American Geophysical Union

US SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL START SECRETARIAT

SCIENTIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING FOR GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH

AGU TOPS MVP MOOC V0 PLUS PROGRAM SUPPORT

SCIENTIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING FOR GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH

US SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL START SECRETARIAT

AGU AAS ASGSR TO NASA: SUPPORTING EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS POST PANDEMIC

LANDING-PRFP: A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM WITH THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND NETWORK FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE GEOSCIENCES

ENHANCING NASA'S LAND-COVER LAND-USE CHANGE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THROUGH GLOBAL OBERVATION OF THE F

TO EXPAND THE SUCCESS OF THE NASA-FUNDED VISUAL-BASED STORYTELLING COMPETITION TO ENHANCE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATA VISUALIZATION SKILLS HIGHLIGHT THEIR ABILITY TO USE VISUAL STORYTELLING TO PRESENT COMPLEX ISSUES SOLUTIONS AND PHENOMENA ELEVATE THE VALUE OF VISUALIZATION IN SCIENTIFIC STORYTELLING AND INTEGRATE OPPORTUNITIES INTO THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY AND ENCOURAGE CONVERGENT SCIENCE.

ACCELERATING OPEN AND FAIR DATA PRACTICES ACROSS THE EARTH, SPACE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: A PILOT WITH THE NSF TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ACCESS TO RESEARCH DATA

BELMONT FORUM COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BUILDING NEW TOOLS FOR DATA SHARING AND RE-USE THROUGH A TRANSNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PROTECTED AREAS (PARSEC)

THE INTERNATIONAL START SECRETARIAT REQUESTS RENEWAL GRANT SUPPORT FROM NASA FOR THE 3-YEAR PERIOD CY2011-CY20I3 FOR ACTIVITIES TARGETED AT BUILDING

GEO OSE TRACK 1: FORGING CROSS-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS TO ACCELERATE GEOSCIENCE DISCOVERIES: CULTIVATING SUSTAINABLE DISCIPLINARY OPEN SCIENCE COMMUNITIES -INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH IS MAXIMIZED WHEN DATA ARE AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE: FINDABLE, INTEROPERABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND REUSABLE (FAIR). HOWEVER, SIMPLY MAKING DATA PUBLIC IN GENERALIZED REPOSITORIES DOES NOT MEAN IT IS FAIR. DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC ARCHIVING WILL LOWER THE BARRIER FOR SCIENTISTS TO MAKE THEIR DATA FAIR. THE TARGET DISCIPLINES OF HYDROLOGY, OCEANS, AND SEISMOLOGY WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THEIR SUBSTANTIAL BUT DISPARATE EXISTING RESOURCES AND THEIR DEMONSTRATED RECEPTIVENESS TO OPEN DATA PRACTICES. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BUILD COALITIONS IN THREE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES BY ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING RESEARCHERS, PUBLISHERS AND DATA MANAGERS AT MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING EVENTS. THEY WILL DEVELOP COMMUNITY-VETTED, DISCIPLINARY-SPECIFIC DATA SHARING FRAMEWORKS; A WEB PLATFORM TO IMPLEMENT THE FRAMEWORK; AND DISCIPLINARY LEADERS AND LIAISONS TO SUSTAIN THE FRAMEWORK. THE FRAMEWORK OF COMMUNITY PRACTICES WILL ALSO BE CAPTURED TO INFORM FUTURE USE IN OTHER DISCIPLINES. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL BUILD A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR THREE TARGET DISCIPLINES TO DRIVE THEIR COMMUNITY TOWARD A SHARED VISION OF COMMON DATA RESOURCES INCLUDING DIGITAL OBJECTS, METHODS AND TOOLS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN OPEN SCIENCE AND FINDABLE, INTEROPERABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND REUSABLE (FAIR) DATA PRINCIPLES. THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC FRAMEWORKS WILL COALESCE EXISTING COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND HELP TO IDENTIFY AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LEADING PRACTICES, VOCABULARIES, AND INTEGRATION OF STANDARDS. THE VETTING PROCESS INCLUDES OPEN SCIENCE PRACTITIONERS PROVIDING A STEADY INFLUENCE ON THE LONG-TERM VALUE OF DATA AS AN ASSET AND THE OVERALL NEED FOR BETTER DATA MANAGEMENT, PRESERVATION METHODS AND PROTOCOLS. EACH DISCIPLINE?S LEADERSHIP, THROUGH ADOPTION AND AWARENESS EFFORTS, HELP SHAPE THE PATH THAT WILL BENEFIT BROADER SCIENCE GOALS: 1) COMMUNITY RESOURCES IDENTIFIED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RESPECTIVE MEMBERS; 2) INTEROPERABLE DATA THAT ARE MACHINE-ACTIONABLE SUPPORTING DISCOVERY, TRUST, AND REUSE; 3) DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP THAT INTENTIONALLY FOSTERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN DATA MANAGEMENT, OPEN SCIENCE, AND FAIR DATA. FRAMEWORK DISSEMINATION AND SOCIALIZATION VIA DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITIES AND MEETINGS WILL LOWER KEY BARRIERS TO THE REALIZATION OF THE VALUE OF OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES BY PUTTING COMMUNITY-VETTED RESOURCES WHERE RESEARCHERS SHARE THEIR RESEARCH AND CONNECT TO THEIR COLLEAGUES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RCN: GOLD-EN: LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND NETWORK FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN GEOSCIENCES (LANDING): BUILDING, DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING DEI LEADERS

PLANNING GRANT: ADVANCING JUSTICE-CENTERED COMMUNITY SCIENCE -THIS ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP A CURRICULUM, LEARNING MATERIALS, AND PARTICIPANT MODEL THAT WILL INTRODUCE 100?S OF GEOSCIENTISTS EACH YEAR TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF JUSTICE-CENTERED COMMUNITY SCIENCE. JUSTICE-CENTERED COMMUNITY SCIENCE IS WHEN SCIENTISTS COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, ESPECIALLY FROM COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED, NEGLECTED, EXPLOITED, AND UNDERSERVED BY SCIENCE, AND DESIGN AND CARRY OUT PROJECTS THAT USE SCIENCE TO ADVANCE LOCAL PRIORITIES. THE CURRICULUM WILL INCORPORATE GUIDANCE FROM MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND LEADERS WHO HAVE STRONG RECORDS OF DOING JUSTICE-CENTERED COMMUNITY SCIENCE TO EXPAND EXISTING CONTENT FROM AGU?S THRIVING EARTH EXCHANGE THAT INTRODUCE GEOSCIENTISTS TO THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF JUSTICE-CENTERED COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND HELP THEM IDENTIFY AND IMPROVE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS. THE CURRICULUM AND LEARNING MATERIALS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN EMERGING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COMMUNITY SCIENCE. COMMUNITY SCIENCE, INCLUDING JUSTICE-CENTERED COMMUNITY SCIENCE, EXPANDS SCIENCE ? IT CONTRIBUTES NEW RESEARCH QUESTIONS, NEW METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES, AND NEW DATA SOURCES. THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROJECTS EXPLORE THE VERY EPISTEMOLOGY OF SCIENCE, WHICH ENLARGE THE CONCEPTION OF WHAT COUNTS AS SCIENCE, AND BUILD RESPECTFUL BRIDGES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING OR TRADITIONS OF KNOWLEDGE. THE COMMUNITY SCIENCE IS DESIGNED TO BE SOCIETALLY RELEVANT AND CONTRIBUTE SCIENCE TO CONCRETE SOLUTIONS; SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS TRANSLATE SCIENCE INTO ACTION BY INFORMING COMMUNITY PLANS, GUIDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT, INFLUENCING POLICY, OR HELPING INDIVIDUALS ACT OR MAKE DECISIONS. COMMUNITY SCIENCE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO SCIENCE LITERACY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH SCIENCE. IN JUSTICE-CENTERED COMMUNITY SCIENCE, SCIENTISTS LEARN NEW STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE FROM THEIR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THE FOCUS OF THIS WORK IS DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE-CENTERED COMMUNITY SCIENCE, ADVANCING THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY SCIENCE, AND CONTRIBUTING NEW RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND APPROACHES TO THE GEOSCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) IS A NONPROFIT EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE SOCIETY LOCATED IN WASHINGTON D.C. THE ORGANIZATION ADMINISTERS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FUNDED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE VARIOUS RESEARCH AND CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS TRAVEL GRANTS TO SUPPORT SCIENTISTS PARTICIPATING IN MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES. AGU IS HONORED TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING GRANT PROPOSAL FOR CONSIDERATION BY NASA FOR A VISUALLY BASED STORYTELLING COMPETITION. THE COMPETITION IS FOR EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE CREATIVE WAYS TO USE VISUALIZATION TO PRESENT COMPLEX PROBLEMS . THE EFFORT CONTINUES AND EXPANDS THE WORK OF THE 2016 NAS A-FUNDED DATA VISUALIZATION AND STORYTELLING COMPETITION (GRANT NNX16AL05G). VISUAL STORYTELLING CAN BE USED TO QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TELL A S TORY ABOUT DATA AND THE POTENTIAL OF DATA AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. POWERFUL VISUALS OFTEN EVOKE EMOTION DRIVING A DEEPER LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DATA AND SUBJECT MATTER BEING PRESENTED. THIS CONTEST IS FOCUSED ON CREATIVITY AND PRESENTING DATA IN NEW WAYS. THE COMPETITION WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS : ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE STUDENTS HIGHLIGHT THE ABILITIES OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE STUDENTS TO USE VISUALIZATION TO PRESENT COMPLEX ISSUES SOLUTIONS AND PHENOMENA ELEVATE THE VALUE OF VISUALIZATION IN SCIENTIFIC STORYTELLING. THE DATA VISUALIZATION AND STORYTELLING COMPETITION IS OPEN TO STUDENTS IN THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES WHO ARE LEGAL U.S . RESIDENTS AND ENROLLED FULL-TIME IN EITHER 2- OR 4-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE INSTITUTIONS . THE CONTEST WILL BE OPEN TO BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS (UP TO THREE PEOPLE ON A TEAM). THE COMPETITION WINNERS WILL RECEIVE TRAVEL GRANTS FUNDED BY NASA COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION AT THE AG U F ALL MEETING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR VISUALLY BASED S TORY ON THE NASA HYPERWALL DURING THE MEETING.

THE GOAL IS FOR THESE PRINCIPLES TO BE ENDORSED AND ADOPTED BY ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE EARTH SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY AND USED TO UPDATE OR INFORM GENERAL SCIENTIFIC CODE OF CONDUCT POLICIES.

HOW ETHNOGRAPHY REVEALS THE HUMAN STORY OF UNUSUAL GEOLOGICAL ENCOUNTERS: LESSONS FROM PUERTO RICO [HOW DO WE MAKE SENSE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS AS WE CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES OF THE ANTHROPOCENE? THIS QUESTION IS CENTRAL NOT JUST TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES, BUT ALSO TO THE PEOPLE LIVING THEM ON THE GROUND. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO LEARN HOW RESIDENTS OF THE PUERTO RICAN ARCHIPELAGO?S SOUTHWEST EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTAND, AND REFRAME THEIR SENSE OF MEANING IN RESPONSE TO UNUSUAL GEOLOGIC ENCOUNTERS WITH THE EARTH THAT DISRUPT FAMILIAR SPATIO-TEMPORAL RHYTHMS AND SCALES. WE APPLY ANTHROPOLOGICALLY-GROUNDED AND EXPERIMENTAL ETHNOGRAPHY TO IDENTIFY AND ELEVATE HUMANISTIC DIMENSIONS OF THIS REGION, A SITE OF OVERLOOKED GEOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL REGIONAL AND HEMISPHERIC SIGNIFICANCE. THE EXPERIENCES AND STORIES OF 15 INTERLOCUTORS WHO EXPLORE, STUDY, AND CONSERVE COASTAL KARST AND HOW THEY SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES IS CENTRAL TO THIS WORK. IN COLLABORATION WITH TWO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, WE WILL DEVELOP BILINGUAL GEOHERITAGE ROUTES AND ONLINE STORYMAPS.]

CONFERENCE: SCIENTISTS AS ALLIES: COMMUNITY-CENTERED APPROACHES TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE -THIS PROJECT WILL ORGANIZE AND HOST A SET OF WORKSHOPS TO IDENTIFY THE PARAMETERS AND SUB-ELEMENTS FOR A CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR TRACK ENHANCING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE USING CITIZEN-SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY-SCIENCE. THE CORE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ENGAGE SOCIETY AND SCIENTISTS TOGETHER TO ENVISION HOW BEST TO LINKS DISCOVERIES TO SOLUTIONS THAT MATTER FOR REAL COMMUNITIES? RESILIENCE. THIS EFFORT WILL BRING SCIENTISTS AND NON-SCIENTISTS TOGETHER, FOCUSING ESPECIALLY ON THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF HISTORICALLY NEGLECTED OR MARGINALIZED GROUPS, TO DEFINE COMMUNITY-SCIENCE APPROACHES THAT LEAD TO A MORE JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. THE PROPOSED TRACK IS EXPECTED TO IDENTIFY PILOT EFFORTS THAT CAN FACILITATE CULTURAL AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE THAT CAN HELP THE SCIENCES BE MORE INCLUSIVE, RELEVANT, AND RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS. THESE INSIGHTS, IF IMPLEMENTED IN A TRACK, COULD HAVE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACTS ON SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES ? DRAMATICALLY CHANGING HOW SCIENTISTS AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS ENGAGE AND HOW THE PUBLIC VIEWS SCIENCE. THIS MULTIMODAL WORKSHOP EFFORT PLANS TO INCLUDE ONLINE IDEATION, INSPIRATIONAL MICRO-PRESENTATIONS, INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS, AND IN-PERSON SYNTHESIS. A PARTICULAR FOCUS WILL BE ON BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES AND OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING MORE PREVALENT AMONG NON-SCIENTISTS. BRINGING THESE APPROACHES TOGETHER IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC LITERACY, BUILD TRUST IN SCIENCE, AND EXPAND THE CONCEPTION OF WHAT COUNTS AS SCIENCE. THIS EFFORT WILL ESPECIALLY FOCUS ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY NEGLECTED OR MARGINALIZED GROUPS, ENSURING THAT FUTURE COMMUNITY-SCIENCE AND CITIZEN SCIENCE EFFORTS THAT DEVELOP FROM THIS WORKSHOP CAN ALSO ENHANCE EQUITY AND JUSTICE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

CONFERENCE: UNDERSTANDING PROJECTIONS OF SEA LEVEL CHANGE AND THE DRIVERS -SEA LEVEL PROJECTIONS HAVE IMPACTS ON COASTAL ADAPTATION DECISION-MAKING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. PRODUCING USABLE PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE GLOBAL, LOCAL AND EXTREME SEA-LEVEL CHANGE REQUIRES HARMONIZING AND INTEGRATING INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS. IT ALSO REQUIRES ASSESSING THE LIKELIHOOD OF DIFFERENT OUTCOMES UNDER BOTH DIFFERENT POTENTIAL FUTURE SCENARIOS AND DIFFERENT SETS OF STRUCTURAL MODELING ASSUMPTIONS. THE GOAL OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO UNDERSTAND RECENT AND ONGOING PROGRESS RELATED TO PROJECTING SEA-LEVEL CHANGE AND ITS DRIVERS, AS WELL AS USER PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT HAS AND HAS NOT WORKED IN THE USE AND COMMUNICATION OF PRIOR SEA-LEVEL PROJECTIONS. THE WORKSHOP WILL FOCUS BOTH ON PROCESS UNDERSTANDING AND ON THE ABILITY TO DERIVE STATISTICAL AND/OR PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIPS FROM PROCESS UNDERSTANDING. THE WORKSHOP WILL ALSO FEATURE DISCUSSIONS OF PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE OBSERVATIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTIES IN LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS. EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE, AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE PROVIDED. WITH THIS WORKSHOP, THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION AIMS TO SYNTHESIZE THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SCIENCE ON SEA LEVEL PROJECTIONS IN A MANNER THAT BUILDS AN ACTIONABLE ROADMAP TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF INTEGRATED SEA-LEVEL PROJECTIONS. TO DO SO REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS ARE INTEGRATED, AS WELL AS ASSESSING THE PROBABILITY OF DIFFERENT OUTCOMES UNDER FUTURE SCENARIOS AND WITH DIFFERENT SETS OF ASSUMPTIONS. IT FURTHER REQUIRES CONSIDERATION OF BOTH THE CENTRAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF LIKELIHOODS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PROCESSES CHARACTERIZED BY A LACK OF AGREEMENT ON LIKELIHOOD (AND THUS DEEP UNCERTAINTY). WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS IN MIND, THIS WORKSHOP WILL COVER TOPICS SUCH AS STERODYNAMIC SEA-LEVEL CHANGE, GLACIERS, LAND WATER STORAGE, ICE-SHEET FEEDBACKS AND INSTABILITIES, LARGE-SCALE OCEAN CIRCULATION CHANGES, VERTICAL LAND MOTION, SEA-LEVEL EXTREMES, APPLICATION, AND USABILITY. THE 4-DAY WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE TALKS, PANELS, POSTERS, AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS, AS WELL AS FULL DAY FOR SYNTHESIS AND WRITING THE ROADMAP. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTISTS IN THE CONFERENCE WILL STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS AMONG THE RISING GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS IN THIS AREA. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

TRAVEL GRANT: EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY AT NON-R1 PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS -THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION?S FALL MEETING IS THE COUNTRY?S LARGEST GATHERING OF GEOSCIENTISTS. THE CONFERENCE PROVIDES NETWORKING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT HAS RELATIVELY FEW ATTENDEES FROM PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THIS AWARD PROVIDES TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR ATTENDEES FROM INSTITUTIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE TRAVEL FUNDING. THE 2025 AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 15-19 DECEMBER IN NEW ORLEANS, LA. THIS AWARD WILL PROVIDE A TRAVEL STIPEND FOR ROUGHLY 40 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE. THE COHORT OF PARTICIPANTS WILL BE SELECTED TO ENSURE REPRESENTATION FROM 2- AND 4-YEAR COLLEGES THAT ARE DEEMED PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS AND CONSIST OF A MIX OF EARLY- AND MID-CAREER FACULTY. IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING THE MEETING, THE PARTICIPANTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN PRE-MEETING COHORT BUILDING EXERCISES, PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND REVIEW STUDENT POSTERS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

DEFINING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES IN NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICS: A WORKSHOP AND SURVEY IN LIGHT OF THE VISION FOR NSF 2020-2030 EARTH IN TIME REPORT

A WORKSHOP TO IMPLEMENT GEOLEAD: A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THE SIZE AND DIVERSITY OF THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE TALENT POOL

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE TRIENNIAL EARTH-SUN SUMMIT (TESS); DALLAS, TEXAS; APRIL 7-12, 2024 -THE TRIENNIAL EARTH-SUN SUMMIT (TESS) IS A JOINT MEETING OF THE SPACE PHYSICS AND AERONOMY SECTION OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) AND THE SOLAR PHYSICS DIVISION (SPD) OF THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. TESS TAKES PLACE EVERY THREE YEARS, WITH THE LEAD ORGANIZATION ROTATING EACH MEETING. AGU IS THE LEAD FOR THE 2024 MEETING, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE 7-12 APRIL 2024 IN DALLAS, TEXAS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRIANNUAL EARTH-SUN SUMMIT IS TO BRING THE SPACE PHYSICS COMMUNITY TOGETHER EVERY 3 YEARS TO HARNESS THE DEVELOPING SCIENCE AND CREATE COLLABORATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INCREASE IN DATA COLLECTIONS AND MISSIONS INVOLVED WITH THIS SCIENCE. THE FUNDS WILL PROVIDE TRAVEL GRANTS FOR APPLICANTS FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS IN STEM OR WHO DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL NEED, WITH A PRIORITY FOR FUNDING EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS. SPACE PHYSICS INCLUDES SEVERAL SUBDISCIPLINES INCLUDING MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS, IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE-MESOSPHERE (ITM), SOLAR, INTERPLANETARY, AND THE HELIOPAUSE. WHILE THESE SUB- DISCIPLINES ARE HIGHLY INTERRELATED AND COLLABORATIVE, MEETINGS ARE OFTEN SEGREGATED AND STOVE- PIPED. FOR EXAMPLE AT THE ANNUAL AGU MEETINGS THE SM, SA, AND SH SESSIONS RUN IN PARALLEL WITH LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR CROSS-POLLINATION. LIKEWISE, NSF?S GEM, CEDAR, AND SHINE MEETINGS ARE HELD AT SEPARATE TIMES AND OFTEN IN SEPARATE LOCATIONS. WHILE THERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO PAIR UP THE NSF MEETINGS THERE IS NEVER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THREE TO MEET TOGETHER. THE TESS MEETING SERVES THIS PURPOSE. THE CONVENING HAPPENS TO BRING TOGETHER THE LARGER SUN-EARTH SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WITH ENOUGH INTERVAL TIME TO BRING NEW DATA AND INFORMATION TO EACH MEETING. THE FREQUENCY ALLOWS FOR EASIER TRAVEL AND FOCUS. THE 2024 MEETING WILL BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APRIL 8, 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE AND SCIENTISTS ARE INVITED TO COME FOR THE ECLIPSE. SESSIONS LATER IN THE WEEK MAY INVOLVE EARLY DATA FROM THE ECLIPSE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CONFERENCE: AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION AND SEAWATER CHEMISTRY -AGU IS CONVENING A CHAPMAN CONFERENCE IN MAY 2023 TO BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS STUDYING HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THESE PROCESSES AND THEIR INFLUENCE BOTH ON CURRENT AND PAST OCEAN CHEMISTRY. THIS GRANT IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ALLOW STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS WHO WOULD USUALLY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND/OR TRAVEL TO THE CONFERENCE TO PARTICIPATE. THIS SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT IN EXPANDING THE DIVERSITY OF ATTENDED AND DEVELOPING AND MENTORING FUTURE RESEARCH AROUND THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. THE LARGEST GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS ON EARTH ARE UNDER THE OCEANS. THE MOST VIGOROUS SYSTEMS ARE DRIVEN BY HEAT FROM MAGMAS UNDER THE LONG OCEAN RIDGES, WHICH FORM NEW OCEAN CRUST; OTHER SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH OLDER CRUST AND SEDIMENT, AND OTHER SUBMARINE OR ISLAND VOLCANIC SYSTEMS. OCEAN WATER MOVES THROUGH THESE SYSTEMS AND REACTS WITH THE CRUST AND SEDIMENTS, INFLUENCING THE CHEMISTRY OF THE OCEAN OVER TIME. THIS PROCESS ALSO PRODUCES KEY MINERAL DEPOSITS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. UNDERSTANDING THESE SYSTEMS IS IMPORTANT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN CONSIDERING THE ROLE OF THE OCEAN FOR LONG TERM STORAGE OF CAPTURED CARBON DIOXIDE AND THUS ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS AWARD IS CO-FUNDED BY THE GEOBIOLOGY AND LOW-TEMPERATURE GEOCHEMISTRY PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES WITH THE MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS AND CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAMS IN THE DIVISION OF OCEAN SCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN THE AGU AND CUAHSI FRONTIERS IN HYDROLOGY MEETING -THIS AWARD IS SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION BY STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS IN THE INAUGURAL FRONTIERS IN HYDROLOGY MEETING TO BE HELD IN JUNE 19-24, 2022, IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. THE FRONTIERS IN HYDROLOGY MEETING WILL CONVENE THE BROAD WATER SCIENCE COMMUNITY AND ADVANCE THE FIELD OF HYDROLOGIC SCIENCE. THE MEETING IS BEING JOINTLY HELD BY THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) HYDROLOGY SECTION AND THE CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES, INC (CUAHSI). THE MEETING WILL BRING TOGETHER THE WATER COMMUNITY TO SHARE FINDINGS, DEVELOP NEW COLLABORATIONS, NETWORK, AND EXPLORE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WATER ISSUES AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. THE MEETING BRINGS TOGETHER HYDROLOGISTS, ENGINEERS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, STUDENTS, JOURNALISTS, POLICYMAKERS, EDUCATORS, URBAN PLANNERS, NATURAL DISASTER PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WATER AND THE CRITICAL ROLE IT PLAYS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EARTH ENVIRONMENT, IN PRESERVING A VIABLE FUTURE. THE MEETING WILL FOCUS ON TOPICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY, MANAGING SCARCE RESOURCES, PROJECTING FUTURE WATER AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY, AND SIMULATING COMPLEX SYSTEMS. THESE BROAD-BASED, CRITICAL TOPICS WILL ALLOW FOR EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS ON THE FUTURE OF HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE GLOBE AND BRING IN MULTIPLE AFFECTED AUDIENCES. THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT PARTICIPATION BY A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS. THE PROGRAM WILL BE DESIGNED TO INCLUDE MENTORING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS CONFERENCE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER PARTICIPATION FROM COMMUNITIES UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE FIELD OF HYDROLOGY, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA, AS THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD PHYSICALLY IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. IT WILL ALSO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS TO BUILD THEIR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS AND ESTABLISH NEW COLLABORATIONS. SEVERAL LOCAL FIELD TRIPS AND OTHER PROJECTS WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN MEETING PARTICIPANTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE AND HEALTH IN AFRICA; WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; JUNE 7-10, 2022 -EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ARE HAZARDOUS TO HUMAN HEALTH IN MANY WAYS. SOME HEALTH RISKS, SUCH AS HEAT STROKE, RESULT DIRECTLY FROM HUMAN EXPOSURE TO EXREME CONDITIONS. OTHERS, SUCH AS CHOLERA OUTBREAKS, OCCUR INDIRECTLY AS EXTREME WEATHER OVERWHELMS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLEAN WATER, SANITATION, AND OTHER NECESSITIES OF HUMAN HEALTH. SUCH HEALTH RISKS ARE EXPECTED TO WORSEN DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AS WARMER TEMPERATURES LEAD TO INCREASED INCIDENCE OF HEAT WAVES, DROUGHTS, FIRES, AND FLOODS. THEY ARE ALSO OF GREATEST CONCERN IN REGIONS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, INCLUDING MUCH OF AFRICA. THIS AWARD PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR A CONFERENCE WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER RESEARCHERS, PRACTITIONERS, AND POLICY MAKERS TO CONSIDER THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE EXTREMES IN AFRICA AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO RESPOND TO THEM. THE CONFERENCE IS MOTIVATED IN PART BY RECENT ADVANCES IN THE PREDICTION OF AFRICAN WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN INCORPORATED INTO HEALTH EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS. INTERACTIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE RESEARCH DISCIPLINES AND BETWEEN RESEARCHERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULLY REALIZE THE HEATH BENEFITS OF BETTER CLIMATE INFORMATION. THIS CONFERENCE SERVES AS A STARTING POINT FOR SUCH INTERACTIONS. THE MEETING IS ORGANIZED AS A CHAPMAN CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU), TO BE HELD JUNE 7-10 AT THE AGU HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN WASHINGTON DC. DELIVERABLES OF THE MEETING, IN ADDITION TO ITS ROLE AS A VENUE TO FOSTER INTERACTIONS, INCLUDE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PUBLISHED AS AN AGU MONOGRAPH OR SPECIAL ISSUE, A MEETING REPORT INTENDED FOR A NON-TECHNICAL AUDIENCE, AND A WHILE PAPER WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF CLIMATE INFORMATION TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES IN AFRICA. FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT THE TRAVEL OF STUDENTS, EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS, AND INVITED SPEAKERS TO ATTEND THE MEETING. SUPPORT FOR THE MEETING COMES FROM THE GEOSCIENCES (GEO), BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (BIO), AND SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES (SBE) DIRECTORATES, AND COMPLEMENTS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL SOURCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

LEVERAGING SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES FOR OPEN AND FAIR SCIENTIFIC DATA

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON DETACHMENTS IN OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE: DEFORMATION, MAGMATISM, FLUID FLOW, AND ECOYSTEMS

CONFERENCE: 2026 GEOSCIENCES OPEN SCIENCE ECOSYSTEM PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR MEETING -THE 2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR MEETING FOR THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GEOSCIENCES OPEN SCIENCE ECOSYSTEM (GEO OSE) PROGRAM WILL BRING TOGETHER GEO OSE RESEARCHERS TO COLLECTIVELY EXAMINE THE CURRENT STATE OF OPEN SCIENCE. PARTICIPANTS WILL IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE REPRODUCIBLE, TRANSPARENT, AND COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES IN THE GEOSCIENCES. OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES BUILD PUBLIC TRUST, ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY, PROMOTE COLLABORATION, AND ADVANCE UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN THE EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, AND OCEAN SCIENCES. PARTICIPANTS WILL ASSESS HOW CURRENT GEO OSE PROJECTS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO AND ADVANCING THE PRINCIPLES OF OPEN SCIENCE, AS WELL AS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIAL NEW COLLABORATIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

AGU WORKSHOPS ON IMPACTFUL PRIORITIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING ALFVEN WAVES IN THE SUN AND THE HELIOSPHERE; BERLIN, GERMANY; MAY 28-JUNE 2, 2023 -ALFVE?N WAVES IN SPACE PLASMAS HAVE BEEN STUDIED FOR SEVERAL DECADES. THEY HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE MAGNETOSPHERES OF PLANETS (E.G., EARTH, JUPITER), THE SOLAR WIND, AS WELL AS THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE. DESPITE THE GREAT DIFFERENCES IN THE PLASMA PROPERTIES OF THESE REGIONS, THE OVERARCHING THEMES OF RESEARCH ARE WAVE GENERATION, WAVE PROPAGATION, AND WAVE DISSIPATION, WHICH ARE THREE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF ANY KIND OF WAVES. A FOURTH ASPECT OF WAVES IS THEIR APPLICATION, EITHER WITH DIRECT BENEFIT TO HUMANS OR FOR SCIENTIFIC PURSUIT. THIS GRANT FUNDS SUPPORT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOCUSING ON RESEARCH IN ALFVEN WAVES. SUPPORT INCLUDES TRAVEL FOR STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS TO PARTICIPATE AND PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE. AN AGU MONOGRAPH AND A SPECIAL ISSUE OF A JOURNAL ARE PLANNED FOR DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS PRESENTED. THE CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING ALFVEN WAVES IN THE SUN AND THE HELIOSPHERE WILL BE HELD IN BERLIN, GERMANY FROM MAY 28-JUNE 2, 2023. THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER SCIENTISTS FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH ON ALFVEN WAVES IN SPACE PLASMAS, INCLUDING THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE, THE SOLAR WIND, PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES AND IONOSPHERES, AND LABORATORY PLASMAS (IF RELEVANT TO SPACE PLASMAS). TWO PRIOR WAVE-RELATED CHAPMAN CONFERENCES FOCUSED ON ULTRA-LOW FREQUENCY WAVES (MAGNETOSPHERIC ULF WAVES IN 2005, LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES IN SPACE PLASMAS IN 2014). WHILE THE FIRST ONE FOCUSED ON WAVES IN EARTH?S MAGNETOSPHERE, THE SECOND ONE WAS INTERDISCIPLINARY, INCLUDING WAVES IN THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE AND OTHER PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES (E.G., JUPITER, MARS). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE EXPLORATION AND STUDY OF ANTARCTIC SUBGLACIAL AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS

CONFERENCE: COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADVANCING GEOSCIENCE ENTREPRENEURISM -CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION THREATEN EVERYONE AND THE PLANET. THERE IS A NEED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP, TEST, AND SCALE THE MOST INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS WHILE AVOIDING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AN ENTREPRENEURIAL LANDSCAPE IS EMERGING IN AREAS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENERGY, ECOSYSTEM/SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES, CLEAN ENERGY, EMISSIONS DETECTION AND REDUCTION, CARBON OFFSETS, ETC. GEOSCIENTISTS, HOWEVER, ARE NOTABLY LACKING IN THAT LANDSCAPE. THIS NOT ONLY DECREASES THE OVERALL SCOPE OF INNOVATION, ESPECIALLY FOR A FIELD SO CENTRAL TO THE CHALLENGES, IT ALSO UNDERMINES OUR COLLECTIVE ABILITY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INNOVATIONS. TO DISCOVER THE BARRIERS TO GEO-INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, THE LARGEST GEOSCIENCE PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY, WITH OVER 60,000 MEMBERS, WILL HOLD A SERIES OF VIRTUAL EVENTS TO SURVEY ITS MEMBERSHIP THAT REACHES ACROSS ALL FIELDS OF THE GEOSCIENCES. BROADER IMPACTS OF THE WORK INCLUDE UNCOVERING THE INCENTIVES, TRAINING, OPPORTUNITIES, AND EDUCATIONAL VEHICLES NEEDED TO CREATE A LARGE COHORT OF GEO-ENTREPRENEURS AND STARTUP FOUNDERS. EFFORTS WILL INCLUDE ROBUST REPRESENTATION FROM EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS AND MEMBERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. THE PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY WILL MAKE PUBLIC THE REPORT OF THEIR FINDINGS BY POSTING IT ON THEIR WEBSITE AND WILL CONVENE A PANEL AT THEIR DECEMBER 2023 NATIONAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS AND GENERATE DISCUSSION ON ADDITIONAL MEANS OF INCREASING GEO-ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES AND MINDSETS AMONG GEOSCIENCE FACULTY AND THEIR STUDENTS. TO SOLICIT IDEAS ON DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL TALENT AND SPEED THE PACE OF INNOVATION AND DELIVERY OF INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND CLIMATE ISSUES TO SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY, THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) IS CONVENING KEY PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE GEO-ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS WITH GEOSCIENCE TRAINING CAN TAKE TO SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, AND INCLUSIVE FUTURES. WITH INPUT FROM THE GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY AND GUIDANCE FROM A STEERING COMMITTEE OF GEO-ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERTS, AGU WILL DELIVER A REPORT THAT IDENTIFIES BARRIERS, HIGHLIGHTS SUCCESSES, AND OFFERS CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPUR AND SCALE GEO-ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY. THE REPORT WILL SET A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET IN, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UNIVERSITY FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. THE WORK WILL INVOLVE FOUR PHASES: (1) IDENTIFYING KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND INTERVIEWING GEO-ENTREPRENEURS AS WELL AS FORMING AN 8-MEMBER STEERING COMMITTEE TO GUIDE THE PROJECT; (2) DEVELOPING, DISTRIBUTING, AND ANALYZING A SURVEY OF THE AGU AND GEO-ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY; (3) ENGAGING FIVE VIRTUAL FOCUS GROUPS TO EXPLORE KEY THEMES IDENTIFIED BY THE SURVEY RESULTS; AND (4) CONVENING AN IN-PERSON MEETING OF EXPERTS TO DEVELOP A FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. TO ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS, THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL GUIDE THE OVERALL PROJECT BY IDENTIFYING LEADERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND STAKEHOLDERS IN GEO-ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION. THEY WILL ALSO HELP TO DEVELOP THE SURVEY AND FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS. THIS COMMITTEE WILL ALSO PROVIDE CRITICAL INPUT ON HOW FOCUS GROUP AND SURVEY OUTPUTS ARE ANALYZED AND WILL SHAPE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FINAL REPORT. AT THE DECEMBER 2023 AGU NATIONAL MEETING THAT ATTRACTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES, A PANEL OF EXPERTS AND DISCUSSION SESSION WILL BE HELD TO FURTHER ENGAGE GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITIES AND PRESENT POSSIBLE MEANS BY WHICH THEY CAN BE ACTIVE IN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS AND IN THE CREATION OF GEO-FOUNDED STARTUPS AND COMMERCIAL VENTURES PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO PRESSING CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

AGU WORKSHOP ON IMPACTFUL GEOHEALTH PROGRAMS -RAPID CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IMPACT OF HUMAN BEINGS ON THE ENVIRONMENT IS IMPACTING HUMAN HEALTH. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SUCH AS EXTREME HEAT AND COLD SNAPS, FLOODING, THE NORTHWARD MIGRATION OF TROPICAL INSECT-BORNE DISEASES, THE INCREASING OCCURRENCE OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION DUE TO RELEASE AND/OR BURIAL OF ANTHROPOGENICALLY-GENERATED POLLUTANTS ORIGINATING FROM WASTE, MANUFACTURING, AND MINING ARE HAVING SIGNIFICANT AND SERIOUS IMPACTS ON THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION'S POPULATION AS WELL AS ON PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU), A PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY OF OVER 60,000 EARTH; OCEAN; AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTISTS, STUDENTS, AND PRIVATE SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES, WILL SURVEY ITS CONSTITUENTS AND COLLECT INPUT ON WHERE THE GEOSCIENCES ARE BEST POSITIONED TO MAKE FAST PROGRESS IN AMELIORATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK, AGU WILL CONVENE AND GATHER INFORMATION FROM DIVERSE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS INCLUDING SCIENTISTS, PRACTITIONERS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEADERS, INDUSTRY LEADERS, ENTREPRENEURS, EDUCATION EXPERTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS ON THIS BROAD TOPIC. A STEERING COMMITTEE MADE UP THAT INCLUDES THE AGU GEOHEALTH LEADERSHIP WILL HELP GUIDE THIS WORK. THE ACTIVITIES WILL LEAD TO A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROSPECTS THAT WILL COLLECTIVELY: (1) IDENTIFY HIGH-PRIORITY CHALLENGES IN GEOHEALTH THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEAR TERM (2-4 YEARS); (2) PROVIDE A ROAD-MAP OR PATH FOR DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AROUND THESE CHALLENGES; (3) PROVIDE A SET OF IDEAS TO COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOHEALTH INTERNATIONALLY; AND (4) ADDRESS THE NEED FOR TRAINING AND CAREER PATHS IN GEOHEALTH. RESULTS OF THEIR COMMUNITY SURVEY WILL BE SUMMARIZED IN A REPORT THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. KEY OUTCOMES WILL BE THE IDENTIFICATION OF GEOSCIENCE-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST HUMAN-HEALTH IMPACTS AND ARE PRIMED FOR IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION AND/OR INTERVENTION. BROADER IMPACTS OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF AND BETTER MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH. THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) WILL CONDUCT A BROAD, INCLUSIVE, RESULTS-DRIVEN SURVEY OF ITS CONSTITUENTS, WHICH INCLUDE SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE EARTH, OCEAN, AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES. MEMBERS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE ALSO INVOLVED. THE GOAL OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTION EXERCISE IS TO GATHER IDEAS AND RESEARCH AREAS WHERE GEOSCIENTISTS, COMMUNITIES, AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS CAN COME TOGETHER TO ACCELERATE OUR NATION'S ABILITY TO MITIGATE AND MINIMIZE HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS OF CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO CLIMATE AND ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES. AGU WILL BUILD OFF AND LEVERAGE KEY RESOURCES, LEADERSHIP, PARTNERS, AND PROGRAMS THEY HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED IN THE AREA OF GEOHEALTH. IT WILL INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS WITH PARTICIPANTS SELECTED FROM THE AGU COLLEGE OF FELLOWS NEW FRONTIERS COMMITTEE, A COMMITTEE THAT HAS ALREADY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING GEOHEALTH OVER THE PAST YEAR. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS WITH AGU SECTION LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF GEOHEALTH, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, BIOGEOSCIENCES, CRYOSPHERE SCIENCES, OCEAN SCIENCE, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, HYDROLOGY, EDUCATION, EARTH AND SPACE INFORMATICS, EARTH AND PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES, AND SCIENCE AND SOCIETY. THESE SECTIONS ALL INCLUDE ACTIVE STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER MEMBERS. AGU LEADERS WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED FROM THE AGU DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION EFFORT AND ITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE; FROM THE THRIVING EARTH EXCHANGE AND SELECTED FELLOWS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS; AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY SCIENCE GROUP WHICH INCLUDES SEVERAL RELEVANT PARTNERS INCLUDING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION. RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE SUMMARIZED IN A REPORT AND POSTED ON THE PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY WEBSITE. AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE FINAL REPORT WILL BE THE IDENTIFICATION OF TARGETS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY WITHIN A 2 TO 3-YEAR TIMEFRAME. INFORMATION GATHERING WILL INCLUDE ONLINE SURVEY VEHICLES, VIRTUAL GATHERINGS, ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSIONS WITH EXPERTS, AND BROAD OUTREACH ACROSS ALL FIELDS OF GEOSCIENCE. AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE SURVEY EFFORT WILL BE ENGAGEMENT OF EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS AND MEMBERS OF GROUPS TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE SCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

REMOTE SENSING OF THE WATER CYCLE SENSORS TO SCIENCE TO SOCIETY

CONFERENCE: STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER PARTICIPATION FOR THE SOLVING WATER AVAILABILITY CHALLENGES THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK CHAPMAN CONFERENCE -THIS AWARD PROVIDES FUNDING TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION OF EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS IN THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE TITLED, ?INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS: SOLVING WATER AVAILABILITY CHALLENGES THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK.? EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS WILL: (1) GET INFORMATION VIA PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CURRENT CHALLENGES AND LEADING RESEARCH, (2) GET INTRODUCED TO EXPERTS OR INTERESTED RESEARCHERS SEEKING COLLABORATIONS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS, AND (3) ACHIEVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO BROADEN THEIR RESEARCH TO INCORPORATE INTEGRATED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS CURRENT INTERDISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES. DISCUSSIONS, OUTCOMES, AND WORKING GROUPS OR RELATIONSHIPS THAT RESULT FROM THIS CONFERENCE WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE FUTURE OF INTEGRATED WATER AVAILABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND HOW WATER RESOURCE CHALLENGES ARE ADDRESSED THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE CONFERENCE AIMS TO EXPLORE DIVERGENT VIEWS, ASSUMPTIONS, DATA TYPES, AND RESEARCH METHODS TO FACILITATE INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS OF WATER AVAILABILITY AND MOVE THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE FORWARD. THIS CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT CHALLENGES, RECENT PROGRESS, AND PATHWAYS TOWARD THE IMPROVEMENT OF INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE TO ADDRESS WATER AVAILABILITY RESEARCH. DESPITE THE INHERENT COMPLEXITY OF WATER AVAILABILITY, THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN STUDIED FROM NARROW DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES AND ISOLATED FROM SOCIETAL CONTEXT. THIS CONFERENCE IS STRUCTURED TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, PRACTITIONERS, AND DISCIPLINARY EXPERTS TO PROPEL INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION FORWARD. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES: FROM SOURCE TO SURFACE

CONFERENCE: PUBLISHING GUIDELINES FOR INDIGENOUS DATA SOVEREIGNTY AND CARE PRINCIPLES -ENSURING INDIGENOUS DATA SOVEREIGNTY PRINCIPLES ARE EMBEDDED IN THE RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO ENSURE THAT THE MOVE TOWARDS FINDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, INTEROPERABLE, REUSABLE (FAIR) AND OPEN DATA ALSO SUPPORTS EQUITY AND JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THESE CARE PUBLISHING GUIDELINES (COLLECTIVE BENEFIT, AUTHORITY TO CONTROL, RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS) MUST COVER A VARIETY OF TOPICS RANGING ACROSS THE PUBLISHING WORKFLOW, FROM SUBMISSION AND INITIAL EVALUATION TO PEER REVIEW, PRODUCTION, AND POST-PUBLICATION OPERATIONS, AND MUST HAVE BUY-IN FROM ALL PARTICIPANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE TEAM, CONSISTING OF AUTHORS OF THE CARE PRINCIPLES AND LEADERS FROM THE NATIONAL INFORMATION STANDARDS ORGANIZATION (NISO) AND THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) PUBLICATIONS AND OPEN SCIENCE LEADERSHIP TEAMS, WILL CONVENE AN IN-PERSON/HYBRID WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP THESE GUIDELINES AND PUSH TOWARDS ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION. THIS WORKSHOP, WHICH HAS BEEN PRECEDED BY A SERIES OF ONLINE WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS TO DEVELOP DRAFT GUIDELINES, WILL BRING TOGETHER INDIGENOUS RESEARCHERS, EDITORS, PUBLISHERS, AND BOUNDARY SPANNERS AROUND ADOPTION OF THE CARE PRINCIPLES, DISCUSSION ON IMPLEMENTATION SOLUTIONS AND CONCERNS, AND FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT GUIDELINES AND WILL PUSH TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARE PRINCIPLES IN THE RESEARCH PUBLICATION ECOSYSTEM, HELPING EMBED GREATER JUSTICE AND EQUITY IN RESEARCH. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

TO ESTABLISH A VIDEO-BASED STORYTELLING COMPETITION THAT ENHANCES THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE STUDENTS AND THEIR ABILITY TO USE VISUAL STOR

A WORKSHOP TO ADDRESS THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES IN RESPONDING TO HARASSMENT IN THE SCIENCES

COMMUNITY WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE QUEST FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF HEAVILY STRESSED AQUIFERS AT REGIONAL TO GLOBAL SCALES

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE; UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA;

CONFERENCE: AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE - REMOTE SENSING OF THE WATER CYCLE: SENSORS TO SCIENCE TO SOCIETY -THE AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON REMOTE SENSING OF THE WATER CYCLE: SENSORS TO SCIENCE TO SOCIETY WILL BE HELD IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, FROM FEBRUARY 13 TO 16, 2024. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPMAN CONFERENCE IS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING OBSERVATIONS OF THE TERRESTRIAL WATER CYCLE AND HYDROLOGICAL MODELS TO BENEFIT SOCIETY. THE CONFERENCE WILL BRING TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL AND DIVERSE EXPERTISE TO EXPLORE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SOCIETAL APPLICATIONS. THE CHAPMAN CONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE ABOUT 200 PARTICIPANTS, OF WHICH MORE THAN HALF WILL BE EARLY CAREER, INCLUDING GRADUATE STUDENTS, POSTDOCS, AND PRE-TENURE FACULTY. THE GOAL OF PARTICIPANT SUPPORT IS TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION BY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES, APPLICANTS WITH FINANCIAL NEEDS, AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY STUDIED OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME COUNTRY. IN THE PAST DECADE THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN THE FIELDS OF SENSOR TECHNOLOGY, SATELLITE MISSIONS, MODELING AND APPLICATIONS TO BENEFIT SOCIETY.?SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS ARE MADE MORE FREQUENTLY AND AT HIGHER RESOLUTIONS, COMMERCIAL SATELLITES NOW NUMBER IN THE HUNDREDS, AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES ARE NOW FOCUSED ON REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS TO WATER SCIENCE. BIG DATA COUPLED WITH AI/ML METHODS INCREASES CAPACITY FOR DATA ASSIMILATION TO INFORM COMPLEX MODELING SYSTEMS. THIS CONFERENCE WILL CONVENE A BROAD INTERSECTION OF THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE THE MOST PRESSING RESEARCH QUESTIONS RELATED TO REMOTE SENSING OF THE WATER CYCLE AND TO FOSTER NEW IDEAS ON HOW THESE EFFORTS CAN BENEFIT SOCIETY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON VOLCANISM AND THE ATMOSPHERE; SELFOSS, ICELAND; JUNE 11-15, 2012

TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR US PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERIM ASSEMBLIES OF IUGG

OEDG PLANNING WORKSHOP TO ESTABLISH URECAS: UNIQUE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY AND STUDENTS

TRANSLATION AND DISSEMINATION VIA A DIGITAL ARCHIVE/E-BOOK OF THE WRITINGS OF HEINZ KASEMIR ON ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON PARTICLE DYNAMICS IN THE EARTH'S RADIATION BELTS; CASCAIS, PORTUGAL; MARCH 4-9, 2018

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON DAYSIDE MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; CHENGDU, CHINA; JULY 10-14, 2017

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON CURRENTS IN GEOSPACE AND BEYOND; DUBROVNIK, CROATIA; MAY 22-27, 2016

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TRAVEL: GEOSCIENCES UNITED - A JOINT TECHNICAL CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK GEOSCIENTISTS AND THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION -THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK GEOSCIENTISTS (NABG) AND THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) WILL HOST A JOINT STUDENT-CENTERED CONFERENCE. THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WILL HOST A TECHNICAL CONFERENCE WITH THE THEME ?GEOSCIENCES UNITED: COLLABORATING FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE FUTURE AT THE 42ND NABG ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE?. REQUESTED SUPPORT WILL DEFRAY REGISTRATION, TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES OF APPROXIMATELY FORTY STUDENT PARTICIPANTS. THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE AGU HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON 27-30 SEPTEMBER 2023 AS A HYBRID EVENT (IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL). THE PIS EXPECT THAT THIS CONFERENCE WILL ATTRACT ATTENDEES REPRESENTING MANY OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRAL LOCATION AT AGU HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, DC. IN ADDITION, THE PIS WILL ACTIVELY RECRUIT A NATIONAL CADRE OF STUDENTS FROM MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS (MSIS) AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE MAJORING IN GEOSCIENCE DISCIPLINES REPRESENTING ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, GEOSCIENCE, MARINE SCIENCES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. STUDENTS WILL PRESENT RESEARCH AND PARTICIPATE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE CONFERENCE. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO EXPAND THE DISCIPLINARY REPRESENTATION OF NABG TO INCLUDE MORE STUDENTS FROM MSIS INTERESTED IN THE BROADER DISCIPLINES OF GEOSCIENCES AND TO BUILD NEW RELATIONSHIPS TO UNITE GEOSCIENCES DISCIPLINES. DURING THE PAST YEAR, LAND-FALLING HURRICANES AND EXTREME DROUGHT/EXTREME FLOODING, AND WILDFIRES DIRECTLY IMPACTED THE U.S. THUS, THE RELEVANCE OF ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES TO NABG MEMBERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS PRESENTS OBVIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO BROADEN THE DISCIPLINARY AREAS OF NABG WHILE ALSO ENGAGING A BROADER AUDIENCE OF SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS IN THESE DISCIPLINES. THIS MEETING BUILDS ON SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE DIVERSITY OF THE GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE SINCE 2009 AND SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE ENERGY/ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY TO RECRUIT STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS TO STEM DISCIPLINES AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE NATIONAL GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON GENERAL CIRCULATION AND CLIMATE; HONOLULU OAHU HAWAII; FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 4 20

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES PERTAINING TO FORECASTING SPACE WEATHER INCLUDING EXTREMES; PASADENA, CALIFORNIA; FEBRUARY 11-15, 2019

RECIPIENT NAME: AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNIONCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NUMBER: G25AC00197PROJECT TITLE: AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE: CALDERA-FORMING ERUPTIONS AT BASALTIC VOLCANOESPROJECT PERIOD: 02 17 2025 - 02 21 2025LARGE BASALTIC CALDERA-RIFT ERUPTIONS (CRES) REPRESENT AN UNDERAPPRECIATED HAZARD FOR MANYGLOBAL COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF EARTH S MOSTACTIVE VOLCANOES. A HANDFUL OF THESE ERUPTIONS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AROUND THE WORLD IN THELAST HALF-CENTURY, BUT RELATIVELY LITTLE EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO SYNTHESIZE AND LEVERAGEOBSERVATIONS FOR BROADER UNDERSTANDING, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED DATA RECORDED AT SOME OFTHESE ERUPTIONS. MOST RECENTLY, THE 2018 CALDERA COLLAPSE AND ERUPTION AT K LAUEA VOLCANO,HAWAII, OFFERS AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND CRE PROCESSES, INCLUDINGHAZARDOUS CALDERA COLLAPSES. K LAUEAS 2018 ERUPTION WAS ITS MOST IMPACTFUL IN CENTURIES ANDONE OF THE MOST COSTLY VOLCANIC DISASTERS IN U.S. HISTORY, INVOLVING THE ERUPTION OF MORE THAN ONECUBIC KILOMETER OF BASALT, A MAGNITUDE 7 FLANK EARTHQUAKE, AND THE VOLCANOS LARGEST SUMMITCOLLAPSE SINCE AT LEAST THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. OBSERVATIONS, SPANNING THE VOLCANIC SYSTEM FROMSUMMIT TO RIFT ZONE VENTS 40 KM DISTANT, WERE UNPARALLELED FOR AN ERUPTION OF THIS SCALE, ANDINCLUDE THE WORLDS BEST-OBSERVED CALDERA COLLAPSE SEQUENCE. THESE OBSERVATIONS HAVE ALREADYSERVED AS THE BASIS FOR NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, BUT A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SYNTHESIS HAS BEENLACKING, AS HAS A DETAILED COMPARISON WITH OTHER ANALOG SYSTEMS AND ERUPTIONS INCLUDINGMIYAKEJIMA (JAPAN), PITON DE LA FOURNAISE (LA RUNION), AND BRARBUNGA (ICELAND). WEPROPOSE A CHAPMAN CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON THE HISTORICALLY UNPRECEDENTED 2018 ERUPTION ANDCALDERA COLLAPSE OF K LAUEA VOLCANO AND ITS PARALLELS WITH OTHER GLOBAL BASALTIC CRE SEQUENCES.THIS CONFERENCE WILL CLARIFY THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BASALTIC CRES AND INSPIREAND MOTIVATE ENDURING NEW RESEARCH EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTALOUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. THESE INSIGHTS SHOULD PROVE VALUABLE NOT ONLY FOR BASIC SCIENTIFICUNDERSTANDING, BUT ALSO HAVE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS WHEN THE NEXT LARGE BASALTIC CALDERACOLLAPSE TAKES PLACE SOMEWHERE ON EARTH.

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES, FROM SOURSCE TO SURFACE

PROJECT TITLE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS: SOLVING WATER AVAILABILITY CHALLENGESTHROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK" CHAPMAN CONFERENCEPERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 8/1/2022 THROUGH 11/1/2022THE MAIN RESEARCH OBJECTIVE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO HOST AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON THE TOPIC OF WATER AVAILABILITY. THIS CONFERENCE WILL UNCOVER AND MAKE EXPLICIT DIVERGENT VIEWS, ASSUMPTIONS, DATA TYPES, AND RESEARCH METHODS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR SCIENTISTS FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES TO CONDUCT INTEGRATED WATER SCIENCE. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A FOUNDATION UPON WHICH A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO FACILITATE INTEGRATED WATER ASSESSMENTS CAN BE BUILT. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY 1) INTEGRATING DEFINITIONS OF WATER AVAILABILITY AT THE CONCEPTUAL LEVEL; 2) IDENTIFYING METRICS AND METHODS TO MEASURE WATER AVAILABILITY IN AN INTEGRATED WAY; AND 3) PROPOSING BEST PRACTICES TO TRANSLATE AN INTEGRATED UNDERSTANDING OF WATER AVAILABILITY INTO DECISION-MAKING. THE CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 12-16, 2022, IN GOLDEN, COLORADO. THE CONFERENCE WILL UNCOVER AND MAKE EXPLICIT DIVERGENT VIEWS, ASSUMPTIONS, DATA TYPES, AND RESEARCH METHODS THAT MAKE INTEGRATION DIFFICULT. THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY SPURRED BY THE CONFERENCE WILL BENEFIT THE PUBLIC THROUGH INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF DRIVERS OF WATER AVAILABILITY AND BETTER COMMUNICATION TO POLICY MAKERS.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ECOLOGIES OF PARTICIPATION IN ISLAND KARST SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION: A COMPARATIVE MULTIMETHODS APPROACH -COASTS AND ISLANDS ARE AT THE EPICENTER OF TWO COMPOUNDING CHALLENGES: VARIABILITY IN CLIMATE AND THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT. ASSESSING THE FULL SCOPE OF THESE CHALLENGES REQUIRES GOING BEYOND WHAT IS PHYSICALLY VISIBLE OR ON THE SURFACE OF THESE ENVIRONMENTS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE IN COASTAL AND ISLAND ENVIRONMENTS WITH KARST, LANDSCAPES IN WHICH WATER FORMS A DISTINCT TOPOGRAPHY INCLUDING CAVES, SINKHOLES, AND GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS. PAST AND ONGOING EXPLORATION, SCIENTIFIC STUDY, AND CONSERVATION WORK IN THE COASTAL KARST SYSTEMS IN THE US TERRITORY OF PUERTO RICO (PR) ILLUSTRATE WHAT IS AT STAKE WITH THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF KARST. WHILE 20% OF THE UNITED STATES (US) IS KARST, IT IS THE SOURCE OF 40% OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC?S DRINKING WATER. IN PUERTO RICO THESE VALUES ARE MUCH HIGHER, GIVEN THAT 37% OF THE TERRITORY IS KARST. DRAWING FROM THEORIES AND METHODS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (STS), ANTHROPOLOGY, AND GEOGRAPHY, THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY AND THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION EXAMINES THE PAST AND CURRENT ROLE OF MOSTLY NON-TRADITIONAL ACTORS AND THEIR VOLUNTEER-BASED ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO THE EXPLORATION, SCIENCE, AND CONSERVATION OF KARST IN ITS VARIED FORMS. THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL MAKE AN ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY, PRESENT CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE OF GEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND OTHER KINDRED SCIENCES FOCUSED ON CRITICAL ZONES ENVIRONMENTS IN THE US. DATA WILL INCLUDE ARCHIVAL INFORMATION, INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, AND ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD-BASED VISITS WITH PARTICIPANTS. THIS DATA WILL BE USED TO GENERATE THE SPATIAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS UNDERGIRDING COASTAL KARST SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS MOSTLY CARRIED OUT BY CAVE EXPLORERS, SCIENTISTS, CONSERVATION PRACTITIONERS AND VOLUNTEERS. THE STS-INFORMED ECOLOGIES OF PARTICIPATION FRAMEWORK WILL INFORM THIS NETWORK ANALYSIS WHICH AIMS TO OPERATIONALIZE THE WHO, WHAT, AND HOW OF PARTICIPATION IN ONGOING SOCIO-TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. RESULTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH TO A BROADER AUDIENCE USING ARCGIS STORYMAPS, AN EFFECTIVE WEB-BASED AND INTERACTIVE PLATFORM. THESE RESULTS WILL NOT ONLY BE VALUABLE FOR COMMUNITIES LIVING ON OR NEAR KARST SYSTEMS EVERYWHERE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC GIVEN KARST?S NATIONAL AND CULTURAL VALUE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE AGULHAS SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE IN CHANGING OCEAN CIRCULATION, CLIMATE, AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSES OF MAGNETOTAILS; REYKJAVIK, ICELAND; MARCH 10-15, 2013

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON UNDERSTANDING CARBON-CLIMATE FEEDBACKS

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON SLOW SLIP PHENOMENA

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE WIDTH OF THE TROPICS: CLIMATE VARIATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT; SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO; JULY 26-31, 2015

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES IN SPACE PLASMAS; SEPTEMBER 1-5, 2014

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE COUPLING IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA; FEBRUARY 10-14, 2014

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON SYNTHESIZING EMPIRICAL RESULTS TO IMPROVE PREDICTIONS OF POST-WILDFIRE RUNOFF AND EROSION RESPONSES

"AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, 11-14 MAY 2009, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA"

CONFERENCE: ENERGY BALANCE CLOSURE PROBLEM--CAUSES, CORRECTIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS -THE SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE IN ATMOSPHERIC TERMS REFERS TO THE CONCEPT THAT INCOMING AND OUTGOING FLUXES OF ENERGY MUST BE BALANCED BETWEEN RADIATION, HEAT FLUXES, AND ENERGY STORAGE. WHILE THIS IDEA IS STRAIGHTFORWARD, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THESE TERMS TO DETERMINE HOW THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE BALANCE. THESE IDEAS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN A CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BRING SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY METEOROLOGY, ECOLOGY, HYDROLOGY AND BEYOND TOGETHER TO DISCUSS WHAT HAS BEEN TERMED THE ?ENERGY BALANCE CLOSURE? PROBLEM. THE SOCIETAL IMPACTS ARE WIDE-RANGING, AS THE MODELS THAT USE THESE CONCEPTS ARE INCREASINGLY APPLIED TO WEATHER, AGRICULTURAL, AND HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH PROBLEMS. THE FUNDING FROM THIS AWARD WILL ALLOW EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONFERENCE. THE CHAPMAN CONFERENCE: ENERGY BALANCE CLOSURE PROBLEM: CAUSES, CORRECTIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN BOULDER, COLORADO FROM SEPTEMBER 15 TO 19, 2025. THE CONFERENCE WILL FOCUS ON LONGSTANDING QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE LACK OF CLOSURE OF THE SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET THAT HAS PLAGUED EDDY-COVARIANCE (EC) STUDIES FOR DECADES. EACH DAY OF THE CONFERENCE WILL TACKLE A DIFFERENT THEME: 1) THEORY, INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS, 2) ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES THAT ARISE FROM DIFFERENT TERRAIN AND GROUND COVER, 3) INSIGHTS FROM OTHER METHODS INCLUDING REMOTE SENSING AND THE USE OF HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS, 4) BROADER IMPLICATIONS OF THE UNCERTAINTIES AND IMPACTS ON WATER MANAGEMENT AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS, AND 5) RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES, WHICH WILL SYNTHESIZE THE RESULTS OF THE PRIOR DISCUSSIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON EXAMINING ECOHYDOLOGICAL FEEDBACKS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE ALONG ELEVATION GRADIENTS IN SEMIARID REGIONS, 5-9 OCTOBER 2009

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE

PARTIAL CONFERENCE SUPPORT:AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON ORGANIC MATTER FLUORESCENCE

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON EXAMINING ECOHYDROLOGICAL FEEDBACKS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE ALONG ELEVATION GRADIENTS IN SEMIARID REGIONS, 5-9 OCT.

SPONSORSHIP OF AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) CHAPMAN CONFERENCE AT REYNOLDS CREEK EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHED (RCEW) BOISE

THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUPPLEMENT IS TO DEOBLIGATE EXCESS FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 100.00 FOR PREPARATION OF CONTRACT CLOSEOUT. -MCW.

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON EXAMINING ECOHYDROLOGICAL FEEDBACKS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE ALONG ELEVATION GRADIENTS IN SEMIARID REGIONS, 5-9 OCT.