Cooperative Agreement Between IARC and NSF

该合作协议授予阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校，最初将包括三个主要任务：(1)为1999财年由美国国家科学基金会与美国国家海洋和大气管理局联合资助的同行评议的北极研究项目提供第二年资金；(2)北极气候影响评估（ACIA）国际三年项目的管理与协调；(3)国际北极研究中心（IARC）的行政支持。这三项活动是密切相关的，因为预计研究项目将解决我们对全球变化的理解中的重要差距，因此可能会提供结果，以便纳入评估。此外，这些项目的许多主要研究人员很可能被ACIA指导小组选为评估活动的主要作者和专家参与者。该奖项还将为国际癌症研究机构提供业务资金。根据建议，未来几年可能会增加额外的任务。

This cooperative agreement award to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, initially will consist of three major tasks: (1) second-year funding for peer-reviewed Arctic research projects that were initiated in FY 1999 with funding from NSF, jointly with NOAA; (2) management and coordination of an international three-year project on Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA); and (3) administrative support for the International Arctic Research Center (IARC). The three activities are closely related in that the research projects are expected to address important gaps in our understanding of global change and as such may provide results for inclusion in the assessment. In addition, many of the Principal Investigators of these projects are likely to be chosen by the ACIA steering group as lead authors and expert participants for assessment activities. The award would also provide operating funds for IARC. Additional tasks may be added in future years in response to proposals.