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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues (apologies for cross-posting),<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) this past August issued a memo (<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf">https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</a>)
directing the nation’s science-funding agencies, including NSF, to ensure free, immediate, and equitable access to the products of federally-supported research. The required updates to NSF’s public access policy will have direct and lasting impacts on NSF
internal and external stakeholders, including researchers, research institutions, scholarly societies, research libraries and the universities they support, and publishers. NSF is committed to ensuring that the policy it recommends has been informed by active
stakeholder engagement. This is the only way that NSF's updated public access policy can be equitable, sustainable and best serve NSF’s broad and diverse community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To that end, NSF will hold a virtual information and listening session at 2:00 PM EST on November 30, 2022. Participants will be briefed on the history and driving principles of NSF’s public access policy. More importantly, this webinar
will serve as a forum for NSF to hear and appreciate what’s on the minds of its stakeholders, and to discuss opportunities and challenges surrounding updates to NSF’s public access policy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please register in advance for this webinar: <a href="https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_nKHJhfI4RJGWQnEXqFiaLQ">
https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_nKHJhfI4RJGWQnEXqFiaLQ</a>. And spread the word to others in the broader NSF community. A recording of the webinar and FAQs will be posted on NSF’s Public Access Initiative’s webpage (<a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/public-access">https://beta.nsf.gov/public-access</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And at any time, reach out to <a href="mailto:PublicAccess@nsf.gov">
PublicAccess@nsf.gov</a> with questions, concerns or to learn more about how to engage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Raleigh Martin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">—</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Raleigh L. Martin, Ph.D.<i>
</i></span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(he/him/his)</span></i><b><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Program Director<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">National Science Foundation (NSF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">email:
<a href="mailto:ramartin@nsf.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">ramartin@nsf.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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