Greeting NetCDF Users!
NSF Unidata Program recently experienced a funding gap as a result of a
funding freeze by the U.S. National Science Foundation. While we are happy
to report that NSF has released our current funding increment to allow us
to resume our operations, we are mindful of the challenges that lie ahead.
As we begin to plan for a future in which funders have fewer resources at
their disposal, it is critically important we understand the needs and
interests of the broad Earth Systems Science community to allow us to
deploy our own resources in service of the community.
The *2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey*
<https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/a26cce3978904a308cc8ee6572eb15d5> is in
progress, and we are seeking your help -- both by taking the survey
yourself (if you have not done so
already) and in sharing the survey with members of your own networks to
help us capture additional critical insights and broaden our reach.
The survey is brief and anonymous, and will help NSF Unidata to gain a
deeper understanding of the priorities, aspirations, and challenges
community members and organizations are facing. This in turn will help
us better
align our tools and services to support the community and advance the Earth
Systems Sciences.
*Take the survey*
<https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/a26cce3978904a308cc8ee6572eb15d5>
*The survey closes June 20, 2025*. After submitting your responses, you
will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for one of 10 NSF
Unidata swag bags. Swag bags will include an NSF Unidata lunchbox and other
items such as a hat, cup, pens, or stickers.
We would be very appreciative if you could share the request with the
following via whatever forums, listservs, or other group messaging systems
are used by your community.
Together, we can ensure that NSF Unidata’s offerings evolve to meet
the changing
needs of the Earth Systems Science community. Your insights
support community progress.
Thank you for being part of this important process, your continued support
of NSF Unidata, and your help in shaping our future!
Cheers,
Jennifer
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Jennifer Oxelson Ganter NSF Unidata
Software Engineer IV P.O. Box 3000
oxelson@xxxxxxxx Boulder, CO 80307
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