<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Diversity and Education folks--<div><br></div><div>The list of INCLUDES awardees is out...</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=189706&org=NSF&from=news" target="_blank">https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_<wbr>summ.jsp?cntn_id=189706&org=<wbr>NSF&from=news</a></div><div><br></div><div>..and somewhat informative. There is much more emphasis on communities based in geography, age, or identity than on disciplinary communities. The most LTER-relevant awardees are probably:</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong>Collaborative Proposal: Coastal Almanac</strong></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><li style="margin-left:15px;font-stretch:normal"><a href="https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1649210" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(12,114,181);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">University of Washington</a>, Julia K. Parrish</li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-stretch:normal"><a href="https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1649164" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(12,114,181);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Western Washington University</a>, Marco B. Hatch</li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-stretch:normal"><a href="https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1649207" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(12,114,181);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Oregon State University</a>, Selina S. Heppell</li></ul><div><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px">and </span></font></div></div><div><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><br></span></font></div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong>Engaging Local Communities in Geoscience Pathways</strong></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><li style="margin-left:15px;font-stretch:normal"><a href="https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1649367" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(12,114,181);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Carleton College</a>, Cathryn A. Manduca</li></ul><div style="font-size:12.8px"><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:20px;box-sizing:border-box">Alliance to Strengthen the STEM Tapestry (ASSisT): Motivating Critical Identity Shifts to Weave the STEM Disenfranchised into Science and the Sustainability Workforce</strong><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:20px;box-sizing:border-box"><br></strong></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-stretch:normal"><a href="https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1649161" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(12,114,181);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">University of Utah</a>, Nalini Nadkarni (<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal">current VP for Diversity and Education for the ESA)</span></li></ul></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px">The group that we were most involved with (National Council on Science and the Environment) was not successful in this round, but did pull a large group of collaborators together, who seem interested in pursuing a pilot proposal next year.</span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px">I would encourage everyone to keep an eye out for opportunities to collaborate with these selected programs and capitalize on resources they develop, while also exploring the potential to partner on a new proposal.</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px">We've already had some interaction with Cathy Manduca at SERC and will be interested to see what the options are for expanding that connection.</span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px">Cheers, </span></font></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div><div>Marty</div><div><br></div>---<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs<div>Communications Lead</div><div>LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</div><div>t: @USLTER</div><div>f: USLTER</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">Office: 805-893-7549</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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