<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-20efb2dd-7fff-bd21-3f23-ca07625ad435"><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">Hello Colleagues,</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">We are currently soliciting Letters of Intent (LOIs) for the third Cohort of the <a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/what-we-offer/education-outreach/early-career-opportunities">Early Career Faculty Innovator Program</a> for projects that will run from 2023-2025. Through NSF, the Innovator program provides funding for university faculty in the social, policy, and behavioral sciences to co-develop interdisciplinary and actionable research projects in partnership with scientists and engineers at NCAR. </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">Our network included 17 collaborators with the first cohort and 33 in the second cohort that started Fall, 2021. We have a Google Doc that lists past, current and prospective </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ZDEnd7S3o7vJpj4mH4miSTvM6tnFD8_I7ZYfVJtXkk/edit" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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 collaborators</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"> here. This will be linked on our website to help potential applicants find connections with NCAR collaborators. We are asking folks to review their bios (copied from their <a href="http://staff.ucar.edu">staff.ucar.edu</a> pages) and suggest any edits that might highlight relevant interests or expertise that might help a potential applicant connect with you.  We are encouraging applicants to reach out to the Innovators team first, to try and mitigate the influx of emails you all might receive. Our goal is to hear from faculty about their interests, and have enough information about you to then reach out to you and see if we can start that connection. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c823f48f-7fff-d0a3-ba7c-861fce230cda"><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">If you see any changes that need to be made, please reach out to me (<a href="mailto:hartner@ucar.edu">hartner@ucar.edu</a>) or </span><a href="mailto:ecinnovators@ucar.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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">ecinnovators@ucar.edu</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"> by Wednesday, February 9th, or if you have access you may make those changes yourself. If you would not like to be involved in future collaborations, we can add the following note alongside your profile, “</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(204,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(not available for future collaborations)</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">.”</span></span><br></p><br><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">And for those interested in becoming a collaborator for the 2023 Cohort and beyond, we are arranging an Innovators Q&A for NCAR colleagues </span><a href="https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NG05amIzZjBxZmJpcjN0aWFlOXVlMDdkNjEgY18xODhlZ2hmOXJzZ2t1anByZzJnZG83d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