1. Advisory Committee for Geosciences November, 2002

2. Budget Personnel Grant Size and Duration Implementation of GEO 2000

3. The Path to Fiscal Year 2003 Appropriations… 1) Load Ideas 2) Bring to “Hill” 3) Enjoy Hearings 4) Await Fate …or, Rita’s Road to Riches

4. GEO Budget

5. NSF, R&RA, and GEO Budgets

6. GEO FY03 Budget President’s request: –GEO Directorate Budget $691.07M –HIAPER $0M –EarthScope: $35M

7. GEO FY03 Budget Senate appropriation: –GEO Directorate Budget: $684.5M –HIAPER: $0 –EarthScope : $20M

8. GEO FY03 Budget House appropriation: –GEO Directorate Budget: $700.9M –HIAPER: $25.53M –EarthScope: $40M

9. GEO FY03 Budget What happens now? –Presently operating on Continuing Resolution –No new programs –Uncertainty over when we will have an appropriation

10. GEO Personnel

11. New OCE Program Staff –Physical Oceanography: Elise Ralph –IODP: Jamie Allen

12. GEO Personnel New ATM Program Staff –Information Technology: Steve Meacham –UCAR/Lower Atmosphere: Peter Milne –Atmopsheric chemistry Bruce Doddridge –Climate Dynamics: Stephan Reid

13. GEO Personnel New EAR Program Staff –Biogeosciences: Rachael Craig –Geophysics: Kaye Shedlocke –Petrology/Geochemistry: Tom Wagner

14. GEO Proposals, Awards, Grant Size and Duration

15. GEO Proposals and Awards

16. GEO Proposals and Awards & Grant Size and Duration 2.5 years 2.8 years

17. GEO Proposals and Awards & Budget and Staff 102 people 109 people

18. GEO2000 Implementation

19. Earth Cycles First integrated carbon cycle research announcement Integrated water cycle research proposals received (91 projects) Plans to alternate years between ICCR and IWCR Funding increase related to CCRI

20. Natural Hazards Decision not to create a separate GEO- wide program AAAS Workshops to highlight science Enhanced funding in FY04 Preliminary discussions with SBE –Opportunity to talk with Norman Bradburn at this meeting

21. Biogeosciences New program officer Workshop completed First research announcement on the street Multiple society meeting sessions

22. Freshwater Internal working group led by Pam Stephens Discussions of how to handle freshwater across GEO, across NSF Upcoming ASLO workshop to look at issues related to inland waters New university consortium formed: CUAHSI (workshop in August)