Fwd: New RfP

[Jen Mankoff]

Jennifer Mankoff, Associate Professor  jman...@cs.cmu.edu
NSH 3612E, x268-1295, Human Computer Interaction Institute, CMU
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jmankoff

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From: J. David Rankin <DRa...@glpf.org>
Date: Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Subject: New RfP
To: "J. David Rankin" <DRa...@glpf.org>

Friends,

My Board of Directors just released a request for pre proposals this morning.  There's more on that below. That RfP was shaped by over 20 experts, including (most of) you, who offered advice, counsel, and guidance. Please accept thanks from my Board, our staff, and me.

Now let's have some fun.

We're looking for project teams to design, test and deploy innovative information technologies to improve the ecological health of the Great Lakes.  We hope to create new ways for technology to link decisions to their ecological impact and help shape better choices.  The Fund expects to support a number of multi-institution, multi-sector, multi-disciplinary teams in mid-2013.  Projects should target a specific ecological outcome, test a potentially disruptive technology-enabled strategy, and involve all sectors affected by the project (typical Fund-supported teams involve over 10 institutions). 

We’ve posted a request for five page preliminary proposals on our web site: http://goo.gl/UdNvD  We’ve also posted a set of “conversation starters” in the form of potential project descriptions, a set of resource links that prospective teams might find useful, and an initial set of FAQs.  We’ll update the FAQs and resource material periodically.  Please let us know if you have questions or suggestions for material that others might find useful.

We welcome early submittals, inquiries and conversations.  We’ll do our best to be responsive, but expect that this request will generate a lot of interest.

Please share this notice within your networks!

Feel free to call with any questions.  If we do not connect before hand, have a great Holiday Season and a Wonderful New Year!

David

David Rankin

Vice President and Director of Programs
Great Lakes Protection Fund
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Evanston Il 60201
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