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NSF PA/M 03-01 - January 2, 2003
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education to Release New Report
Ten-Year Outlook for Agency's Environmental Research and Education Programs
Recommendations for the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s next decade of environmental research and education programs, prepared by NSF's Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, will be released on January 8, 2003, in the report entitled Complex Environmental Systems: Synthesis for Earth, Life, and Society in the 21st Century.
Among the report's findings are that NSF is a leader among federal agencies in carrying out fundamental, complex
environmental science and engineering systems research across broad areas. NSF's environmental programs need to be expanded, according to the report, in the social sciences, cyber-infrastructure, observing systems, and education. Synthesis-based research is a touchstone for environmental research and education, and long-term support of environmental research is necessary to fulfull its promise.
Who:
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Stephanie Pfirman, Past Chair of the NSF Advisory Committee on
Environmental Research and Education
Margaret Leinen, NSF Assistant Director for Geosciences, NSF, and
NSF Coordinator for Environmental Research and Education
Rita Colwell, Director, NSF
Warren Washington, Chair, National Science Board
David Skole, Chair, NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental
Research and Education
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What:
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Release of Report, Complex Environmental Systems: Synthesis for
Earth, Life, and Society in the 21st Century
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When:
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Wednesday, January 8, 2003
9:30 a.m. EST
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Where:
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National Science Foundation, Room 1235
4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA (Ballston Metro Stop)
Check in at security desk, 9th and Stuart entrance
** NOTE: Access to NSF must be pre-arranged.
For Directions, see http://www.nsf.gov/home/visit/visitjump.htm
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For more information contact:
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