LTER Calendar

LTER recognizes the value of sustained interactions between students, teachers, and scientists, and strives to integrate LTER science with K-12 education. Most LTER sites conduct individual programs at the local level, and the network supports centralized approaches to educational initiatives.

The 2024 LTER Request for Synthesis Proposals is now open! This informational webinar will review the RFP and the submission and review process, as well as new resources for developing an effective proposal and recruiting a string team.

The LTER Information Management Committee meets monthly via video conference to share information and ideas relevant to information management in the LTER Network. Information Managers from all LTER sites are invited and encouraged to participate in these meetings.

The purpose of the LTER Network DEIJ Committee: Engagement, integration and retention of a diverse community of students, scientists, and educators within LTER. Provides concrete and deliberate actions and resources at individual sites and at the Network to foster diversity and inclusion.

The LTER Graduate Student Committee was established to foster interaction among graduate students working at LTER sites and between students and senior LTER scientists, to create student opportunities for intersite research, and to develop interdisciplinary graduate student training programs. Membership includes student representatives from each of the LTER sites.

Communicating science through photography and videography with Kelso Harper, Multimedia Producer at Scientific American

The Information Management Committee Executive Team meets monthly and is responsible for tracking working group progress, liasing with the Environmental Data Initiative, the LTER Executive Board, the LTER Network Office, and developing agendas for the IM Virtual watercoolers.

This FieldFutures harassment and assault prevention workshop will help participants learn prevention via positive organizational climate-setting activities matters for the movement toward safe, inclusive fieldwork.

The International LTER Network connects national and regional networks similar to our own. In October 2024, the ILTER will hold the third ILTER open science meeting (OSM) in Xishuangbanna, China. In this community call, Tiffany Troxler, Chair of the ILTER and a co-PI with the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, will discuss the international LTER Network, the upcoming open science meeting, and opportunities to get involved in both or either. 

LTER recognizes the value of sustained interactions between students, teachers, and scientists, and strives to integrate LTER science with K-12 education. Most LTER sites conduct individual programs at the local level, and the network supports centralized approaches to educational initiatives.