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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p style="background:white"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear LTER PIs,</span></a></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We have gotten some feedback that some of the information requests for the LTER 40 year review are confusing and/or onerous. We therefore have significantly revised and simplified the requests for "publications" and "leveraging" as described below and on the "site information request" WWWsite.</span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We apologize for any confusion and anxiety that this request has caused. The leveraging request emerged from a burning desire of a couple of us on the 40 year review committee to compile information on institutional support. But this turns out to be a huge pain in the neck so we are now just asking for a list of large (>25K) grants. We will also include a few narrative examples describing how LTER grants catalyze institutional synergies at different types of sites. </span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For the publications, we have removed the request to make a distinction between LTER-funded and LTER-enabled work. However, there is real concern at NSF that we only include papers that are genuinely associated with LTER. There is no systematic way to do this, so we are hoping that people will take a look at their publication list and remove things that will raise questions and concerns with NSF and reviewers. </span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Again, sorry for any confusion and concern!</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Peter Groffman</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Chair, LTER Science Council</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Chair, LTER 40 Year Review Committee"</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Peter M. Groffman</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Professor CUNY Advanced Science Research Center and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Brooklyn College Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">85 St. Nicholas Terrace, 5<sup>th</sup> Floor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">New York, NY 10031</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Phone (office): 212-413-3143</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Phone (cell): 845-797-4832</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Email: </span><a href="mailto:peter.groffman@asrc.cuny.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1">peter.groffman@asrc.cuny.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> lpi [mailto:<a href="mailto:lpi-bounces@lists.lternet.edu">lpi-bounces@lists.lternet.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marty Downs<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lpi@lternet.edu">lpi@lternet.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:im@lternet.edu">im@lternet.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:lter-admins@lternet.edu">lter-admins@lternet.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [LTER-lpi] Self Study Information Clarifications</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I'd like to provide a few clarifications on recent emails. As these questions come up and we clarify, I will add notes to the online document.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Self Study Information Request</u></b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>We are NOT asking sites to differentiate between LTER-funded and LTER-enabled publications. </b>They are both included so that it is clear they may both be included as site publications. Ultimately, we would like to deriments, but is conducted by those outside of the immediate LTER community. This latter category is something that is quite valuable to NSF and they have repeatedly requested, but we don't yet have a satisfactory method for distinguishing it.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Personnel</u></b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Please:</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">1) add new people, with all accompanying information <u>except</u> username;</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">2) do not delete LTER participants who are no longer associated with the project, just add "former" in the eduPersonEntitlement column; </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">3) add the new fields to existing people. Include that information as far back as you are able, but at least for all current members.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Leveraging</u></b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Please use one line for each unique site/role/funding source combination. This will allow us to weight the Network totals by the various roles without revealing individual allocations or salaries:</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">So, a hypothetical example:</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Site Role Funding Source FTE</b></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">NCO Lead Principal Investigator NSF-LTER 0.06</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">NCO Lead Principal Investigator UCSB 0.10</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">NCO Co-PIs NSF-LTER 0.5</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">NCO Other Professional NSF-LTER 2.5 </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">NCO Other Staff NSF-LTER 0.5</p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">NCO Other Staff NCEAS 1.5</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Marty</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- </p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Marty Downs (she/her/hers)</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Deputy Director, LTER <span style="font-size:9.5pt">Network Communications Office</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><img border="0" width="200" height="37" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://drive.google.com/a/nceas.ucsb.edu/uc?id=1qFadGx0hEm04xFRLFpVFxBUSEQk5T4c4&export=download"><br><br><a href="https://lternet.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://lternet.edu</span></a><br><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=9c0b9b36a4" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">LTER Science Update</span></a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">t: @USLTER</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">f: USLTER</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">University of California, Santa Barbara<br></span>Office: 805-893-7549</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cell: 617-833-7930</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</span></a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>