<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">YIPI Announcement<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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 <a href="mailto:jim@iris.edu">jim@iris.edu</a>.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>