DSSAT users in Southeast Asia might consider submitting a proposal to APN
with respect to the potential impact of Climate Change on Terrestrial
Ecosystems. Please note the RFP listed below.
Regards,
Gerrit Hoogenboom
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>Subject: APN Call for Proposals for 1999-2000
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>Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
>
>CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR 1999-2000
>
>
>The APN is inviting proposals for funding for projects meeting criteria
>stated in Procedures and Criteria for Selection of Funded Activities,
>for the period April 1999 to March 2000.
>
>
>OUTLINE OF ELIGIBILITY AND GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION
>
>
>1. General scope of the APN budget
>
>The APN provides a moderate budget to support activities relating to -
>
>* development of regional cooperative action;
>* improved dissemination of existing knowledge through inventory,
> communications and database building;
>* promotion of networks and greater awareness of priority
> problems;
>* partial regional support for programs initiated by others;
>* partial regional support for programs based on international
> conventions and agreements; and
>* studies and workshop activities directly commissioned or
> organised by the APN.
>
>
>
>2. Proposals eligible for funding
>
>In general, proposals must relate to one or more of the following
>ongoing areas of interest of the APN:
>
>(1) CLIMATE SYSTEM CHANGE AND VARIABILITY (particularly, Asian
> monsoon,ocean processes, ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation),
>greenhouse
> gases and atmospheric composition change, impact on terrestrial
> ecosystems)
>(2) COASTAL PROCESSES AND IMPACTS, including sea level change
>(3) TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM CHANGE AND IMPACTS (involving forests,
> grasslands, agricultural land, biodiversity, land use / land
> cover change, land degradation)
>(4) OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS (acid deposition, impact of agriculture
> on environment, and policy support research)
>
>Note: In all cases, the APN is giving increasing emphasis to the human
>dimensions of global change.
>
>
>3. Current areas of high priority
>
>This Call for Proposals for 1999-2000 places particular emphasis on -
>
>(1) WORK RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, particularly relating to the
> outcomes of the Kyoto Conference and to the question of how
> developing countries can respond to global warming issues; and
>(2) HUMAN DIMENSIONS and global environmental change to support the
> proposed Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global
> Environmental Change Research Community to be held in 1999 in Japan.
>
>
>
>4. Further information available
>
>The Procedures and Criteria for Selection of Funded Activities describes
>the proposal process, criteria, and format for making proposals and
>includes a cover sheet to accompany the proposal. APN's primary purposes
>are to foster global environmental change research in the Asia-Pacific
>region, increase developing country participation in that research and
>strengthen science-policy links. The APN is able to provide a limited
>amount of financial support for research and workshop activities.
>
>Please see the APN Homepage for a copy of Procedures and Criteria for
>Selection of Funded Activities, and Financial Guidelines for APN-Funded
>Activities.
>
>
>5. Application procedures
>
>Deadline for submissions: 30 September 1998
>Submit to: APN Secretariat
>Decisions made: March 1999 at the APN Inter-Governmental Meeting
>Who may apply: institutions or individuals
>Criteria: see Procedures and Criteria for Selection of Funded Activities
>
>
>
>6. Address for inquiries and applications:
>
>APN Secretariat, 3-1-13 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, JAPAN
>
>Tel: +81-3-3432-1844
>Fax: +81-3-3432-1975
>
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>Homepage: http://www.rim.or.jp/apn
>
>
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>Dr. Louis Lebel
>DATASERV
>PO Box 26
>Belconnen ACT 2616
>AUSTRALIA
>
>Fax: 61-2-6242-7351 Tel: 61-2-6242-7351
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>URL: http://www.dataserv.com.au/
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>GCTE Impacts Centres Overall Coordinator:
> http://www.bogor.indo.net.id/IC-SEA/
>
>Southeast Asian Science Policy Advisory Network (SEA-SPAN)
> http://www.bogor.indo.net.id/ic-sea/sea-span/
>
>Coordinator for the SARCS Integrated Study Science Plan
> http://www.dataserv.com.au/sarcsisp.html
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Gerrit Hoogenboom
Associate Professor
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
The University of Georgia
Griffin, Georgia 30223-1797, USA
Phone: 770-229-3438
Fax: 770-228-7218
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/bae
http://www.bae.uga.edu/dept/faculty/gerrit/
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