FY08 Diversity Committee Awards:
| Project Name | Principal Investigator |
Project Description | Period of Performance | Amount | Final Report |
| Increasing the Diversity of CISL's Summer Internship Program |
Al Kellie, Rich Loft, Doug Nychka/CISL | Increase the diversity of CISL's SIParCS program by 1) outreach and visibility to universities that are well suited to sponsor SIParCS students; 2) add four SIParCS positions; 3) adding resources to follow up activities from SIParCS summer projects; 4) coordinate diversity outreach of SIParCS with that of SOARS. |
6/1/08 - 9/30/08 |
$39,481 | Final Report |
| CO2 Measurements, education, and capacity building in Kenya |
Guy Brasseur & Sherri Heck/NESL |
In cooperation with Dine (Navajo) College of Environmental Science, deploy a C02 analyzer at the Navajo reservation in Northeastern Arizona and determine the regional C02 surface fluxes in this area. In cooperation with the University of Nairobi, deploy a second C02 analyzer atop Mount Kenya and study regional C02 fluxes, helping to filll a key gap in available African C02 data. |
10/1/07 - 11/30/07 | $17,000 |
Final Report |
| Aaron Pratt/Howard University visit |
Guy Brasseur & Andy Heymsfield/NESL |
Build long-term collaborations with Howard University, and provide mentoring and guidance to a student of Howard University. |
7/1/08 - 9/30/08 |
$5,000 |
Final Report |
