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## About

In 2000, NSF established the Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education. NSF's Director, Dr. Rita Colwell, charged the committee at its first meeting in October 2000. AC-ERE is to:
                              - Provide advice , recommendations and oversight concerning support for the NSF's environmental research and education portfolio;
                              - Be a base of contact  with the scientific community to inform NSF of the impact of its research support and NSF-wide policies on the scientific community;
                              - Serve as a forum  for consideration of interdisciplinary environmental topics as well as environmental activities in a wide range of disciplines;.
                              - Provide broad input  into long-range plans and partnership opportunities; and.
                              - Perform oversight  of program management, overall program balance, and other aspects of program performance for environmental research and education activities.

  Charter(PDF, 308.28 KB)

  Membership Balance Plan(PDF, 383.55 KB)

## Committee membership

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### **Membership details**

The AC-ERE has particular interest in those aspects of environmental science, engineering, and education that affects multiple disciplines. The committee includes scientists from many disciplines, including a member from each of the other NSF advisory committees, and focuses on coordination, integration, and management of environmental programs across the Agency. AC-ERE interests include environmental education, digital libraries, and cyberinfrastructure, as well as interdisciplinary programs, centers, and major instrumentation.

A full committee meeting is held three times a year to review and evaluate policies and program opportunities focused on environmental research and education. 

### Upcoming AC-ERE meeting

  AC-ERE Agenda - May 8-9, 2024(PDF, 217.29 KB)

##     Past AC-ERE Meetings  

Date: November 7-8, 2023Location: Virtual  AC-ERE Agenda - November 7-8, 2023(PDF, 163.03 KB)  AC-ERE Minutes - November 7-8, 2023(PDF, 390.32 KB)Date: April 5-6, 2023Location: VirtualAC-ERE Spring Agenda (PDF, 258.4 KB)  AC-ERE Spring Minutes(PDF, 291.37 KB)Date: September 20-21, 2022Location: VirtualAC-ERE Agenda ~ Sept-2022 (PDF, 179.88 KB)    AC-ERE Minutes - September 2022(PDF, 265.28 KB)Date: April 19-20, 2022Location: VirtualAC-ERE Agenda ~ April 2022 (PDF, 218.9 KB)Date: November 4-5, 2021Location: VirtualAC-ERE Agenda - November 2021 (PDF, 755.47 KB) Date: June 21, 2021Location: Virtual MeetingAC-ERE Agenda - June 2021 (PDF, 193.37 KB)AC-ERE Minutes ~ June 2021 (PDF, 120.57 KB) Date: March 18, 2021Location: Virtual MeetingAC-ERE Agenda - March 2021 (PDF, 124.74 KB)AC-ERE Minutes ~ March 2021 (PDF, 168.99 KB)Date: October 22-23, 2020Location: Virtual MeetingAC-ERE Agenda ~ October 2020 (PDF, 140.5 KB)AC-ERE Minutes ~ October 2020 (PDF, 208.69 KB)Date: June 5, 2020Location: Virtual MeetingAC-ERE Agenda - June 2020 (PDF, 104.56 KB) AC-ERE Minutes ~June 2020 (PDF, 143.2 KB)Date: November 4-5, 2019Location: Alexandria, VAAC-ERE Agenda - June 19 (PDF, 139.94 KB) AC-ERE Minutes - November 2019 (PDF, 162.04 KB) Date: March 18, 2019Location: Virtual MeetingAC-ERE Agenda - March 2019 (PDF, 128.88 KB) AC-ERE Minutes - March 2019 (PDF, 77.91 KB) Date: October 24-25, 2018Location: Alexandria, VAAC-ERE Agenda - October 2018 (PDF, 103.49 KB)AC-ERE Minutes - October 2018 (PDF, 198.27 KB)Date: April 18-19, 2018Location: Alexandria, VAAC-ERE Agenda ~ April 2018 (PDF, 102.83 KB) AC-ERE Minutes - April 2018 (PDF, 111.77 KB)Date: January 5, 2018Location: Virtual MeetingAC-ERE Telecon Agenda - January 2018 (PDF, 91.27 KB) 

### **Current roster**

Click on a members name to view their biography. 
                              - **Henry L. Bart Jr.** ** **
                              - **Lora Billings**
                              - **Vicki H. Grassian**  
                              - **Rupa Iyer**
                              - **Kimberly Jones, Chair **
                              - **Robin Leichenko**
                              - **Bo Li**
                              - **Amanda Lynch **
                              - **Lynda McGilvary**
                              - **Claire Monteleoni**
                              - **Diane Pataki **
                              - **Raina Plowright**
                              - **Darren Ranco** ** **
                              - **Rodolfo Torres**
                              - **Cathy Whitlock**

## Reports

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### Engaged research for environmental grand challenges: Accelerating discovery and innovation for societal impact(PDF,				5.57 MB)

### Environmental and human health: Research priorities(PDF,				3.1 MB)

### Environmental change and human security: Research directions(PDF,				11.82 MB)

### Sustainable urban systems: Articulating a long-term convergence research agenda(PDF,				9.17 MB)

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### An AC-ERE Perspective on Convergence(PDF,				316.34 KB)

### America's Future: Environmental research and education for a thriving century(PDF,				10.6 MB)

### Transitions and tipping points in complex environmental systems(PDF,				3.42 MB)

### Complex environmental systems: Pathways to the future(PDF,				1.72 MB)

### Complex environmental systems: Synthesis for earth, life, and society in the 21st century(PDF,				2.21 MB)

## Scientists discover mechanism plants use to control 'mouths'

*Key breakthrough on how plants open and close stomata could enable new ways to guard crops against climate change, especially increasing levels of carbon dioxide*

Find out more about this NSF-funded research by reading the Science Matters article found here.