To the Geoscience Synchrotron User Community:
As you may be aware, late last year NSF issued a Dear Colleague Letter
to announce plans for a competition for the management and operation of
synchrotron-hosted analytical capabilities for Earth Science research.
While a call for proposals has not yet been released by NSF, we have
taken the step of establishing asteering committee to assist the
Geoscience synchrotron user community in responding to the new
initiative from NSF.
A request for suggestions for committee members was sent to the
community in December 2020. Based on the response, a committee has been
established which includes representation from existing organizations
(COMPRES, GSECARS) as well at-large members from the user community.The
committee was selected to include representatives from many of the
Geoscience disciplines that access synchrotron facilities.Tom Duffy
(Princeton) is serving as Chair of the Steering Committee.Information
about the committee and our activities can be found at:
https://gsecars.uchicago.edu/synchrotron-geoscience/
https://gsecars.uchicago.edu/synchrotron-geoscience/
A number of workshops and townhalls have been held, and plans for future
activities are on-going.The website will be updated with information on
these activities going forward. We welcome input and comments from the
community.
Tom Duffy
on behalf of the Geoscience Synchrotron Users Steering Committee