*************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 14, Number 37 July 19, 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------- Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Proposals Due Oct. 15 ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Kile Baker The deadline for submission of proposals for the NSF Geospace Environment Modeling program (GEM) is October 15, 2004. Please note that there is a new GEM announcement available at the NSF web site. The program announcement ID is NSF 04-576, (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04576/nsf04576.pdf). Proposals for GEM postdoctoral research is NOT appropriate for this competition. There is a separate announcement for the combined CEDAR, GEM and SHINE postdoctoral research program solicitation (NSF 04-573, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04573/nsf04573.pdf). Postdoctoral research proposals are due the first Monday of February of each calendar year. GEM funding for the following topics will be available: 1) Inner Magnetosphere/Storms Campaign (IMS/Storms) 2) Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Campaign (MIC) 3) Global Interactions Campaign (GI) 4) Development of GGCM modules, particularly modules relating to the currently active GEM campaigns (items 1-3). Because the Global Interactions (GI) is new and because the IMS/Storms campaign is ramping down and finally because last year there was extra funding available for the MIC campaign, the bulk of the funding for this year will be targeted toward the GI campaign. A minimum of $600K will be allocated to GEM and, depending on the quality of the proposals and the availability of funds, hopefully even more. IMS/Storms: Since this campaign is ramping down, proposals for only 1 or 2 years are preferred. However, if a GGCM module will be produced as part of the work, 3 year proposals will be appropriate. MIC: There will be a new opportunity for proposals that will utilize the new AMISR (Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar) facility. We expect that the first face of the AMISR facility will be available for research purposes sometime in the summer of 2005. If we receive good GEM proposals that use AMISR, there will probably be extra funding available for that research, and AMISR related proposals are therefore strongly encouraged. GI: First, NSF would like to thank Dave Sibeck and Tai Phan for agreeing to a ct as the campaign coordinators for this new GEM campaign. The Global Interaction Campaign will focus on the processes by which solar wind plasma is energized and transported into the Earths magnetosphere to form the plasma sheet. The campaign will initially address the solar wind entry sites and processes leading to the formation of hot tenuous and cold dense plasma sheets. The entry sites include the cusp, high- and low-latitude boundary layers and the candidate processes include (but are not limited to) reconnection, the non-linear Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, and wave-induced diffusion. The campaign will ultimately be judged on the basis of its ability to provide accurate predictions of plasma sheet parameters as a function of the solar wind conditions. Consequently, comparisons of model output with in situ field and particle data and remote observations are a fundamental component of the campaign. Proposals for balanced research teams that include both modelers and observers/data analysts that address topics of interest to the campaign are especially encouraged. Since this campaign is at its inception, 4 and even 5 year proposals will be considered if they provide a clear justification for why an extended period of funding is needed. Although the scope of proposals that will be considered appropriate for the GI campaign are somewhat restricted in this first year, we expect to broaden the range of topics in future years. More information about the GEM campaigns can be found at the GEM web site, http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/Welcome.html. Additional information concerning the new campaign can be obtained by contacting the Program Director for GEM, Dr. Kile Baker (kbaker@nsf.gov, phone: 703-292-8519) or the Campaign Coordinators, Tai Phan (phan@ssl.berkeley.edu) and Dave Sibeck (david.sibeck@gsfc.nasa.gov). +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |To subscribe GEM Messengers, send an e-mail to | | with the following command in the body of your e-mail message: | | subscribe gem | |To remove yourself from the mailing list, the command is: | | unsubscribe gem | | | |To broadcast a message to the GEM community, please contact Peter Chi at | | | |Please use plain text as the format of your submission. | | | |URL of GEM Home Page: http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/Welcome.html | |Workshop Information: http://gem.rice.edu/~gem | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+