- Soliciting Ideas for 2010 Ridge 2000 Meeting(s)
Monday, January 25, 2010
The Ridge 2000 Program and Steering Committee are soliciting ideas regarding themes and topics to be highlighted during a 2010 meeting that will help accomplish some of the Integration and Synthesis activities that are current foci of Ridge 2000 research. Please send any suggestions to the Ridge 2000 Program Office and/or feel free to discuss ideas with members of the R2K Steering Committee or your colleagues. Planning for this year's meeting will need to begin soon, so that it can be held in summer or early fall.
- Deadline for Ridge 2000 proposals to NSF is April 7, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
The deadline for Ridge 2000 proposals to the National Science Foundation is April 7, 2010. Proposals for the Ridge 2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship follow the same guidelines and deadlines as full proposals. Please refer to the program solicitation on the NSF website for more information or contact the cognizant NSF Program Managers, the Ridge 2000 Program office, and R2K Steering Committee with specific questions.
Please be advised that PIs that have received funding from NSF for Ridge 2000-related research are expected to be compliant with NSF Ocean Sciences and Ridge 2000 data policies, described in memos sent by the Ridge 2000 Program Steering Committee. Both the data policies and memos are available on the R2K website.
Also note that the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide was updated in January 2010.
- Special volume of "Geobiology" about the Ridge 2000 ISS, East Pacific Rise (8-11°N)
Monday, January 11, 2010
A group of papers on the Ridge 2000 Integrated Study Site at the East Pacific Rise is being compiled for a special volume in "Geobiology" (citation index 3.8). The contents of the papers currently proposed range from geochemistry to microbiology to time-series plume fluxes at the 9°50' EPR vent sites, but could broaden out disciplinarily and geographically to include 8 - 11°N EPR. The organizers would like to hear from those of you in the Ridge 2000 community who would be interested in submitting your research to this special volume.
Please contact Sarah Bennett and Katrina Edwards with a proposed title, author list and potential submission date.
- Listing of data associated with Ridge 2000 funded projects and Data Compliance Plans
Monday, January 11, 2010
A new webpage has been added to the MGDS/Ridge 2000 Data Portal that will help to locate data associated with a particular NSF award number or Principle Investigator.
In addition, there is now a URL that points directly to the R2K Shore-Based Analysis Plans (= Data Compliance Plans) that PIs have submitted to date.
We remind PIs with R2K awards that Data Compliance Plans and periodic updates to those plans, along the lines that have been outlined to the R2K community in earlier memos and guidelines should be submitted to NSF program managers, with copies to the MGDS Data Portal and the R2K Program Office.
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