Update on the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008
International Council for Science (ICSU)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Dear Colleagues:
The ICSU International Polar Year Planning Group held its final meeting
13-17 September in Paris, France, and the group is preparing its final
report, which will contain the outline science plan and discussions on
implementation, outreach, and data management. This document will be
submitted to ICSU and available to the community in late October.
As one of its tasks at the meeting, the ICSU IPY Planning Group proposed
a timeline for development and submission to ICSU-WMO of
pre-proposals so it can begin the process of identifying those projects
to be granted status as part of the official IPY activities portfolio.
To meet the needs of the ICSU-WMO, the goal is to have a submission
deadline of Monday, 10 January 2005 for short (approximately 4 page)
pre-proposals. (It is encouraged that these pre-proposals go through the
relevant National Committee, so there will be a December deadline for
submission to your relevant National Committee).
Full ICSU-WMO proposals would be due in June 2005 (remembering that
ICSU-WMO will not be granting funds, just conveying the status being
part of IPY; the submission of proposals seeking funding will go through
regular national proposal processes).
Details of the pre-proposal structure and requirements will be
circulated in a joint letter from WMO and ICSU in mid-October. These
details will be announced and posted on the ICSU/WMO IPY website at
http://www.ipy.org and at the U.S. National Committee for IPY website
http://www.us-ipy.org as soon as they are available.
Chris Elfring, Director
Polar Research Board
The National Academies
E-mail: celfring [at] nas.edu