Arctic Research Plan
Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee
Extended submission deadline: Friday, 29 June 2012
To download the full plan, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/arc_res_plan_index.jsp
The deadline to submit comments on the Interagency Arctic Research
Policy Committee (IARPC) Five-Year Plan has been extended to Friday, 29
June 2012.
IARPC, which consists of principals from 13 agencies, departments, and
offices across the federal government, is charged with developing
five-year plans for federally sponsored research in the region. For the
years 2013 to 2017, the IARPC identified seven over-arching categories
to form the basis of a national policy for arctic research and that will
especially benefit from interagency collaboration. They are:
1. Sea ice and marine ecosystem studies
2. Terrestrial ecosystem studies
3. Atmospheric studies of surface heat, energy, and mass balances
4. Observing systems
5. Regional climate models
6. Adaptation tools for sustaining communities
7. Human health studies
Categories were chosen based on broad scientific consensus that rapid
changes in climate are altering ice and snow cover with consequences for
arctic ecosystems, indigenous societies, and global climate. The
research aims to prompt solutions based on sound research discovered and
implemented by multiple efforts. This plan does not include all research
conducted by federal agencies. Many important priority investigations
are and will continue to be conducted within individual agencies or
other interagency collaborations.
Comments may be submitted through Friday, 29 June 2012, 11:59 EST, by
email (agraefe [at] arctic.gov; include "IARPC FIVE-YEAR PLAN COMMENT" in the
subject line) or hard copy:
Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)
c/o Arctic Sciences Division
National Science Foundation
Suite 755S
4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22230
Attention: "Linda Izzard, IARPC FIVE-YEAR PLAN COMMENT"
Extended submission deadline: Friday, 29 June 2012.
To download the full plan, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/arc_res_plan_index.jsp.
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