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| Welcome to New Member Institution | | We are pleased to welcome our latest member institution: the University of Massachusetts Boston with Dr. Crystal Schaaf as the Member Institution Representative. |
| Harvard Forest Groundbreaking |
The Harvard Forest core site will be hosting a ground breaking ceremony on 2012-06-08. Attendance at the event is complimentary, but please register if you plan to attend.
Date: June 8, 2012 at the Harvard Forest
Address: 324 North Main Street | Petersham, MA | 01366 (Directions)
Schedule: 8:30a ~ Gather for event: Coffee and tea in the Harvard Forest Fisher Museum | 9:00 ~ Depart on foot for NEON site from Fisher Museum | 9:30 ~ Groundbreaking ceremony at NEON site; return to Museum on foot | 10:30 ~ Seminar | 11:45 ~ Lunch |
| NSF BIGDATA Initiative |
The Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering (BIGDATA) solicitation aims to advance the core scientific and technological means of managing, analyzing, visualizing, and extracting useful information from large, diverse, distributed and heterogeneous data sets so as to: accelerate the progress of scientific discovery and innovation; lead to new fields of inquiry that would not otherwise be possible; encourage the development of new data analytic tools and algorithms; facilitate scalable, accessible, and sustainable data infrastructure; increase understanding of human and social processes and interactions; and promote economic growth and improved health and quality of life. The new knowledge, tools, practices, and infrastructures produced will enable breakthrough discoveries and innovation in science, engineering, medicine, commerce, education, and national security -- laying the foundations for US competitiveness for many decades to come.
See NSF's FAQ or attend a webinar on Tuesday 2012-05-08. |
| Science Communications Workshops |
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been holding a workshop series held at various locations around the country called "Science: Becoming the Messenger". There are two upcoming workshops limited to universities and colleges in: Montana (2012-05-16), South Dakota (2012-06-05), and Rhode Island (2012-07-18).
NSF welcomes principal investigators (PI), early career researchers and engineers, graduate students and postdocs from institutions and universities in those states who would like to learn to communicate effectively to a broad audience. Featuring three accomplished communicators and trainers--Emmy award winning television producer Joe Schreiber, former PBS executive Dan Agan and bestselling science author Chris Mooney--the NSF workshop "Science: Becoming the Messenger" provides one-stop shopping for those seeking to reach a broader public about their work.
Over the course of this full day of training, participants will learn how to craft a message and deliver it to a variety of audiences. They will also have the opportunity to experience live interview training, to develop writing and new media skills, to hone their public presentations and even to produce video. |
Solicitations of Potential Interest to the NEON Community
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Please click the respective links to check the original source of information. The abbreviated text below may not reflect amendments to the original announcements, and may not reflect the original intent of the solicitation. The "New" icons indicate recent new announcements (includes announcements for regular solicitations), and not necessarily new programs. These are primarily, though not limited to, NSF solicitations. Not all new announcements are included in the list below.  IGERT-CIF21 - Excerpt: Within the Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) and IGERT, NSF recognizes the need to educate and support a next generation of researchers able to address fundamental challenges in 1) core techniques and technologies for advancing big data science and engineering; 2) analyzing and dealing with challenging computational and data enabled science and engineering (CDS&E) problems, and 3) researching, providing, and using the cyberinfrastructure that makes cutting-edge CDS&E research possible in any and all disciplines.
- Critical Dates: Letter of intent: 2012-06-04, Full proposal: 2012-08-06.
- SESYNC Synthesis Project Call for Proposals
- Excerpt: SESYNC invites applications to support synthesis research projects under the following themes: "THEME: 2012T-2: Globalization and Environmental Change" and "THEME: 2012T-3: Informing Sustainability and Adaptation Decisions through Assessment and Modeling of Ecosystem Services".
- Critical Dates: 2012-05-30
- Dear Colleague Letter: Belmont Forum - G8 Multilateral International Opportunities Fund Initiative
- Excerpt: The Directorate for Geosciences and the Office of International Science and Engineering announce a new Multilateral Research Funding Initiative between the Belmont Forum1 and the G8 Heads of Research Councils (G8HORCs). The Belmont Forum and G8-HORCs will support on a competitive basis, collaborative, research projects co-designed by teams of researchers from at least three participating countries. These interdisciplinary teams will bring together natural scientists, social/economic scientists and research users, such as policy makers, regulators, NGOs and industry.
- Critical Dates: See website.
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Key Dates in 2012
| 5/10 - 5/11: Board Meeting (Boulder, CO)
8/5 - 8/10: ESA Annual Meeting (Portland, OR)
9/30 - 10/5: EcoSummit 2012 (Columbus, OH)
10/17 - 10/18: NEON, Inc. Annual Meeting (Washington, DC)
10/18 - 10/19: AERC Annual Meeting (Washington, DC)
12/6 - 12/10: AGU Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA) |
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