1. INTRODUCTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES

• List of Office Advisory Committee members
• OPP staff directory
  • Office of Polar Programs front office
  • Division of Antarctic Sciences
  • Division of Arctic Sciences
  • Office Polar Environment, Health and Safety
  • Division of Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics
• Agenda
• Draft minutes, May 2006 meeting

2. OPP DIRECTOR'S REPORT

• Budget overview
  • OPP FY 2007 request
  • NSF FY 2007 International Polar Year request

3. INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) UPDATES

• FY 2006 IPY solicitation
  • International Polar Year Funds Research and Exploration by Teachers, Students and the Public (NSF press release 06-132)
• Congressional testimony
  • International Polar Year House testimony (20 September 2006)
  • International Polar Year Senate testimony (26 September 2006)
• U.S. Federal agency planning
  • The International Polar Years 2007-2009: Report on U.S. Federal Agencies’ Planning

4. POLAR ICEBREAKERS

• Testimony of Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation; September 26, 2006
• NSF Letter to NAS Committee on Polar Icebreaking
• National Academy of Sciences report on polar icebreaking
  • Polar Icebreakers in a Changing World: An Assessment of U.S. Needs (Full report, online version)
• Request for Information for Icebreaking Services, January 2006
  

5. NSF STRATEGIC PLAN

• NSF Strategic Plan FY 2006 – 2011
• Presentation on NSF Strategic Plan for 2006-2010 by Craig Robinson, NSF Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management (PowerPoint version)

6. COMMITTEE OF VISITORS

• Core Questions and Report Template for FY 2007 NSF Committee of Visitor (COV) Reviews
• Reports from Previous Committee of Visitors reviews
  • Polar Science 2000
  • Polar Research Support 2001
  • Polar Science 2003
  • Polar Research Support 2004

7. TOWARD SEARCH IMPLEMENTATION

• National Academy of Sciences report on the Arctic Observing Network
  • Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network (Full report, online version)

8. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ANTARCTIC RESEARCH (SCAR): SCIENCE PLANS

• SCAR Science
  • Presentation by Mahlon Kennicutt (PDF file)
  • Report on Putting into Effect the Recommendations of the SCAR Review 2000
  • United States National Report to SCAR for 2005-2006

9. NSF PROPOSAL SUCCESS RATES STUDY

• Impact of Proposal and award management mechanisms working group; presentation by Joanne Tornow, NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences (PowerPoint version; PDF version)

 

 

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