1. Office of Polar Programs Office Advisory Committee May 2005 Arctic Science Highlights Dr. Thomas Pyle Section Head, Arctic Sciences Section Office of Polar Programs National Science Foundation

2. Office Advisory Committee Meeting SEARCH Some components already funded NPEO (UW et Al) Fresh Water (OSU et al) Beaufort Sea Observatory (WHOI at el) Research stations Toolik & Barrow (Coop. With Abisko) Russian met Svalboard

3. Office Advisory Committee Meeting SEARCH International “umbrella” (IASC) established Approved by AOSB and IASC Project Office proposed (Stockholm?)

4. Office Advisory Committee Meeting SEARCH Implementation Priorities Workshop May 23-25, 2005 Site visit to NCAR/NSIDC re: data management

5. Office Advisory Committee Meeting AO for SEARCH as IPY flagship Process studies in Bering Sea (BEST) including Human Dimension Observing systems/infrastructure Sea ice studies in Beaufort? Funding in a Flat Budget?

6. Office Advisory Committee Meeting Other Highlights Arctic System Synthesis announcements to $25M and 159 PIs ARCSS Web-based Community Meetings Revised “Standard AO” (November deadline) Support contract (VECO) renewed 3 years plus 4 X 1 US-Greenland-Denmark science agreement Cooperation with NOAA (ARO, CRN) in Russia