<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">The solicitation for 3 new LTERS has just come out, inviting proposals for 1 new site in arid/semi-arid ecosystems and 2 new sites in </span>ocean/coastal ocean ecosystems. Here is the link:<br></div><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=7671&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund" target="_blank">http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=7671&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund</a><br><br></span></div><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Key dates:</span><br><p class="">Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date:  February 1, 2016
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        <p class="">Full Proposal Deadline Date:  August 2, 2016<br></p><div><div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Frank W. Davis<br>Director, LTER Network Communications Office<br></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Director, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span></span><br>University of California, Santa Barbara
735 State St., Suite 300
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3351, USA
<a href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu</a>
Tel (805) 893-7527
Fax (805) 893-7451</span></pre>
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