The 2008 Unidata Equipment Awards Program
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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We received another quality group of proposals this year
with our Unidata Community Equipment Awards.
This year special consideration was
given to proposals that further the use
of Unidata tools and systems (e.g., THREDDS, NetCDF,
IDV, GIS connections) to support education and research on various aspects of
climate (e.g., diagnostics, change and impacts), including upgrades to existing
classroom and laboratory equipment or procurement of new computers to support
climate studies. Additionally, to enhance participation and advancement
of underrepresented populations, proposals submitted by investigators in Community
and Baccalaureate colleges and minority serving institutions was encouraged.
We once again set aside $100k to fund the Unidata Community
Equipment Awards, which includes overhead on awarded subcontracts. The call for proposals was sent out on
January 17th with a submission deadline of March 14th. A Review Panel was formed and met on
Wednesday, April 9th at the
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dr. Christopher G. Herbster – “The Creation of a Community Resource for
Weather Case Studies and Innovative Real-Time Weather Data for the IDD”
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Steven G. Decker - “Upgrading the Rutgers Weather Center to Meet
Today’s Needs”
The applicants have not been notified of their award status
yet so please treat this information as confidential for now. We will be working with each institution and
our Contracts office over the next few weeks in setting up the subawards.
Congratulations to all of the recipients and we thank the
Review Panel members, NSF and the Unidata community for their continued support
of the Equipment Awards Program.