Cooperative Agreement Between IARC and NSF

这项授予阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校的合作协议最初将包括三项主要任务：(1)为1999财年由NSF与NOAA共同发起的同行评议的北极研究项目提供第二年资金；(2)管理和协调一个为期三年的北极气候影响评估(ACIA)国际项目；以及(3)为国际北极研究中心(IARC)提供行政支持。这三项活动密切相关，因为预计研究项目将解决我们在了解全球变化方面的重大差距，因此可能会提供结果供评估之用。此外，这些项目的许多首席调查员很可能会被ACIA指导小组选为评估活动的主要撰稿人和专家参与者。该合同还将为IARC提供业务资金。今后几年可能会根据提案增加额外的任务。

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.