EFI Social Science & Ecoforecasting Award RFP. 📆Deadline: Dec 15, 2025 $1,000 grants available for 5 project groups led by a social scientist to either 1) develop a proposal for external funding or 2) convene a group to explore ideas and potential funding sources. ecoforecast.org/social-scien...

Mark your calendar for Jan 12, 2026! The next Statistical Methods webinar hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section will be at noon US ET. Michael Dumelle will present on “Building Spatial Statistical Models in R using {spmodel}” Register at: bit.ly/4i7l0BD

Issue #54 of the EFI Newsletter is now available at: conta.cc/3MpMWF0 Lots of info about - conferences, including the new EFI2026 Conference website, - a Social Science and Ecoforecasting Award RFP due Dec 15, - upcoming virtual seminars, - new community manuscript guidelines and more!

The European EFI Chapter is hosting Willem Bonnaffé for their monthly virtual seminar on Wednesday, December 10 at 1pm CET. Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Join us tomorrow! 12th November at 1pm CET. The European EFI Chapter is hosting Iestyn Woolway to present. Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

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Don't forget to join us next Monday, November 3, for the Statistical Methods webinar series we are co-hosting with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section. Dr. Richard Schuster will share about “Decision support using the {prioritizr} R package.” Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt

Issue 53 of the EFI newsletter is now available! Find updates on - the annual EFI conference, other upcoming conference sessions, workshops, and seminars - invites to participate in working group activities - awards - new bylaws & playbook for international chapters and more! conta.cc/3WXJaEQ

🧊 Did your model freeze in time? Let’s bring it back to life! Join our hands-on workshop “Building Near-Term Iterative Forecasting Workflows” at #TIBS2026 – Aarhus, 6 Jan 2026 🌍 We’ll explore how to turn static predictions into dynamic, self-updating forecasts. @paniw.bsky.social

The next seminar in the Statistical Methods webinar series hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section is on November 3 at noon US ET. Richard Schuster will present on “Decision support using the {prioritizr} R package” prioritizr.net Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt

EFI Social Science & Ecoforecasting Award RFP. 📆Deadline: Dec 15, 2025 $1,000 grants available for 5 project groups led by a social scientist to either 1) develop a proposal for external funding or 2) convene a group to explore ideas and potential funding sources. ecoforecast.org/social-scien...

📣 Reminder: Join EFI and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology section 📆 next Monday, October 6 at noon US ET 📖 to learn from Dr. Kenneth Kellner about “The {unmarked} R package for fitting hierarchical models of animal abundance and occurrence” ✅ Register at: bit.ly/3H7tri7

We will co-host the next Statistical Methods webinar on October 6 at noon US ET with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section Kenneth Kellner will present “The {unmarked} R package for fitting hierarchical models of animal abundance and occurrence” Register at: bit.ly/3H7tri7

Lots of updates in the latest EFI newsletter! conta.cc/4gsAT4X * Save the date for the Aug 5-7, EFI2026 Conference in Toronto, Canada (set aside Aug 4 for working group activities) * new working groups * proposed bylaw changes to formalize international chapter activities * and lots more!

Today, I am part of one of her stories with my work in the TransPlant Network at @ethz.ch , our experiment in France Université Grenoble Alpes and the @ecoforecast.bsky.social , honored to be featured alongside scientists in climate science and ecology. www.quantamagazine.org/photos-captu...

Join us for a webinar next Monday, September 8 at noon US ET for an “Introduction to Continuous-time Movement Modeling for Animal Tracking Data” Register at: bit.ly/4lRRbGl

After the summer hiatus, the European EFI chapter is starting up its monthly seminar series. Join us! Details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

We are co-hosting the 5th round of the Statistical Methods webinar series with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section. Join us on September 8 at noon US ET for an “Introduction to Continuous-time Movement Modeling for Animal Tracking Data” Register at: bit.ly/4lRRbGl

A new recording has been added to the EFI Translation working group's series on engaged research. "Who are end users and interested parties?" is available, along with the Intro, Why, When, and What of engaged research. Details and links to recordings are here: ecoforecast.org/engaged-rese...

Please join us for two exciting forecasting sessions today at #esa2025! From 8-9:30a, “Ecological Forecasting for Research and Decision making” and from 1:30-3p “Back and Forecasting in Ecology”.

EFI is at #esa2025 in Baltimore! On Tuesday, there will be an Ecological Forecasting mixer at Tulsi’s SoBo Kitchen and Bar from 7-9p.

Also check out the @ecoforecast.bsky.social sessions! The Ecological Forecasting for Research and Decision-Making session is organized by my fearless advisor @mcdietze.bsky.social: events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...

Monday afternoon at #ESA2025 I'll be talking about modeling forest recovery after disturbance using state space models. Check it out: events.rdmobile.com/Lists/Detail...

Find details about the call for submissions for the joint special issue on "Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System" in American Geophysical Union & Ecological Society of America journals at eos.org/editors-vox/...

The EFI Newsletter is out! conta.cc/3H8aPie Find updates on forecasting activities at the ESA conference and recent African EFI chapter short course, resources from the book club, the registration link for the continuous-time movement modeling (ctmm) R package Sept seminar, and other EFI updates.

The EFI Translation working group is creating a series on engaged research. A new recording on "What is co-production and what are its diverse forms?" is now available, along with the three others - the Intro, Why, and When. Details and links to recordings are here: ecoforecast.org/engaged-rese...

AGU25 abstract submission now open through July 30! If you are attending, we would love for you to consider submitting your abstract to the EFI-sponsored session "B033 - Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System." You can find details and submit an abstract at: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

We are working with the ESA Stats Ecology Section on the next round of the Statistical Methods webinar series. ecoforecast.org/workshops/st... Let us know of R or Python packages you want to learn about, or if you have a package you have developed, you want to share with the community.

🎉We've hit the 50th Issue of the EFI Newsletter! 🎉 conta.cc/3FBwqik Find summaries and updates about the EFI2025 Conference, an upcoming book club, a short course in Africa, EFI chapter & working group activities, and the release of recorded tutorials on scientific engagement. Check it out!

✏️The African EFI Chapter has officially launched! The group will host a short course in Cape Town late 21-25th July. Applications close 9 June. Find details and the link to the application form at: ecoforecast.africa/events/curre... Please share with African colleagues and collaborators!

EFI 2025 Book Club 📖 The EFI DEI working group is hosting calls in June/July to discuss Data Feminism data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu The book group is open to anyone interested in participating. Email [email protected] if you want to receive a poll to schedule calls.

Tomorrow! Join us at 1pm CET, May 14 for the virtual seminar hosted by the European Ecological Forecasting Initiative. More details on how to join the seminar and to see previous seminars at euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Next Monday, April 14, is the deadline to submit late-breaking poster abstracts and to register for the EFI2025 Conference at Virginia Tech on May 19-22. We've got a great lineup of talks, posters, workshops, and working group activities. Come join us! Find details at: bit.ly/efi2025

This Wednesday, 9th of April! Join us at 1 pm CET for our online Ecological Forecasting Seminar. Shane Morris will talk about forecasting the energy and water consequences of global change on animals using biophysical models. Check out euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri... for links.

Issue 49 of the EFI Newsletter is out! conta.cc/4jhX8e0 Find info about the new EFI Steering Committee, new funding, upcoming seminars, and EFI2025 Conference reminders including the registration deadline on April 14. See the conference schedule and the register link at bit.ly/efi2025

Thanks to generous funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Ecological Forecasting Initiative will be able to continue work to ensure equitable pathways to earth and environmental data science graduate programs. Learn more: ecoforecast.org/new-funding-...

EFI2025 Conference Update! We are keeping the early bird registration fees throughout the full registration period until April 14, 2025. We look forward to having you join us in May! Find the registration and full conference details at: bit.ly/efi2025.

Early bird registration closes this Friday, March 14 for the @ecoforecast.bsky.social Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) 2025 Conference! The conference is at Virginia Tech on May 19-22. Find the registration link in the "Conference Information" section at: bit.ly/efi2025

Tomorrow! 🌱 @ecoforecast.bsky.social

Issue 48 of the EFI Newsletter is out! conta.cc/4h6WBKc There are lots of activities to explore including a statement of support for the EFI community, elections for the EFI Steering Committee, upcoming seminars, updates from working groups, and new teaching and coding resources.

New EFI blog post! Resources for Reviewing Code ecoforecast.org/resources-fo... This blog post gives an overview of the importance of reviewing code and shares resources and templates that individuals in the EFI community have developed and found useful when reviewing code.

📣Join us next Monday! EFI and the ESA Statistical Ecology Section will host @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social and @timm.haucke.xyz on March 3 at noon US ET for the Statistical Methods webinar on "Ecological Modeling with AI and Python" Register at: bit.ly/4dbtALA

The next Statistical Methods webinar hosted by EFI and @esa_statistics is on Monday, March 3 at noon US ET. Sara Beery and Timm Haucke will present on "Ecological Modeling with AI and Python" Register at: bit.ly/4dbtALA

Do you know any students that might be interested in ecological forecasting? The @ecoforecast.bsky.social student/early career association is hosting two workshops on how to get involved. Both are targeted to early career (e.g., undergraduate) audiences, but open to all!

Registration is now open for the EFI2025 Conference on May 19-22 in Blacksburg, VA at bit.ly/efi2025! Find the draft schedule, workshops & working group details, and the Conference Handbook with info about the venue, travel recommendations, and more on the website.

Using >100,000 near-term ecological forecasts, produced in real-time as part of the @ecoforecast.bsky.social NEON Forecasting Challenge, we looked at how different forecasting models performed for different lake variables and sites!

Today at BioSpace25 organized by European Space Agency with @paniw.bsky.social @patriciasingh.bsky.social 🌿 We represent European Chapter of @ecoforecast.bsky.social and showcase an application of iterative near-term ecological forecasting for Donana National Park shrublands 🌿

⏰ Join us tomorrow at 1 pm CET for our online 🖥️ Ecological Forecasting Seminar. Dr. Viktoriia Radchuck will talk about the importance of phenotypic plasticity & time to assess resilience to disturbances. Check out euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri... for inks. @ecoforecast.bsky.social 🧪🌎

📣 Due 2/2/25: Apply to be part of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE) cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows! Join other early career scholars who live their dream of making the world more sustainable! Apply at sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione...

Tomorrow, January 22 is the deadline to submit abstracts, workshop and working group proposals, travel scholarship applications, and request letters of support for visas for the EFI2025 Conference at Virginia Tech on May 19-22. Apply and find conference details at bit.ly/efi2025 Join us!