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GeoPRISMS Steering and Oversight Committee Highlights

Spring 2019

April 29-30, 2019, NSF Headquarters, Alexandria, VA
Edited by Anaïs Férot, GeoPRISMS Science Coordinator & Demian Saffer, GeoPRISMS Chair

The annual 2019 GeoPRISMS Steering and GeoPRISMS Science Coordinator Anaïs organized the Sunday before AGU. The
Oversight Committee Meeting provides Ferot then provided a brief overview of reports of the mini-workshops are available
GSOC members and NSF the opportunity Office activities, including management of on the GeoPRISMS website at: http://
to share updates on GeoPRISMS activities, the website; communication with the large geoprisms.org/meetings/mini-workshops/ and
research funding and outcomes, and to GeoPRISMS community; publication of are published in this issue of the newsletter (p.
address program issues and planning. the bi-annual newsletter; coordination of 32, 34). GSOC members Mark Caddick and
This year’s GSOC meeting specifically workshops and meetings – including the Luc Lavier provided brief reports on the two
addressed plans for legacy and integration major synthesis & integration TEI and AGU miniworkshops, aimed at the construction
for GeoPRISMS science, and strategizing to events; coordination of the distinguished of arc crust via exhumed terranes, and at
best position the GeoPRISMS community lectureship program (DLP); administration highlighting research results from recent
at the end of the Program to develop new of a Student Prize at the AGU Fall Meeting; studies at the Hikurangi subduction zone
directions and identify new opportunities. and hosting of apply to sail and web presence (New Zealand), respectively.
NSF and GeoPRISMS office updates for community projects (e.g., ExTERRA; Lead conveners Katie Kelley and Harm
AACSE). For the TEI, the Office managed Van Avendonk then called in remotely to
GeoPRISMS Chair Demian Saffer (Penn to support more participants than initially the GSOC meeting to provide a report on
State) welcomed members and attendees planned (~170, vs. 100 originally budgeted), the synthesis & integration TEI (report
to the meeting, which was held in the including a large cohort of early career available from the meeting website at: http://
NSF Building in Alexandria, VA. Recently investigators. The 2018-2019 DLP marks geoprisms.org/tei-2019/; also published
appointed OCE Division Director Terry the final tour for the program; thanks to
Quinn welcomed and thanked the GSOC speakers Jaime Barnes (UT Austin), Anne in this newsletter on p. 20). The goals of
members for their service to the community. Bécel (LDEO), Cindy Ebinger (Tulane), and the meeting were to identify emerging
Quinn reminded GSOC that NSF, across Abhijit Ghosh (UC Riverside). The impact of directions and science questions and to
engage early career scientists and students
divisions, stays strongly committed to the DLP is high: since the beginning of the in a cross-disciplinary exchange of expertise
GeoPRISMS science. GeoPRISMS is an lecture series in 2010, the office has received and results. An important aspect of the
exemplary program that spans the EAR 500 applications. Of these, 225 received a
and OCE divisions, and sets high standards speaker. 57 speakers have toured the US. We meeting was to position the GeoPRISMS
for research programs in general. EAR estimate that more than 9000 people have community for future opportunities and
Division Director Lina Patino added her attended a DLP lecture. to define and articulate the future of the
welcome to the meeting attendees. EAR GeoPRISMS science. The final goal was to
GeoPRISMS Program Director Jenn Wade NSF funded a supplement request to develop concrete ideas for legacy products
then summarized the current state of extend the GeoPRISMS Office for one or activities in science and Education &
NSF-GeoPRISMS, including recent awards year to support streamlined core office Outreach. Ensuing discussion among the
from the FY19 solicitation (these awards are activities. These activities will include Fall GSOC made it clear that focused workshops
listed on the GeoPRISMS website at: http:// 2019 AGU mini-workshops, one potential are needed in the near future to synthesize
geoprisms.org/research/list-of-awards/). GSOC meeting in 2020, work on a legacy ongoing work, and to facilitate discussion
Wade noted that the 2019 solicitation (for “celebration” newsletter and website, and, of new directions and opportunities in core
FY20) will be the last for the GeoPRISMS in general, to continue communication and thematic and/or geographical areas. The
program. At the time of the GSOC meeting, work to position the community for after the GSOC agreed that framing AGU mini-
the GeoPRISMS solicitation was still a end of the Program. workshops around the key topics raised on
work in progress, and NSF was working Workshop, meeting, and community the last day of the TEI would be an ideal
to incorporate the community’s needs, project reports & updates way to catalyze discussion and potentially
as articulated at the San Antonio TEI, (a) proposal(s) for a coordinated suite of
including support for focused workshops Two GeoPRISMS mini-workshops were workshops to advance GeoPRISMS science.
designed around synthesis, integration, and/ sponsored by GeoPRISMS at the 2018 AGU Geoff Abers (Cornell), co-PI of the
or development of new research directions. Fall Meeting. Both mini-workshops were Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic

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