date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:37:12 -0400 from: Neil Leary 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 .] 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 -- Neil A. Leary Science Director Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) The International START Secretariat 2000 Florida Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 USA Phone: 1 202 462 2213 Fax: 1 202 457 5859 Email: nleary@agu.org Website: www.start.org Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Supplemental_AF04.doc" Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Supplement_SIS06.doc"