<div dir="ltr">Dear CEDAR community,<div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">At GEM a few weeks ago Dave Sibeck gave a pretty depressing report by about NASA funding for the Heliophysics Division (HPD). Following that there was a meeting to try to mobilize our community to try to advocate for ourselves. Attached is a letter that we've written</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> on behalf of us students expressing our support for Heliophysics funding and why it is a critical need. I realize that not all CEDAR students will be affected by a reduction in HPD funding, but it will impact a significant portion. </span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The message is simple: </font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><i>STUDENTS: Read the attached letter and email Ian Cohen at <a href="mailto:ian.cohen@unh.edu" target="_blank">ian.cohen@unh.edu</a> i</i></b></font><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>f you're interested in adding your name to the letter. Please include</i></b><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i> your student status (B.S. student, PhD student/candidate, MS student), department, and university in your email.</i></b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Nothing more will be asked of you than contributing your name and support, but the more people we can get behind this movement, the stronger our voice will be. Along those same lines I also ask you to share this letter with your classmates and colleagues, anyone with ties to NASA Heliophysics funding.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ADVISORS: Please consider forwarding the attached letter to your students and encouraging them to sign on.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>This is time-sensitive.</b> In an effort to coordinate this letter with other efforts in Washington, we need to get this letter out as quickly as possible. If you are interested in lending your support, please respond ASAP. <b>The letter will be sent out on Tuesday.</b></span></div>
<div><br></div><div style>Thank you all for your support and help in this important issue.</div><div style><br>Cheers,<br>Ian Cohen</div><div style><br></div></div><div><div>----------------------------------------------------------</div>
Ian Cohen<div>PhD student, Physics</div><div>Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Research Laboratory</div><div>Space Science Center</div><div>University of New Hampshire</div><div><a href="mailto:icohen121@gmail.com" target="_blank">icohen121@gmail.com</a></div>
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