The deadline for submitting your PCSP Applications for Support is November 12, 1999. All applications initiated from outside Canadian government departments will be submitted to PCSP Science Screening Committee for review. In order to increase the transparency of its logistics support allocation process, the Polar Continental Shelf Project Advisory Board, at its fall meeting in 1992, approved the creation of a Scientific Screening Committee. It comprises university-based researchers from across the country. Members represent the major scientific disciplines and have extensive experience in the Arctic, as well as a solid knowledge of Polar Shelf's operations.
Membership is based on a three-year rotation.
Unavoidably, logistics considerations will have to be taken into account. The Committee may consult other scientists if required. The recommendations of the Scientific Screening Committee are given to the Director of Polar Shelf. These recommendations are an essential part of allocation decisions in which scientific merit is evaluated along with resource availability and logistics feasibility. A summary of comments by the Scientific Screening Committee is sent in writing to each applicant after the Committee has deliberated and PCSP has completed its planning for the year.