<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">We are extending the deadline for proposals on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to next Friday, December 13, 2019.  Also, please note that link for the Google Form has been updated in the text below.  </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">Paula</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear NCAR Scientific Staff,</span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span id="m_8190415289015223321m_507071981711007844gmail-docs-internal-guid-83ed30b7-7fff-1fa0-af9c-f96efc4705be"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We wanted you to make you aware of a small NCAR funding opportunity for diversity, equity and inclusion related education & outreach activities in your lab. We are inviting submissions from existing programs/activities that we have funded in the past, as well as new ideas. Activities should support the strategic goals and activities for NCAR Education & Outreach as outlined in the </span><a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/documents/related-links/2018-05/NCAR%20EO%20Strategic%20Plan%20Final.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCAR E&O Strategic Plan</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. New activities that build on and strengthen ongoing activities are encouraged. The total funding available is $70K, and we are not setting an upper limit per request.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please submit your request here:  </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZt0YcuSiPpwBrBDSUiGsfb-C4q0Qx71g1NwITLbigfs3bEg/viewform?usp=sf_link" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">2020 NCAR E&O Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Proposal Request</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Renewal funding will only require a short paragraph and a budget request.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For new ideas we ask for</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Description of the activity, including staff involved, audiences served, the plan for evaluation of the activity’s impact and how it links to the NCAR E&O Strategic Plan</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Detailed budget, please also list any co-funding from the lab.</span></p></li></ol><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additional guidance can be found here:  </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fHXZsy3Qo5PnY9mfrDtxL433dRC7Jwspt3yiDhL84wY/edit" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2020 NCAR E&O Diversity, Equity and Inclusion  Proposal Guidance </span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application deadline is December 6th with funding being awarded by January 1, 2010. Funds need to be spent by March 31, 2021.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For questions about this funding please call Paula Fisher or Rebecca Haacker.</span></p><br></span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></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>