Eyes on the Ocean™ - Upcoming Meetings, Funding and Job Opportunities - The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

Below are links to upcoming meetings and webinars, as well as grants, funding, job and internship opportunities, as listed in the Eyes on the Ocean™ IOOS Newsletter. This page is updated regularly, so bookmark it and check back often!

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Upcoming Meetings
Webinars
Grants and Funding Opportunities
Job & Internship Opportunities

Upcoming Meetings

Please check links as we move forward as things may change quickly for planned events.

October 12-14: California Ocean Observing System Summit | Virtual Registration
October 14 - 15: Smart Great Lakes 2.0 Workshop
October 25-29, 2026: 13th U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae
October 28-30: 2026 Global eDNA Conference
November 2: IOOS Advisory Committee Public Meeting (virtual)
November 5: GCOOS Members’ Meeting
November 9-13: CODAR SeaSonde Training
November 10: GLOS Annual Meeting
November 17-19: DMAC Code Sprint
December 7-11: 2026 AGU Annual Meeting
February 16-18, 2027: Creating Data Pipelines for Novel Ocean Observations | Apply to attend by 10/16
March 2-4, 2027: The Drones in the Coastal Zone (DITCZ) Community of Practice
May 10-12, 2027: SECOORA Annual Meeting

Webinars:

Powering Coastal Aquaculture: Demonstration of Paired Tidal Energy Harvesting and Water Quality Monitoring, SECOORA. October 20, 2026, 11am ET. Registration

The Sound of Resilience? Listening to Estuaries in a Changing World, SECOORA. November 5, 2026 12pm ET. Registration

Brown Bag Lunch Launch: Biomolecular approaches to observe and manage marine life, EUROGOOS, November 18, 2026, 6am ET. Registration

The Sound of Resilience? Listening to Estuaries in a Changing World, SECOORA. November 5, 2026 12pm ET. Registration

SERIES: Dialogues with Industry: Accelerating Ocean Enterprise Growth in Future Key Markets

Oct 21: Carbon & Biodiversity Credit Markets

Nov 12: The Ocean Enterprise in the Age of AI

SERIES: Air Centre Networking Fridays

Oct 9: SEAMOUNTS: Building an International Science Seamounts

Oct 16: Toxic Tides: public health impacts

SERIES: GCAN Fall Webinar Series

Nov 2: Measuring and Modeling Ocean Acidification in the Gulf of America

Dec 7: Let it snow. Plankton Responses to Acidification and Environmental Change

SERIES: EMB Third Thursday Science

Oct 15: Mapping key marine habitats in the Mediterranean

Grants and Funding Opportunities:

Earth System Science and Services Partnership, NOAA Climate Program Office. Applications due by October 26, 2026.

Advancing coastal flood protection through public-private partnerships, innovative insurance products, and improved sediment management, NOAA NCCOS. Applications due by February 12, 2027.

Request for Support: Surface Elevation Table Maintenance & Repairs, SECOORA. Applications considered on a rolling basis.

Great Lakes Observing Platform Repair/Equipment Funding, GLOS. Applications considered on a rolling basis.

Job & Internship Opportunities:

Vice Chair Data & Information, Observations Coordination Group, GOOS. Closes 10/12/26.

Public Affairs Specialist, NOAA. Closes 10/14/26.

Oceanography Data Science Research Specialist, Scripps/SCCOOS. Closes 10/21/26.

Communications Fellowship, GLOS. Closes 11/13/26.

Engagement Fellowship, GLOS. Closes 11/13/26.

Hollings Scholarship, NOAA. Applications close 1/31/27

Office Manager, NERACOOS. Open until filled.

Chief Operating Officer, NSF Seafood Engine in New England. Open until filled.

Chief Innovation Officer, NSF Seafood Engine in New England. Open until filled.

Managing Director, NSF Seafood Engine in New England. Open until filled.

Communications Manager, NSF Seafood Engine in New England. Open until filled.

Finance Manager, NSF Seafood Engine in New England. Open until filled.

Grants Manager, SECOORA. Open until filled. Open until filled.

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