Cynan Ellis-Evans IPY Programme OfficeEPC-EC Meeting, July 5

IPY 2007-2008 Concept

ICSU and WMO are co-sponsoring:

An intensive burst of internationally coordinated, interdisciplinary, scientific research and observations focussed on the Earth’s Polar regions starting in 2007

IPY 2007-2008 Objectives

Capture the interest and involvement of polar residents, schoolchildren, the public and decision-makers globally

Seek major advances in knowledge and understanding

Establish a legacy of new or enhanced observational systems, facilities, infrastructure and research networks

Ensure unprecedented access to the data generated

Attract and develop the next generation of polar scientists and engineers

IPY 2007-2008 and the EU

34 Countries involved in IPY 2007-2008, including 14 EU nations

Of the order of 10,000 researchers involved in IPY projects

USA and Canada are the major individual nations contributing IPY proposals with UK third, but Europe is collectively the major regional contributor

European researchers are involved in over 70% of IPY proposals

*** FP6 and FP7 do not entirely map onto IPY but some FP6 programmes are linking to IPY

TIMELINE OF IPY 2007-2008 PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT

CALL FOR IDEAS(December 2003)

600+ IDEAS(June 2004)

IPY FRAMEWORKDOCUMENT (Sept 2004)

TIMELINE OF IPY 2007-2008 PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT

CALL FOR IDEAS(December 2003)

600+ IDEAS(June 2004)

IPY FRAMEWORKDOCUMENT (Sept 2004)

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONSOF INTENT (EoI’s)

(Oct 2004)

1000+ EoI’sSUBMITTED(Jan 2005)

CLUSTERING INTO56 TOPICS (March 2005)

TIMELINE OF IPY 2007-2008 PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT

CALL FOR IDEAS(December 2003)

600+ IDEAS(June 2004)

IPY FRAMEWORKDOCUMENT (Sept 2004)

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONSOF INTENT (EoI’s)

(Oct 2004)

1000+ EoI’sSUBMITTED(Jan 2005)

CLUSTERING INTO56 TOPICS (March 2005)

CALL FOR FULLPROPOSALS(March 2005)

104 PROPOSALS(June 30 2005)

FIRST SET OF IPYCORE PROJECTS

FURTHER CALLS INSEPT 2005, JAN 2006

REMAINING SETSOF CORE PROJECTS

IPY STARTSMARCH 2007

OF 104 FULL PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY JUNE 30

ALL HAVE A EUROPEAN CONTRIBUTORS

A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER ARE LED BY EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS

A NUMBER ARE LINKED TO EXISTING FRAMEWORK 6 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

MANY OF THE THEMES OF THESE PROPOSALS MAP DIRECTLY ONTO THE THEMES OF THE FRAMEWORK 6 WORK PROGRAMME

THORPEX-IPYLINKS TO WMO’S GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR IMPROVED FORECASTING (THORPEX)

CARECLIMATE OF THE ARCTIC AND ITS ROLE FOR EUROPE (LINKS TO EU FP6 SSA AWARD “CARE”)

ORACLE-O3POLAR OZONE LOSS

AICI-IPYATMOSPHERE-ICE CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS

ATMOPOL ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING NETWORK FORANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION IN THE ARCTIC

GLACIODYNDYNAMIC RESPONSE OF ARCTIC GLACIERS TO CLIMATE

APICSANTARCTIC PENINSULA ICE SHEET CHANGE STUDY

PERMAFROSTBIPOLAR THERMAL STATE OF PERMAFROST

IPICSINTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN ICE-CORE SCIENCE (LINKS TO FP6 STREP ON ICE CORE ANALYSES)

OASISOCEAN-ATMOSPHERE-SEAICE-SNOWPACKINTERACTIONS

SALESUB-GLACIAL ANTARCTIC LAKE EXPLORATION

IDEATRAVERSE OF THE ICE DIVIDE OF EAST ANTARCTICA

iAOOSINTEGRATED ARCTIC OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM(INCLUDES FP6 INTEGRATED PROJECT “DAMOCLES”)

CASOCLIMATE IN ANTARCTICA AND THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

GEOTRACESTRACE ELEMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF POLAR SEAS

ACCO-NETARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR COASTAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK

POLARSTERNARCTIC DEEP OCEAN HOT SPOT ECOSYSTEMS(LINKED TO FP6 INTEGRATED PROJECT “HERMES”)

ICED-IPYSOUTHERN OCEAN INTEGRATED CLIMATE-ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS (INCLUDES FP6 NETWORK “EUR-OCEANS)

ANDEEP-SYSTCOANTARCTIC DEEP SEA BIODIVERSITY COUPLING

ISACINTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ARCTIC CHANGE

KINNVIKACHANGE AND VARIABILITY OF ARCTIC SYSTEMS– NORDUASTLANDET, SVALBARD 

POLAR MICROBESBIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF POLARMICRO-ORGANISMS

PAST

APEXARCTIC PALAEOCLIMATE AND ITS EXTREMES

PLATES AND GATESPOLAR OCEAN GATEWAYS AND TECTONICS

PRESENT

GIIPSYGLOBAL INTER-AGENCY IPY POLAR SNAPSHOT YEAR

ICASS VICIRCUMPOLAR SOCIAL CHANGE: OPPORTUNITIES ANDCHALLENGES

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