NSF Perspectives
Presentation at the US THORPEX-Legacy Planning Meeting June 5-6 2014
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Key points
• US science community needs to organize. What are
your priorities? What are your best science plans?
• Hazards SEES and PREEVENTS are possible “homes” for
your proposals
• We support the goals of NOAA’s WRN
• Support community models and data assimilation
• Opportunity within AGS: VSO
• Exploring concept of and requirements for a universitybased, real-time ensemble forecast system
• AGS Goals and Objectives
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PREEVENTS
(Prediction and Resilience against Extreme EVENTS)
• In many respects, extreme events is at the
heart of what GEO supports (e.g.,
earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, floods,
abrupt climate change, permafrost thawing,
drought, land slides, tsunami, etc.).
• Possible partners – other agencies, and other
NSF Directorates
• Currently supporting SEES Hazard. PREEVENTS
will be the follow on program
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Opportunities within AGS and NSF
• AGS Dear Colleague Letter
– NSF/NCEP Visiting Scientist DCL is published:
• http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13117/nsf13117.jsp
• NSF solicitations
– Solicitation due dates:
• http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=NSF&ord=
date
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Visiting Scientist Opportunity
NCEP
NSF
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PI reviews NOAA
spreadsheet for focus areas
relevant to their grant
Contacts their cognizant
program director to discuss
intent
If agreed, PI makes contact
with the NCEP POC
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NSF program director
makes recommendation
to support or decline
request
If approved, notification
sent to NCEP by
cognizant NSF program
director.
NCEP POC and PI discuss
compatibility and logistics.
If agreed, PI writes draft
supplemental request to
submit to NCEP.
NCEP POC gets Center
Director approval and
provides letter of intent to
collaborate
If approved by Center
Director, PI submits
supplemental request and
NCEP POC letter of intent
to collaborate to NSF
VSO Begins!!
Link to DCL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13117/nsf13117.jsp?org=AGS
Link to NCEP's areas of interest/focus page: http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/vsp/
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AGS Goals and Objectives
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Goal 1: OBSERVE, UNDERSTAND, AND MODEL EXTREME EVENTS AND NATURAL
HAZARDS
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Goal 2: ADVANCE THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH’S
CLIMATE
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Goal 3: EXPAND KNOWLEDGE OF EARTH’S ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND
BEHAVIOR
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Goal 4: UNDERSTAND THE SUN and GEOSPACE ENVIRONMENT AS A COUPLED
SYSTEM
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Goal 5: PROVIDE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADVANCE THE AGS COMMUNITY
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Goal 6: BUILD A DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE
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Thank you
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