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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Dear colleagues,</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">In alignment with the </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/11/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-advance-open-and-equitable-research/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">2023
Federal Year of Open Science</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">, the NSF Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) recently announced a new funding opportunity, the
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/geosciences-open-science-ecosystem-geo-ose" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Geosciences
Open Science Ecosystem (GEO OSE)</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">. The GEO OSE program seeks to support sustainable and networked open science activities to foster an ecosystem of inclusive access to data, physical collections, software,
advanced computing, and other resources toward advancing research and education in the geosciences. The purpose of this support is to broadly enable geoscientists to leverage expanding information resources and computing capabilities to address interdisciplinary
grand challenge research questions at the forefront of the geosciences.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b>Proposals to the GEO OSE program solicitation (</b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=506128&ods_key=nsf23534" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">NSF
23-534</span></b></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b>) </b></span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror"><b>are</b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b> due March 16, 2023.
</b>Two tracks of support are available based on the size and scope of expected efforts. Track 1 will support smaller-scale activities to advance
</span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">early stage</span><span class="normaltextrun"> GEO OSE activities, with funding provided for 2 years with a maximum budget size of $400,000 per project. Track 2 will support larger-scale activities, with
funding provided for 3 years with budget size commensurate with the size and scope of the project up to about $1,600,000.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">NSF will be holding an </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/events/geo-open-science-ecosystem-geo-ose-program-webinar/2023-01-20" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">informational
webinar this Friday, January 20, 2023, at 1 PM EST</span></b></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"> to offer guidance on the GEO OSE program and to provide an opportunity for Q&A. Please mark your calendars and register in advance for the webinar here:
<a href="https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_PmWGfA9cRKG7nQ3tN5-_Vw">https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_PmWGfA9cRKG7nQ3tN5-_Vw</a>.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></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>
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<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:
</span><a href="mailto:ramartin@nsf.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">ramartin@nsf.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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