date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:37:12 -0400
from: Neil Leary <nleary@agu.org>
subject: Supplemental Grants
to: ian.burton@ec.gc.ca, crrhcr@racsa.co.cr, tom.downing@sei.se, saleemul.huq@iied.org, fuj.jaeger@nextra.at, richard.klein@pik-potsdam.de, isabelle@enda.sn, harasawa@nies.go.jp, PARRYML@aol.com, anand@cc.iitb.ernet.in, bscholes@csir.co.za, Rwatson@worldbank.org, nobre@cptec.inpe.br, lal321@hotmail.com, lindam@atd.ucar.edu, Peter.Whetton@csiro.au, m.hulme@uea.ac.uk, sberesford@agu.org

   To:  AIACC Technical Committee

   Dear Friends,

   Attached are two new proposals from AIACC projects for a Supplemental Grant. They are:

   AF04, Bob Scholes PI. $17,000 requested for training workshop on conservation planning.
   Funds would be used to bring to the workshop persons persons from outside South Africa who
   have a role and background in conservation planning. Requested funds exceed the $15,000
   budgeted for each project.  [Note: Bob is a member of the Technical Committee and is on the
   distribution list for this email. Bear that in mind before using "reply all" to broadcast
   your comments. If you have confidential comments, please send them to me at
   <nleary@agu.org>.]

   SIS06, Anthony Chen PI. $15,000 requested for training workshop on modeling epidemiology of
   dengue fever and to carryout modeling analysis.  The proposal does not identify either
   capacity building or stakeholder engagement as an explicit objective. However, it does
   include a training workshop and supervision of a student who would conduct a modeling
   analysis.  Is this satisfactory or should we ask the PI to revise the proposal to better
   emphasize and describe the capacity building aspect?



   In a week or two I will be drafting a report to USAID on the Supplemental Grant Program.
   I'll circulate copies to you. This will give you an overview of what we've approved thus
   far.  There are still a large number of projects who have not applied for a grant. I plan
   to contact them soon to inquire about their intentions for submitting a proposal.

   I look forward to your comments on the attached proposals.

   Cheers,

   Neil

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   Neil A. Leary
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   Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC)
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   "c:\eudora\attach\Supplement_SIS06.doc"
