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Briefing Book Materials, November 8 - 9, 2007
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1. INTRODUCTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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2. OPP DIRECTOR'S REPORT
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3. INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) UPDATES
- FY 2007 activities
- NSF IPY awards lists
- NSF IPY contacts page
- Update on FY 2007 NSF IPY Competition: Presentation by Scott Borg, OPP/ANT, and Simon Stephenson, OPP/ARC (PDF format, 531 Kb; PowerPoint, 27,541 Kb)
- NSF’s Investment in Education during International Polar Year: Presentation by Renee Crain, OPP/ARC and Valentine Kass, EHR (PDF format, 434 Kb; PowerPoint, 6,564 Kb)
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4. ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC COMMITTEE OF VISITORS (COV) REPORT
- Antarctic Sciences COV
- Arctic Science COV
- NSF Strategic Plans
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5. NSF AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH
- Enhancing Support of Transformative Research at NSF. A. Bement presentation, August 2007 (PDF format, 341 Kb)
- Enhancing Support of Transformative Research at NSF: An Update to the National Science Board. A. Bement presentation, October 2007 (PDF format, 76 Kb; PowerPoint, 459 Kb)
- Enhancing Support of Transformative Research at the National Science Foundation, National Science Board (PDF format, 4,428 Kb)
- Important Notice No. 130: Transformative Research; September 24, 2007, Office of the Director, National Science Foundation
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6. ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
- Directions and Future Challenges
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7. BROADENING PARTICIPATION
8. MREFC PROJECT STATUS
- South Pole Station Modernization
- South Pole Station Modernization (SPSM) MREFC Project Status: Presentation by Erick Chiang, OPP/AIL (PDF format, 274 Kb; PowerPoint, 1,039 Kb)
- IceCube
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9. U.S. ANTARCTIC PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE
- Directions and Future Challenges
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10. PLANNING FOR ANTARCTIC INFRASTRUCTURE/LOGISTICS COMMITTEE OF VISITORS
- Committee of Visitors Reports, Fiscal Year 2004 — Polar Research Support
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11. NSF STUDY OF PROPOSAL SUCCESS RATES AND RELATED ISSUES
- Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms Report (PDF format, 244 Kb; PowerPoint, 396 Kb) (Jacqueline Meszaros, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences)
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Last updated: 19 November 2007
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