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Request for Email Addresses / NSF Names New Assistant Director for Geosciences / National Ocean Report / Overdue Annual and Final Reports / Academic Research Fleet Review The Division of Ocean Sciences maintains an electronic mailing list with aliases for many of the larger ocean science-related institutions and individual email addresses. The mailing list is used to sent infrequent messages to potential PIs alerting them to upcoming proposal announcement deadlines, and other useful information. If you or your institution are not currently on our mailing list, please send an email to ocefl@nsf.gov requesting that your institution's alias or your email address be added. NSF Names New Assistant Director for Geosciences After 13 years of dedicated service, Dr. Robert W. Corell will leave the position of Assistant Director for Geosciences at the end of the year. NSF has named oceanographer Margaret Leinen of the University of Rhode Island to head its Directorate for Geosciences in January 2000. She also will be responsible for coordinating environmental science and engineering programs within NSF, and for environmental cooperation and collaborations between NSF and other Federal agencies. The National Ocean Report entitled, "Turning to the Sea: America's Ocean Future" was published this past September. The Ocean Report responds to President Clinton's request at last year's National Ocean Conference in Monterey, California, for recommendations from the Cabinet on a coordinated, disciplined, long-term Federal ocean policy.
The Ocean Report is a blueprint for ocean management, containing 25 chapters in four major areas: economic benefits of the ocean, global security issues, marine resource conservation and protection, and ocean exploration and research. For copies of the Report, please contact: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Public and Constituent Affairs, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 6013, Washington D.C. 20236, Telephone: (202) 482-6090. Or visit: http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov.
Overdue Annual and Final Reports REMINDER: Please remember that Annual and Final Reports must be submitted via FastLane starting October 1999. Annual project reports shall be submitted to the cognizant NSF Program Officer at least three months prior to the end of the current budget period (for standard NSF grants, three months prior to the anniversary of the effective date of the grant.) Final Project Reports must be submitted within 90 days following the expiration date of the award (as defined in the award letter) to the cognizant NSF Program Officer. Approximately 30 days before expiration, NSF will send a notice to the PI to remind him/her of the requirement to file the final project report. Failure to provide final technical reports delays NSF review and processing of pending proposals for that PI. PIs should examine the formats of the required reports in advance to assure availability of required data.
Academic Research Fleet Review The Academic Research Fleet: A Report to the Assistant Director for Geosciences by the Fleet Review Committee is now available. If you would like a copy please contact the UNOLS Office, P. O. Box 392, Saunderstown, RI 02874, Telephone: (401) 874-6827. It is also available on the web at: http://www.geo.nsf.gov/oce/fleetrev.html.
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