| The National Council for Science and the
Environment (Formerly the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment) "Improving the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues" |
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| The National Council for Science and the
Environment (Formerly the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment) "Improving the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues" |
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| NCSE Update – January 15, 2002
ANNOUNCEMENT
Request for Proposals: Sustainable Forestry and Biodiversity The National Commission for Science on Sustainable Forestry (NCSSF) is soliciting Letters of Intent (Due February 4, 2002) for our competitive awards process. NCSSF will fund ten specific projects in 2002, including: research, information syntheses, scientific assessments, tool development and a survey of practices. The projects in this first year will emphasize establishing a baseline of information and assessments for selecting future NCSSF research. Montreal Process Criteria 1: Sustainability and Biodiversity, is the initial program focus. NCSSF’s mission is to improve the scientific basis for the design, conduct and evaluation of sustainable forestry practices in the U.S. NCSSF work must be not only of the highest technical quality, but also directly relevant to the urgent needs of forest managers, policymakers and practitioners. Based on the Letters of Intent, three candidates for each project will be invited to submit proposals for peer review. Awards are expected by June 2002 and will range from $25,000 to $250,000 each depending on the project. Further information, project descriptions and instructions for Letters of Intent are available at: http://www.ncssf.org NCSSF is a program under the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) which is a not-for-profit that works to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking.
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