Upcoming Funding Opportunity

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Upcoming Funding Opportunity

• In response to what we heard during SOS Network
  Workshop
• Small, capacity-building grants for SOS network
• 25K-100K, 1-3 year projects
• Shortened application, faster review process
• Publish December 2008, Apps due Feb 2009,
  Awards June 2009
• Restricted to SOS network members
• Priority Build institutional capability to make
  SOS an up-to-date, dynamic science display
• Docent training
• Data visualization/Sphere content development
  equipment to support (use of existing, new
  playlist construction, audio narration, story
  development)
• Equipment upgrades (e.g., Spherecasting)
• Technological innovations
• Focused evaluation studies (coordinate with
  program-wide eval)
• Provide topic-based leadership for network (share
  results wikis, working groups)
• Your thoughts?
• Start working on your ideas now
• Larger opportunity planned for June 2009, awards
  issued early 2010

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• Publication Dec 30 2008
• Apps due Feb 15 2009
• Admin review Mar 1 2009
• Provided to reviewers Mar 15 2009
• Review panel Apr 15 2009
• Decisions/Into GMD Apr 30 2009
• Awards May-June 2009