<div dir="ltr">Bummer.<div><br clear="all"><div><div 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>Jess K. Zimmerman<br>Professor</div><div>Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program</div><div>Director, El Verde Field Station<br>Department Environmental Sciences<br>University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras<br>Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico</div><div><br></div><div>Tel: 787-764-0000 ext. 1-XXXX-# where XXXX is:<br> LTER Program Office: 88233<br> El Verde Field Station: 83467<br></div><div></div><div>Mobile: 787-380-3311</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Schade, John D</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschade@nsf.gov">jschade@nsf.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:55 PM<br>Subject: LTER supplements<br>To: "<a href="mailto:malber@uga.edu">malber@uga.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:malber@uga.edu">malber@uga.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:jblair@ksu.edu">jblair@ksu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:jblair@ksu.edu">jblair@ksu.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:mpnelson@oregonstate.edu">mpnelson@oregonstate.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:mpnelson@oregonstate.edu">mpnelson@oregonstate.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:jesskz@ites.upr.edu">jesskz@ites.upr.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:jesskz@ites.upr.edu">jesskz@ites.upr.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:Dan.Childers@asu.edu">Dan.Childers@asu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:Dan.Childers@asu.edu">Dan.Childers@asu.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:pockman@unm.edu">pockman@unm.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:pockman@unm.edu">pockman@unm.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:hducklow@ldeo.columbia.edu">hducklow@ldeo.columbia.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:hducklow@ldeo.columbia.edu">hducklow@ldeo.columbia.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:lovettg@caryinstitute.org">lovettg@caryinstitute.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:lovettg@caryinstitute.org">lovettg@caryinstitute.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:drfoster@fas.harvard.edu">drfoster@fas.harvard.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:drfoster@fas.harvard.edu">drfoster@fas.harvard.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gaisere@fiu.edu">gaisere@fiu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:gaisere@fiu.edu">gaisere@fiu.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:agiblin@mbl.edu">agiblin@mbl.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:agiblin@mbl.edu">agiblin@mbl.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:rjackson@warnell.uga.edu">rjackson@warnell.uga.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:rjackson@warnell.uga.edu">rjackson@warnell.uga.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:kjm4k@virginia.edu">kjm4k@virginia.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:kjm4k@virginia.edu">kjm4k@virginia.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:michael.gooseff@colorado.edu">michael.gooseff@colorado.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:michael.gooseff@colorado.edu">michael.gooseff@colorado.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:mohman@ucsd.edu">mohman@ucsd.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:mohman@ucsd.edu">mohman@ucsd.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:debpeter@nmsu.edu">debpeter@nmsu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:debpeter@nmsu.edu">debpeter@nmsu.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:rosimarshalle@caryinstitute.org">rosimarshalle@caryinstitute.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:rosimarshalle@caryinstitute.org">rosimarshalle@caryinstitute.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:reed@lifesci.ucsb.edu">reed@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:reed@lifesci.ucsb.edu">reed@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:hamilton@kbs.msu.edu">hamilton@kbs.msu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:hamilton@kbs.msu.edu">hamilton@kbs.msu.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:rwruess@alaska.edu">rwruess@alaska.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:rwruess@alaska.edu">rwruess@alaska.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:schmitt@lifesci.ucsb.edu">schmitt@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:schmitt@lifesci.ucsb.edu">schmitt@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:erastett@mbl.edu">erastett@mbl.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:erastett@mbl.edu">erastett@mbl.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ehstanley@wisc.edu">ehstanley@wisc.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:ehstanley@wisc.edu">ehstanley@wisc.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:suding@colorado.edu">suding@colorado.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:suding@colorado.edu">suding@colorado.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:seabloom@umn.edu">seabloom@umn.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:seabloom@umn.edu">seabloom@umn.edu</a>><br>Cc: "Kaplan, Louis Arnold" <<a href="mailto:LKAPLAN@nsf.gov">LKAPLAN@nsf.gov</a>>, "Levey, Douglas" <<a href="mailto:dlevey@nsf.gov">dlevey@nsf.gov</a>>, "Garrison, David L." <<a href="mailto:dgarriso@nsf.gov">dgarriso@nsf.gov</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">FROM:</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"> NSF LTER Working Group<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">RE:</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"> Update on LTER Supplement Proposals<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">Dear LTER PIs,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">As we are sure you understand, the budget situation for FY 2017 has been more uncertain than usual.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">We are currently functioning under a Continuing Resolution until at least April 28<sup>th</sup>, and will not know what our 2017 budget will be until then. Given this uncertainty, and the possibility
of tight budgets this year and next, the LTER Working Group has decided not to solicit proposals for supplements in FY 2017.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">We are aware of the importance of these supplements and that this decision is likely to have significant impacts on summer research activities, and will disappoint many of you. Please understand that
we have not made this decision lightly, or without consideration of these impacts.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">Please feel free to contact your managing PO with any questions or concerns you may have about this decision.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">All the best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">John<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John Schade<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Director, Ecosystem Studies Program<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Division of Environmental Biology<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Biological Sciences Directorate<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National Science Foundation<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="tel:(703)%20292-7139" value="+17032927139" target="_blank">703-292-7139</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jschade@nsf.gov" target="_blank">jschade@nsf.gov</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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