Jobs and Grants

Jobs

• Ocean Services Manager—Deadline Extended - CZM is seeking applications for an Ocean Services Manager to provide critical policy, planning, and coordinating functions for CZM and EEA. In addition, the manager will organize and coordinate an inter-agency ocean planning team and will lead CZM's external efforts on ocean management (see CZM's Ocean Management Initiative website). Applications are due by May 9.
  
  
• CZM Internship Opportunities - CZM is soliciting applications for the following five internships. All internships are unpaid, part-time positions.
  • Aquatic Invasive Species Program Internship - CZM's Aquatic Invasive Species Program is seeking an intern to assist with: monitoring for invasives at marinas and rocky shores, citizen training efforts, and literature review and other research. The schedule is flexible and will include field work.
  • Massachusetts Bays Program Internship - The Massachusetts Bays Program is seeking an intern to assist with designing a "living" atlas of the Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays region to serve as a framework for the development of a habitat classification scheme. The anticipated schedule is 20 hours per week in July and August.
  • BUAR Internships - The Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources is seeking three interns, with flexible schedules of two to five days per week, to:
    1. Assist with BUAR nominations to National Register of Historic Places.
    2. Assist with development of a submerged cultural resources geodatabase.
    3. Identify partners and develop a training program for BUAR's Shoreline Heritage Identification Partnership Strategy Program.
  For the full position descriptions including application details, see the EEA website.

• Commonwealth Employment Opportunities

• Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Funding - CZM is seeking applications for funding under the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP). CELCP provides state and local governments with matching funds to purchase significant coastal and estuarine lands, or conservation easements on such lands, that are considered important for their ecological, conservation, recreational, historical, or aesthetic values. Applications will be reviewed and ranked for nomination to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for evaluation and potential Federal Fiscal Year 2009 CELCP funding. To view the Request for Responses (RFR), visit the Comm-PASS Website and search for document number "ENV 08 CZM 03." Applications are due by July 2.
  
  
• §319 Grants - The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is seeking proposals for the §319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Competitive Grants Program. To view the Request for Responses (RFR), go to the Comm-PASS website and search for document number "RFR BRP 2008-01." A public information session will be held at MassDEP's Worcester Office on April 22. For details about past §319 projects, see MassDEP's Website. Proposals are due by June 3.

• Coastal Pollutant Remediation (CPR) Program Web Page
• Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Grant Program Web Page
• Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP) Web Page
• Wetlands Restoration Program (WRP) Grants and Funding Web Page

• Grant and Loan Programs of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
• Funding Opportunities for Coastal Managers
• Comm-Pass - The Commonwealth's Procurement Access & Solicitation System