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style="color: red;">MARINE SEISMIC RESEARCH - SAVE THE DATE</span></b></p>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">NSF’s Division of Ocean
Sciences is sponsoring an<span> </span><b><span style="color:
red;">April 1-3, 2019</span></b><span> </span>facilitated
workshop in Alexandria, Virginia to address plans for future 3D
and deep crustal seismic data acquisition for NSF-funded basic
research in the marine geosciences.<span> <span> </span></span>The
meeting will necessarily be limited to about 40 participants.<span> <span> </span></span>We
invite researchers interested in participating to submit a
statement of interest for this<span> </span><b><span>Future of
Marine Seismic Capabilities Workshop</span></b><span> </span>via
SurveyMonkey to:</p>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">NSF has established 2020
as the final year of operation of the NSF-owned research vessel
R/V Marcus G Langseth (RV<span> <span> </span></span>MGL).<span> <span> </span></span>They
seek guidance from the marine seismic research community regarding
how to best replace this capability, with the following caveats:</p>
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style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <span> </span></span></span></span>A
future seismic research vessel should not be owned by NSF; and</p>
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style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <span> </span></span></span></span>NSF’s
annual budget to support the cost of ship operations, including
shipboard technical staff, will not exceed $50 million over five
years.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">In August 2017, NSF
sought proposals to replace the RV MGL capability in solicitation
NSF 17-563, “Provision of Marine Seismic Capabilities to the US
Research Community.”<span> <span> </span></span><span> </span>However,
after review, all proposals submitted for consideration under that
solicitation were declined.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The goal of the<span> </span><b><span>Future
of Marine Seismic Capabilities Workshop</span></b><span> </span>is
to provide the basis for a new solicitation by NSF for proposals
to address the community’s requirements for a RV MGL replacement
beyond 2020.<span> <span> </span></span>The workshop will focus on
a few specific recommendations to be prepared ahead of the
meeting.<span> <span> </span></span>It is anticipated that the
workshop will lead to a solicitation that will be issued by NSF
during summer 2019, with a goal to make an award before the end of
the year.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Some background
documents are available at:</p>
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class="m_2878413404208304191MsoHyperlink"><a
href="https://www.unols.org/committee/marine-seismic-research-oversight-committee-msroc"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.unols.org/committee/marine-seismic-research-oversight-committee-msroc&source=gmail&ust=1548354146087000&usg=AFQjCNGy0jIhZmfgDrc2ur-WjePQBiBrcw"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.unols.org/<wbr>committee/marine-seismic-<wbr>research-oversight-committee-<wbr>msroc</a></span></p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">In addition, we plan to
prepare two webcasts, one in late January and the second in late
February, to outline the options to be considered at the April
meeting.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">For more information,
please contact Alexander Shor (<span
class="m_2878413404208304191MsoHyperlink"><a
href="mailto:shor@soest.hawaii.edu" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">shor@soest.hawaii.edu</a></span>).</p>
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Kasey Aderhold, Ph.D.
Project Associate | IRIS TA/OBSIP Management
202-407-7019 | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kasey@iris.edu">kasey@iris.edu</a></pre>
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