excited to announce that the 2021 Kansas NSF EPSCoR/MAPS Annual Research Symposium will be held virtually (over Zoom) on March 8-9, 2021. Exact times and content of the virtual sessions are still being worked out but please tentatively plan on the following:...
The Haskell Environmental Research Studies (HERS) summer internship program for Ingenious students is now accepting applications for the June 6 – July 30, 2021 session
The Haskell Environmental Research Studies (HERS) Institute is a workforce development and education initiative supported by the Kansas NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1 Award OIA-1656006: Microbiomes of Aquatic, Plant, and Soil Systems across Kansas (MAPS). The program is...
Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute is accepting applications for the summer of 2021
Apply Now for the 2021 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute for Kansas(ESKI) for high school biology and environmental science teachers. The Institute will be held at the University of Kansas Field Station on June 7-11, 2021 (arrive the evening of June 6 if traveling...
Free Webinar on NSF Insights on Fellowships, Internships, and Funding STEM Pathways
Free Webinar: NSF Insights on Fellowships, Internships, and Funding STEM Pathways- http://bit.ly/SACNASxNSF It will be held on Feb 2nd at 4 PM EST/1 PM PST. Registrants are asked to submit questions via the registration link. To register go...
Better Poster Coaching Workshop and Poster Competition
NSF EPSCoR Students are invited to participate in a (free) Better Poster Science Communication workshop Coaching Session and poster competition, sponsored by the NSF EPSCoR EOD Council and the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation on February 18th from 3PM - 6PM CST, attendees will...
Free Webinar: Mentoring as a tool to increase STEM diversity, sponsored by the NSF EPSCoR Education, Outreach and Diversity Council
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KU MAPS Ph.D. candidate, Ligia Faria Tavares de Souza, investigates below ground fingerprints of the Anthropocene
Ligia Souza, a doctoral candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas (KU) currently working in the Billings Lab, has always been interested in soil systems. Her interest grew during her master's program when, as she explained, “I got to...