[iris-bulk] Young Investigator Pool of Instruments

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YIPI Announcement

IRIS is preparing to submit a proposal to NSF for Major Research  
Instrumentation (MRI) funding to form a Young Investigator Pool of  
Instruments (YIPI).  This pool of broadband instruments would be  
reserved for the use of young investigators – representatives from  
IRIS member institutions that have pursued career research for less  
than seven years following any post doctoral assignment.  These  
individuals often need to establish their own projects in a short  
time, making the 2 year wait to obtain instruments from the regular  
PASSCAL pool of instruments intolerable.  Availability of YIPI will  
expedite the access of early career faculty to broadband seismic  
instrumentation enabling innovative research and attracting more  
promising students to pursue seismology.

One requirement of the MRI program is a match of 30% of total  
acquisition costs from non-federal sources.  The matching funds for  
this proposal would be derived from university funds that are made  
available to purchase private seismic stations for some young  
investigators.  In return for providing funds or existing instruments  
as part of this special pool, IRIS would agree to provide repair and  
maintenance of the instruments.  IRIS will also reserve the  
contributed stations for priority use by the university for up to 7  
years.  In this way, IRIS hopes to leverage these university assets to  
provide start up funds to purchase of a set of seismic instruments to  
expand opportunities for young faculty to participate in forefront  
seismological research programs.

IRIS is interested in learning of any university that may be  
interested in contributing broadband seismic stations to the YIPI pool  
in exchange for 7 year priority access and lifetime maintenance and  
repair.  To obtain further information or express interest please  
contact Jim Fowler at jim at iris.edu.


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