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Please put in any info on grant proposals, programs, deadlines, etc.

July 23 - submitted Internal IU proposal for funding on information visualization.

June 30, 2010

I just got off the phone with Bill Bainbridge, one of the program officers at NSF and head of the Human Centered Computing program (I'm currently funded through him). I told him about what we were interested in working on and he said HCC would definitely be a good fit, as might others (but he couldn't name any off the top of his head). I pitched it as a comparative study (potentially) of current approaches to citizen science/urban sensing that Gwen mentioned was going on in the Gulf oil situation and the use of Ushahidi. http://www.ushahidi.com/ with the documentation of an ongoing situation.

He said there may also be other programs that would be interested (mentioned the education directorate) but not in specifics and that this could be part sustainability efforts at NSF as well.

My next step is to cut down the grant proposal Gwen sent me to one page, add some info on a potential comparative study, and have him look at it and circulate it.

Kalpana

1) The National Science Foundation (NSF) posted a special announcement concerning the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill using their Rapid Response Research (RAPID) mechanism on May 27, 2010. To ensure that all resources and possible innovations are available to help solve this terrible disaster, NSF is encouraging all companies that have viable solutions to help solve this problem to submit a one time only proposal to this special announcement. All proposals must be submitted on or before September 30, 2010. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Don Senich (dsenich@nsf.gov) or Mr. Kevin Simmons (kesimmon@nsf.gov). Solicitation information is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/2010_ann_rapid_oil_response.pdf

Guidance on submitting a RAPID proposal is located on NSF's website at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf10_1/gpg_2.jsp

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