<div dir="ltr">Dear LTER investigators, <div><br></div><div>The 2019 request for LTER synthesis working groups has just been posted: <b><a href="https://lternet.edu/synthesis/request-for-proposals-2019/">https://lternet.edu/synthesis/request-for-proposals-2019/</a> </b></div><div>... in time for those attending ESA to get together and discuss ideas.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><u>KEY DATES</u></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">8/22:</span><span style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(4,176,191);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wuo3FUBbSCyuWVSBNIGdhQ" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(4,176,191);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Informational Webinar #1</a> (registration link)</b><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">9/17:</span><span style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(4,176,191);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fLg2seV8S1umeqUnzZSsfg" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(4,176,191);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Informational Webinar #2</a> </b></span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(4,176,191);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"> (registration link)</b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">10/23:</span><span style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"> Proposals Due</span></b><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">January 2020</span><span style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">: Awards announced</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">February 2020</span><span style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">: Projects begin</span></span><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>A slide is attached for posting or presentations.</div><div><br></div><div>Please help us spread the word about this opportunity, which is open to both LTER-based investigators and other with ideas for how to use and integrate LTER data and science.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Marty<br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small">Marty Downs (she/her/hers)</span><div style="font-size:small">Director, LTER <span style="font-size:12.8px">Network Communications Office</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><br><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/nceas.ucsb.edu/uc?id=1qFadGx0hEm04xFRLFpVFxBUSEQk5T4c4&export=download" width="200" height="37"><br><br><a href="https://lternet.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://lternet.edu</a><br></div><div style="font-size:small">t: @USLTER</div><div style="font-size:small">f: USLTER</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px">Office: 805-893-7549</div><div style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br><br>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