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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear CEDAR Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please note that a new CEDAR solicitation is released today. All three targeted solicitations (CEDAR, GEM, SHINE) in Geospace have now been updated this year. A major change is that all solicitations now
have an annual target date. For 2022, the target date for CEDAR proposals is May 20<sup>th</sup>. Proposals received by this target date will be competitively reviewed together and the award decision will be made soon after. Target dates in following years
are the first Friday in May. The total annual funding, expected number of awards, and typical award size are all increased. Please go to
<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22575/nsf22575.htm">CEDAR</a>, </span><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22537/nsf22537.htm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GEM</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, and
</span><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22570/nsf22570.htm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SHINE</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> for more details about these solicitations and their individual target dates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Alan</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Alan Liu</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Acting Section Head, Geospace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Program Director, Aeronomy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">(703) 292-7051 | </span>
<a href="mailto:zhualiu@nsf.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">zhualiu@nsf.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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