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Upcoming Dates, Funding, and Jobs
Below are lists of upcoming HAB-related dates (events, conferences, etc…), funding opportunities, and HAB-related job openings.
Email Thomas Farrugia if you need more info about an item, or if there’s something else that should be shown on this page.

Upcoming Dates
- NHABON Webinar
Operating Imaging FlowCytobots
January 19, 10-11pm AK time
Register here - Alaska Marine Science Symposium
January 23-27, 2023
AMSS 2023 will be an in-person event that will allow virtual access to pre-recorded presentations. - One Health, One Future Conference
Voices of One Health: Embracing Change & Transformation
Feb 28 – Mar 3, 2023
Funding Opportunities
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Funding opportunity for small business research and development program
Relevant categories: coastal resilience, changing ocean, water quality, climate change mitigation
$175,000 for the research phase and $650,000 if moved to phase 2
Letter of intent: Fri, Jan 13th
Link to NOFO here
Webinar on Dec 13th (registration here) - NOAA IOOS Ocean Technology Transition Program
Soliciting proposals for the transition to operations of sensors, data management, and other technical capabilities that will improve our ability to monitor and forecast environmental conditions with greater efficiency.
One specific area of interest are HAB sensors and sensor platforms including deployment of sensors on new platforms.
Full grant opportunity can be found here.
Full proposals are due by 11:59 PM EST on January 17, 2023.
Please contact Tiffany Vance [tiffany.c.vance@noaa.gov] if you have any questions. - NCCOS MERHAB/PCMHAB Grant Opportunity
MERHAB targeted and regional proposals will build and sustain capacity for monitoring and observing of HABs and associated toxins.
Targeted PCMHAB proposals will advance new methods for HAB toxin measurement in seafood to prevent human illnesses.
(Deadline for the required Letter of Intent is passed)
The deadline for full applications is January 31, 2023.
The full NOFO is available here
Job Openings
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
Post-doc researcher at the Algal Resources Collection
Apply by 1 February 2023
More info and apply here
Contact: Dr. Catharina Alves-de-Souza (desouzac@uncw.edu) - Texas A&M Oceanography Dept
Research Associate responsible for operating, maintaining, and servicing several Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) instruments along the coast of Texas
Location: College Station, TX
Full description here
Contact: Dr. Darren Henrichs (dhenrichs@tamu.edu) - Postdoc positions at Ifremer (France)
Units working on HABs include:
PHYTOX (contact: Philipp Hess)
DYNECO/PELAGOS (contact: Marc Sourisseau)