Application for research grants due dates vary by topic from Jan. 15 -Feb. Applications for the fellowship program are due January 3, 1997. Over the coming months, EPA will be requesting applications for additional research grants to be awarded in conjunction with several other federal and private organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the National Cancer Institute and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NSF has released a schedule of Town Meetings convened to discuss the goals and objectives that NSF seeks to accomplish through the support of the geosciences. The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center has followed up on the visit by Admiral Watkins of two weeks ago.
Details are pending.
Admiral Watkins will address the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences next week. The subject of his presentation is the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, and the role of OSB in setting the strategy for ocean research internationally. ADM Watkins participated in the dedication of the Long-Term Ecosystem Observatory at Rutgers' Tuckerton Field Station last week. The event was an excellent example of outreach by Rutgers to their congressional delegation, local government and the public. AGU held a meeting last week of the federal relations staff of scientific societies.