IPY EXPRESSIONS OF INTENT EXERCISE

Around 600 Ideas for IPY activities were submitted in the first half of 2004 and these helped shape the development of an Outline Science Plan and later the “Framework for IPY ” It was recognised by the IPY Planning Group that logistics operators needed information as soon as possible on those IPY projects requiring substantial logistic support This prompted a Call for Expressions of Interest made in Oct 2004 with a deadline of Jan 14, 2005 The task of the Planning Group (and its successor the Joint Committee) is to encourage development of IPY activities that meet IPY criteria. It is not intended that the JC critically assess the science (the task of funding agencies) or that it tell the community what science to do. It encourages, advises and supports the establishment of IPY projects.

An online submission facility was developed on the IPY website to bring standardisation to submissions. A Word document template was also created to allow groups a convenient means of exchanging draft EoI’s before the finalised document was submitted online. For those having problems submitting online the Word document could be submitted via . It was anticipated that the community would submit as many as 400 proposals but it was recognised that some of the community would want to get early consideration of their proposal.

In the event we have received 869 EoI’s to date from 35 countries Over 1000 submissions were made but a number of these were repeats which were then removed from the database. Argentina4Denmark44Japan28South Africa2 Australia16Egypt1Korea3Spain8 Austria3Finland11Malaysia4Sweden16 Belgium10France14Netherlands17Switzerland1 Brazil3Germany45New Zealand1UK58 Canada175Greenland4Norway54Ukraine7 Chile4Iceland2Poland26USA184 China4India1Portugal2Uruguay1 Czech Rep1Italy39Russia51 Lead Country Breakdown

Comparisons of Lead Country vs. Involved Distribution of EoI’s between Poles

Distribution of EoI’s in relation to Science Discipline Biological Sciences169 Geological Sciences102 Cryospheric Sciences135 Meteorology/Climate108 Space Physics58 Remote Sensing9 Human Studies104 Data Management18 Education/Outreach52 Legacy Activities9 Distribution of EoI’s in relation to Specific Programmes CASO (Southern Ocean)21 iAOOS (Arctic Ocean)19 CLIVAR33 Marine ecosystems75 Biodiversity73 CliC65 Int. Permafrost Assoc.17 WAIS11 SEARCH21