<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear NCAR Scientific Staff,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:UbuntuRegular,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">The Early Career Faculty Innovators Program is a new program that will support 9 early career faculty and their graduate students to conduct research at NCAR at the intersection of coastal regions and human settlements. Faculty have expertise in a broad range of disciplines outside NCAR’s core programs, from anthropology and geography to urban planning and civil engineering. The National Science Foundation will fund the faculty members and graduate students for a two-year period. Faculty members will have summer sabbaticals at NCAR, while graduate students will receive year-round funding.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:UbuntuRegular,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">We welcome opportunities for engagement and collaboration with the Innovators cohort. Join us on Monday May 20th in FL2-1022 at 2:00  (immediately following the Strategic Planning Town Hall) for a Q & A session about the Innovators Program.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:UbuntuRegular,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">The session will include information about:</p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;padding:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:UbuntuRegular,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px"><li style="padding:5px 0px">the program</li><li style="padding:5px 0px">the cohort, and</li><li style="padding:5px 0px">how you can engage with the group</li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:UbuntuRegular,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">For more information about the program, please see the<a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/what-we-offer/education-outreach/early-career-opportunities" style="color:rgb(215,89,0);text-decoration-line:none"> Early Career Faculty Innovator Program Website</a> as well as the recent <a href="https://news.ucar.edu/132667/interdisciplinary-program-examine-potential-coastal-impacts-climate-change-natural-hazards" style="color:rgb(215,89,0);text-decoration-line:none">press release.</a>  </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:UbuntuRegular,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">The meeting will be webcast with a chat feature.  Please go to <a href="http://www.fin.ucar.edu/it/mms/fl-live-chat1.htm">http://www.fin.ucar.edu/it/mms/fl-live-chat1.htm</a> to join remotely.  </p></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"><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="garamond, serif">Paula Fisher
Administrator</font><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="garamond, serif">National Center for Atmospheric Research<br>Education & Outreach and
The Advanced Study Program
</font><br><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap"><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap"><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap"></pre></pre></pre><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap"></pre><font face="garamond, serif">Office: <a href="tel:(303)+497-1328" value="+13034978623" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">303-497-1328</a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:paulad@ucar.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">paulad@ucar.edu</a></font></pre></pre></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>