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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please see below an important communication from NSF/AGS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_____replyseparator"></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> AS Email List <AS-AGS@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Anderson, Nicholas F.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 21, 2022 9:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> AS-AGS@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NSF/AGS Late-October 2022 Update - Funding Rates, new opportunities, and more<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">AGS continues to play close attention to the participation of underrepresented and underserved investigators and institutions and encourages proposal submissions through any of the existing
mechanisms. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Supporting NSF wide goals and data, including an invite to the next AGS virtual office hour on this topic, are highlighted below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22068/nsf22068.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NSF’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Agency Priority Goal (APG, page 50) seeks to “increase
both the involvement of communities underrepresented in STEM and enhance capacity through the nation,” with a metric for FY2023 to increase the “number and proportion of proposals received from underrepresented and underserved 1) investigators and 2) institutions
by 10% over FY2020 baselines.”<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2023/pdf/90_fy2023.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NSF’s FY2022-2023 Annual Performance Plan</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> notes that “internal analyses indicate
that investigators from underrepresented groups do well in the merit review process, and that this gap originates at the application level—proposals submitted to NSF do not reflect the diversity of the STEM workforce (let alone the population as a whole).”
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/about/about-nsf-by-the-numbers" title="https://beta.nsf.gov/about/about-nsf-by-the-numbers"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">NSF
by the Numbers</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> provides statistical and funding rate information by Directorate, State, and Institution Type. By clicking on Trends, selecting the filter icon (either side), and choosing Geosciences from the
dropdown box, the general range and trend over the past decade is made visible. Specific Geosciences stats for the past year can be found here:
<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/funding-rates.jsp?org=GEO">https://www.nsf.gov/funding/funding-rates.jsp?org=GEO</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="xnormaltextrun">AGS will host a drop-in Virtual Office Hour on <b>26 October 2022 between 2-3 PM Eastern Time</b> for students and faculty members at Non-R1 Academic Institutions (e.g., Community Colleges, Tribal Colleges and Universities, HBCUs,
Undergraduate, Masters, and R2 Institutions). Register to attend by using this link:
</span><a href="https://nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItc-ygqj4qGXV4IhmwqHtDQ-MTcs3l5N0">https://nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItc-ygqj4qGXV4IhmwqHtDQ-MTcs3l5N0</a>. Please drop by if you’d like to chat with AGS program officers.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">NEW Funding opportunities</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NSF has released a </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23505/nsf23505.htm?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" title="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23505/nsf23505.htm?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">solicitation</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> for
the establishment of the Arecibo Center for STEM Education and Research (ASCER) at the original site of the Arecibo Observatory. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">AGS and the Division of Astronomical Sciences have released a new
<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23014/nsf23014.jsp">Dear Colleague Letter</a> regarding science, education and outreach during the 2023 and 2024 Great American Solar Eclipses.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <b>Employment opportunities</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A reminder of the rotator opportunity in the Paleoclimate program, with </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/careers/openings/geo/ags/ags-2022-85586?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" title="https://beta.nsf.gov/careers/openings/geo/ags/ags-2022-85586?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">applications</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> prior
to November 1<sup>st</sup>, 2022 prioritized.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Geosciences front office has posted an opening for a Communications Specialist: </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/683796800">https://www.usajobs.gov/job/683796800</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are preparing for and looking forward to upcoming in-person conference meetings, including SACNAS, AGU and AMS.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Following are specifics about on-site activities at SACNAS next week; analogous information for AGU and AMS will be disseminated in due time.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">Activities and Presence at SACNAS, Oct. 27-29, 2022: NSF Opportunities for Undergraduates, Graduate Students, Post-Docs, and Academic Faculty in the Geosciences, will be presented on Friday Oct 28, 4:15-5:45
pm, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center Room 208 B. Several GEO representatives will be present and available on-site, including Anne Johansen and Manda Adams from AGS.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to seeing you at our virtual office hour on 26 October 2022, 2-3 PM ET, and at SACNAS next week.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, and as always, please feel free to disseminate widely.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Directorate for Geosciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
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