1.       The Geospace section of the NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences will host a virtual office hour on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023, 1:00-2:30pm EDT. Geospace program officers will be available to answer questions on NSF Geospace programs, including the recently-released Faculty Development in geoSpace Science (FDSS) solicitation https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/faculty-development-geospace-science-fdss with a target date of September 18 for this year. 

Registration is required to attend this virtual office hour. Please register by Monday, July 31st: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItd-CuqDsoE7eowGW9FAugIemikKxQnpQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

2.       The NSF Directorate of Geosciences (GEO) will host the next GEO-EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education (GEO-EMBRACE) drop-in Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on 24 July 2023 (Monday) between 4-5 PM Eastern Time.  We invite faculty members at emerging (non-R1) academic institutions (e.g., Community Colleges, Tribal Colleges and Universities, MSIs, HBCUs, Undergraduate, Masters, and R2 Institutions) to engage with GEO Program Directors to address concerns and ask questions about opportunities found in the GEO-EMBRACE web portal. To attend the VOH, please register using this link (https://nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItfuigqD0uErASZOC8b6daqsz0-kOXCv8).

3.       The NSF Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) has released a new Dear Colleague Letter on Extreme, Compound, and Cascading Hazards (EC2H).  

The DCL encourages submission of proposals that advance our fundamental understanding of natural disasters, extreme events, and other natural hazards including extreme space weather.  The focus is on proposals that explore:  1) system of systems approaches, 2) cascading or compound hazards, 3) interactions between longer-term trends and extreme events, and 4) processes occurring at multiple scales ranging from local to regional to planetary.