<div dir="ltr">Ok, <b>if we as a community want to try and go for an US NSF Research Coordination Network (RCN) grant, I think this is the NSF program we should target: </b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Geography and Spatial Sciences Program (GSS)</b>.</span><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">See [1]. </span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It lists RCN as one of its funding streams. It's listed goals are here:</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><ul style="margin:0px;color:rgb(50,70,116);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11.1999998092651px"><li>To promote scientific research in geography and the spatial sciences that advances theory and basic understanding and that addresses the challenges facing society.</li><li>To promote the integration of geographers and spatial scientists in interdisciplinary research.</li><li>To promote education and training of geographers and spatial scientists in order to enhance the capabilities of current and future generations of researchers.</li><li>To promote the development and use of scientific methods and tools for geographic research.</li></ul><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><br></span></font></div></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px">Does anyone on this list know any of the program officers listed in the contacts of the link below [1]? </span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px">What I'd like to do is try and outline a draft letter to them sketching out our RCN ideas and seeing if they would be interested in entertaining an RCN proposal from us. If I take the lead on this and work on an outline (I have time right now), can I solicit some help on some sections? I think I can write about our network and bring in theoretical on the idea of global "commons based peer production" networks, which is what we are. I can sketch out the educational idea I have proposed related to flipped, service learning, team based learning and blended learning with the network idea and some kind of coordinated webinars, recorded lectures, etc. While I am a public administration faculty with GIS and IT background, what I don't have is experience on a set of core application areas or state of the art on Urban Science/City Analytics. I'll need help on that.</span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><b>Are you all game if I forge ahead on trying to outline this?</b></span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px">While I'm a big proponent of openness, I don't think we want to use a wiki page for a grant proposal, though. <b>I'd need to know who wants to be closely associated with this</b> (contact me off-line) and we try to use Google Docs or something that can be more controlled.</span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px">Also, if anyone knows of another grant opportunity outside of the US that we can use the same ideas or link, let me know. </span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px">Charlie</span></font></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">[1] <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505034">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505034</a></span><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><font color="#324674" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.1999998092651px"><br></span></font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov" target="_blank">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">We should involve everyone we can. This is probably the area, due to the common interest and identical needs, where the most ‘collective’ activity can take
place. Additionally, it’s also the area where the positive results of this collective effort can be significantly experienced. Cities are in dire need. Here is just one example of a very wealthy city but in utter disrepair and needing to be a lot smarter about
managing infrastructure. They are not alone.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a"><a href="http://graphics.latimes.com/la-aging-water-infrastructure/" target="_blank">http://graphics.latimes.com/la-aging-water-infrastructure/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">We should involve universities and essentially have them take the lead with us supporting ‘them’ however we can.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">Climate Adaptation Guidebook for Municipalities<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/14193/FY13-0119+Climate+Adaptation+toolkit+lowres.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/14193/FY13-0119+Climate+Adaptation+toolkit+lowres.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">Recommend we establish a formal letter that describes our purpose, includes our signatures and is extended to organizations and institutions offering our support
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546a">-Patrick<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Charles Schweik<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Stepanov Alexander; <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>; Ingo Simonis; Anthony Beck; Chris Pettit; Gabor Remetey; Doreen Boyd; Chandola, Varun; Jim Miller (<a href="mailto:miller@ittc.ku.edu" target="_blank">miller@ittc.ku.edu</a>); Giuseppe Conti; MELICK Brandt<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Urban Science - City Analytics - NEW IDEA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Charlie Schweik<br><br>Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst<div>Dept of Environmental Conservation and Center for Public Policy and Administration</div><div><br><div>Personal website: <a href="http://people.umass.edu/cschweik" target="_blank">http://people.umass.edu/cschweik</a></div><div>Publications: <a href="http://works.bepress.com/charles_schweik/" target="_blank">http://works.bepress.com/charles_schweik/</a></div><div><br>Author, Internet Success: A Study of Open Source Software (MIT Press, 2012) - see <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d3e4545" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/d3e4545</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><div>--------------------------------------------</div><div>Q: Why is this email five sentences or less?</div><div>A: <a href="http://five.sentenc.es" target="_blank">http://five.sentenc.es</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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