Dear Arctic Researchers, To promote the analysis and synthesis of Arctic data, as well as to inform ongoing development of the data repository, the Arctic Data Center <https://arcticdata.io/> is soliciting requests for proposals for a *Synthesis Working Group*, with research to begin* by August 2017*.
PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY APRIL 26, 2017 Funding is available for one Working Group, consisting of hosting two meetings of approximately 15 participants each, over an anticipated 1-1.5 year period. Meetings will take place at the Arctic Data Center, operated out of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis ( https://nceas.ucsb.edu) in Santa Barbara, California. Proposals must focus on Arctic-related research issues, and primarily (but not necessarily exclusively) involve the analysis and synthesis of data contained within the Arctic Data Center Repository <https://arcticdata.io/catalog>. Proposals can be up to a maximum of 2000 words, and are due by April 26, 2017. For details, see https://arcticdata.io/proposals For questions about this RFP, please email: [email protected] ************* The Arctic Data Center <https://arcticdata.io/> is an NSF-funded (award #1546024) archive for Arctic science data and related research documents. Operational since March 2016, the Arctic Data Center is a national partnership, led by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS <https://nceas.ucsb.edu/>) at the University of California Santa Barbara, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI <https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/>) and the NSF-funded Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE <https://dataone.org/>). The long-term Arctic Data Center repository allows for the preservation and sharing of data spanning many disciplines from the Arctic, now and into the future. ************* cheers, Mark Schildhauer --- Mark Schildhauer, PhD Director of Computing, Co-PI Arctic Data Center National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, NCEAS, UCSB 735 State St., Suite 300 Santa Barbara CA 93101 Email: schild at nceas dot ucsb dot edu Web: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu NOTE CHANGE-- Ph: 805-893-7450 FAX: 805-893-7541
