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<div align="center"><font size="+2" color="#0000FF"><b>DIALOG and
Disccrs News</b></font></div>
<div align="center">May 9, 2004</div>
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color="#0000FF"><b>Resources</b></font></div>
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<div><b>Proposal Workshop for New Investigators in the
Antarctic</b><br>
National Science Foundation<br>
23-24 August 2004<br>
<br>
Letter of Intent Deadline: Tuesday, 15 June 2004 - Midnight, EDT<br>
<br>
For further information, please go to:<br>
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/workshop/nsf0432.htm<br>
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A workshop will be held 23-24 August 2004 at the National Science<br>
Foundation (NSF) to encourage proposals from investigators who are
new<br>
to the U.S. Antarctic Program. Staff of the Foundation's Office of<br>
Polar Programs (OPP), which funds and manages the U.S. Antarctic<br>
Program, will discuss:<br>
<br>
- Opportunities for NSF support of antarctic research and
education<br>
- NSF's field program for operational support of antarctic
research<br>
- Proposal preparation and proposal review criteria<br>
- NSF policies and other funding programs<br>
<br>
The workshop will include presentations and opportunities to meet
with<br>
NSF antarctic program managers.<br>
<br>
Attendance will be limited to researchers who have not been a
Principal<br>
Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on an NSF/OPP antarctic<br>
research grant and who are, or will be, eligible to apply for an
NSF<br>
antarctic research grant by the 2 June 2005 proposal deadline for
NSF<br>
Antarctic Research. Ph.D. candidates within 1 year of graduation,<br>
postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty are particularly encouraged
to<br>
apply.<br>
<br>
Airline tickets for attendance at the workshop will be provided to
a<br>
limited number of applicants who meet the requirements described in
NSF<br>
04-32 (http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/workshop/nsf0432.htm).
All<br>
participants will assume the cost of meals and housing.<br>
<br>
To apply:<br>
(1) Carefully review the description of the NSF Antarctic Research<br>
Program (NSF 04-559) at:<br>
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04559/nsf04559.htm<br>
<br>
and NSF 04-32 available at:<br>
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/workshop/nsf0432.htm<br>
<br>
(2) If you are interested in pursuing scientific research in the<br>
Antarctic, e-mail a letter of intent to:<br>
NewInvestigatorAntarctic@nsf.gov<br>
<br>
Letter of Intent Deadline: Tuesday, 15 June 2004 - Midnight, EDT<br>
<br>
(3) In one page or less, list your name, contact information, and
your<br>
current academic status, including your graduation date. Also
summarize<br>
your general research interests and your research plans.<br>
<br>
(4) State whether or not you are requesting an airline ticket,
your<br>
airport of origin, and your requested destination
(Baltimore-Washington,<br>
Reagan National, or Washington-Dulles).<br>
<br>
Additional information, including the conference agenda, can be found
on<br>
the NSF web site at:<br>
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/workshop/nsf0432.htm</div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Science
News</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font size="-1">Check out this section both for
news tidbits, and for</font></div>
<div align="center"><font size="-1">examples of how to communicate
science to a non-scientist audience</font></div>
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<div><b>WARM CLIMATE'S EFFECTS STRIKING IN WEST</b></div>
<div>from The Los Angeles Times (Registration Required)</div>
<div> FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Just outside this
mountain town, where the acres of ponderosa pine turn into a Christmas
green blur, Tom Whitham eyes the weary, struggling forest.<br>
Death is everywhere. Their limbs bare and
bark brittle, the trees quickly<br>
turn this forest into an aching reminder of the devastation of drought
and a<br>
massive bark beetle infestation. Whitham pulls his pickup truck over
and</div>
<div>gestures to the dead trees -- 75 percent in this area alone.<br>
Forget talk of global warming and speculation
of what it might do in 50<br>
years, or 100. Here and across the West, climate change already
is</div>
<div>happening. Temperatures are warmer, ocean levels are rising, the
snowpack is dwindling and melting earlier, flowers bloom earlier,
mountain glaciers are disappearing and a six-year drought is killing
trees by the millions.<br>
http://snipurl.com/64ar<br>
</div>
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color="#0000FF"><b>Forum</b></font></div>
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<div><b>NSF Environmental Research and Education Lags in FY 2005
Budget</b></div>
<div><font size="-1"> From Craig Schiffries, Ph.D.</font></div>
<div><font size="-1">Director of Science Policy</font></div>
<div><font size="-1">National Council for Science and the
Environment</font></div>
<div>Funding for the Environmental Research and Education (ERE)
portfolio of the National Science Foundation (NSF) would decline by
0.2 percent--to $932.2 million--under the President's budget request
for FY 2005. This is the first time that ERE funding would
decline since the National Science Board identified environmental
research as one of NSF's "highest priorities" in 2000.
In contrast to the proposed cut for ERE funding, the total NSF budget
would increase by 3 percent in FY 2005. The ERE portfolio is a
crosscutting "virtual directorate" that coordinates
environmental activities across the entire agency.</div>
<div> The 2000 National Science Board (NSB) report,
"Environmental Science and Engineering for the 21st Century: The
Role of the National Science Foundation," recommended raising
NSF's ERE budget 167 percent, from approximately $600 million to $1.6
billion over a period of five years. The report directs NSF to
develop budget requests that are consistent with this
recommendation.</div>
<div> The lagging growth of the Environmental
Research and Education budget relative to the total NSF budget in
recent years raises serious concerns about its status as one of the
agency's "highest priorities." In the years
immediately following the National Science Board report, growth in the
ERE budget reflected its priority status: from FY 1999 to 2001
the ERE account grew more rapidly than the overall NSF budget (30.7
percent for ERE versus 20.3 percent for total NSF). However, the
ERE growth rate has trailed the total NSF growth rate since that time
(Table 2). From FY 2002 to FY 2005 (request), the ERE budget
grew by only 13.1 percent while the total NSF budget grew by 20.3
percent. For the entire period from FY 1999 to 2005 (request),
the ERE budget grew by 56.6 percent--an increase that is almost
indistinguishable from NSF's overall growth of 55.7 percent over the
same interval.</div>
<div> The National Science Board proposed a
167 percent increase for environmental research and education in the
context of doubling the overall NSF budget. The doubling has not
materialized. Nevertheless, the lagging growth of the
Environmental Research and Education portfolio relative to the total
NSF budget in recent years is surprising in light of the
recommendation of the National Science Board, which is the agency’s
governing body. </div>
<div> All of NSF's disciplinary
directorates include support for ERE, with the majority in Geosciences
(55 percent) and Biological Sciences (23 percent). According to
the FY 2005 budget request, ERE funding in the Engineering directorate
would decrease by $2.0 million, and ERE funding in all other
Directorates would remain flat. The budget for every
disciplinary directorate would increase under the FY 2005 budget
request, but the budget for the ERE component would not increase.
After several years of rapid growth, funding for the priority area on
Biocomplexity in the Environment--the flagship program of the ERE
portfolio--would be flat at $99.8 million in FY 2005.</div>
<div> For an extended verion of this
article, including budget tables, please visit <a
href="http://www.ncseonline.org/updates/page.cfm?fID=3672"
>http://www.ncseonline.org/updates/page.cfm?fID=3672</a></div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Summer
Programs, Courses, Internships</b></font>,<font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b> Meetings</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>NSF Proposal Workshop for New Investigators in the
Antarctic</b></div>
<div>> A workshop will be held 23-24 August 2004 at the National
Science<br>
> Foundation (NSF) to encourage proposals from investigators who
are new to</div>
<div>> the U.S. Antarctic Program. Staff of the Foundation's
Office of Polar</div>
<div>> Programs (OPP), which funds and manages the U.S. Antarctic
Program, will</div>
<div>> discuss:</div>
<div>> *<x-tab> </x-tab>Opportunities for
NSF support of antarctic research and education<br>
> *<x-tab> </x-tab>NSF's field program for
operational support of antarctic research<br>
> *<x-tab> </x-tab>Proposal preparation and
proposal review criteria</div>
<div>> *<x-tab> </x-tab>NSF policies and
other funding programs</div>
<div>> The workshop will include presentations and opportunities to
meet with NSF</div>
<div>> antarctic program managers.</div>
<div>> Attendance will be limited to researchers who have not been
a Principal<br>
> Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on an NSF/OPP antarctic
research<br>
> grant and who are, or will be, eligible to apply for an NSF
antarctic<br>
> research grant by the 2 June 2005 proposal deadline for NSF
Antarctic<br>
> Research. Ph.D. candidates within 1 year of graduation,
postdoctoral</div>
<div>> fellows, and new faculty are particularly encouraged to
apply.</div>
<div>> Airline tickets for attendance at the workshop will be
provided to a<br>
> limited number of applicants who meet the requirements described
in NSF</div>
<div>> 04-32
(<http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/workshop/nsf0432.htm>).
All</div>
<div>> To apply:</div>
<div>> *<x-tab> </x-tab>Carefully review
the description of the NSF Antarctic Research<br>
> Program (NSF 04-559) at<br>
> <http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04559/nsf04559.htm> and
NSF 04-32<br>
>
(<http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/workshop/nsf0432.htm>).<br>
> *<x-tab> </x-tab>If you are interested in
pursuing scientific research in the<br>
> Antarctic, e-mail a letter of intent to
NewInvestigatorAntarctic@nsf.gov<br>
> <mailto:NewInvestigatorAntarctic@nsf.gov>, by midnight,
EDT, June 15,<br>
> 2004.<br>
> *<x-tab> </x-tab>In one page or less, list your name, contact
information, and your<br>
> current academic status, including your graduation date. Also
summarize<br>
> your general research interests and your research
plans. <br>
> *<x-tab> </x-tab>State
whether or not you are requesting an airline ticket, your<br>
> airport of origin, and your requested destination
(Baltimore-Washington,</div>
<div>> Reagan National or Washington-Dulles).</div>
<div>> Additional information, including the conference agenda, can
be found on<br>
> the NSF web site at</div>
<div>>
<http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/workshop/nsf0432.htm>.</div>
<div>> Scott Borg<br>
> Head, Antarctic Sciences Section<br>
> Office of Polar Programs</div>
<div>> National Science Foundation</div>
<div>> Winifred Reuning<br>
> Antarctic Sciences Section<br>
> Office of Polar Programs<br>
> National Science Foundation<br>
> 703/292-8033<br>
> wreuning@nsf.gov</div>
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