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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear CEDAR Community,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the information below about upcoming Convergence Accelerator webinars on 10/21 (today) and 10/27 on the RFI on future topics with a Nov 09 deadline. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dr. Alan Liu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Aeronomy Program Director </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Division</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">National Science Foundation</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">W: (703) 292-7051<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864">We want your ideas.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864">Requesting Future Topics for the NSF Convergence Accelerator
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in">The <span style="color:windowtext">
N</span>SF Convergence Accelerator issued a <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21012/nsf21012.jsp">
Dear Colleague Letter (NSF-21-012): Request for Information (RFI) on Future Topics for the NSF Convergence Accelerator program</a> to capture national-scale societal impact ideas from the global community for fiscal year 2022. The RFI is the kickoff of the
Convergence Accelerator’s ideation process. Selected ideas will be asked to submit a conference proposal to further develop the proposed idea and to gather insights into a final report to assist NSF in determining convergence research topics for 2022.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="color:windowtext">P</span>articipants from academia, industry, government, non-profit, and other sectors are encouraged to
<span style="color:windowtext">s</span>ubmit their ideas at <a href="http://bit.ly/NSF-21-012">
http://bit.ly/NSF-21-012</a>. <span style="color:windowtext">Responses</span> to the RFI
<span style="color:windowtext">are due</span> <span style="color:windowtext">by </span>
November 9, 2020<span style="color:windowtext">. </span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#BF9000">UPCOMING CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR IDEATION WEBINARS FOR RFI (DCL-21-012)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">NSF wants your best ideas for future NSF Convergence Accelerator tracks. Join the NSF Convergence Accelerator on October 21 or 27, 2020 to learn about the program’s ideation process, specifically
focusing on the FY 2022 Request for Information (RFI) on future topics. Attendees will learn about the Convergence Accelerator’s model and fundamentals, designed to leverage a convergence approach to transition basic research and discovery into practice. The
goal of this webinar is to bring awareness of this exciting opportunity to accelerate NSF-funded research and discovery to further societal impact.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#203864">Wednesday, October 21, 2-3:30 p.m. (ET)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To register, visit
<a href="https://bit.ly/NSFCA_Oct21_RFIWebinar">https://bit.ly/NSFCA_Oct21_RFIWebinar</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#203864">Tuesday, October 27, 2-3:30 p.m. (ET) </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To register, visit
<a href="https://bit.ly/NSFCA_Oct27_RFIWebinar">https://bit.ly/NSFCA_Oct27_RFIWebinar</a>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">After registering a confirmation email containing the meeting information, including how to join will be provided. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For additional information on the NSF Convergence Accelerator program, visit
<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/convergence-accelerator/">https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/convergence-accelerator/</a> or email
<a href="mailto:C-Accel@nsf.gov">C-Accel@nsf.gov</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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