HR: 14:10h
AN: C32B-03 INVITED     [PDF]
TI: NSF and IPY 2007-2008
AU: * Erb, K A
EM: kerb@nsf.gov
AF: Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230 United States
AB: International research organizations including the International Arctic Science Council, the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Council for Science have announced planning efforts toward coordinated international polar research during 2007-2008, the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year and the Third International Polar Year. This activity is fueled in considerable measure by the conviction that coordinated efforts building on advances in support infrastructure and in instrumentation technology could lead to breakthrough discoveries in subjects ranging from global climate change to astrophysics, oceanography, and micro-biology, to list just a few of those we have heard discussed. The National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs--steward of the U.S. Antarctic Program, the U. S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, and a major source of funding for the education and training of polar scientists, their research and their field support -- has engaged in continuing discussions about the upcoming Polar Year with officials responsible for polar research in other U. S. Agencies, in other nations, with a number of international organizations, and with the U. S. planning committee leadership. We have also sought to catalyze thinking in the research community through workshops and discussions and have been monitoring the development of related scientific and educational thrusts. Our goal is to be poised to support U. S. efforts brought forward in timely fashion by researchers and educators and to be ready to facilitate their integration with related international efforts. The time is now rapidly approaching when we will need to begin planning for the support of specific research and education projects. This talk will summarize NSF activity related to planning for the 2007-2008 International Polar Year and will address ways that NSF's focus on People, Ideas, and Tools might support its implementation.
UR: http://www.nsf.gov/home/polar/
DE: 9310 Antarctica
DE: 9315 Arctic region
SC: Cryosphere [C]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting