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2 Portfolio Review Boundary Conditions
Pages 11-14

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... The boundary conditions imposed on the ICCGS response to survey guidance, in terms of scope and budget guidance, are discussed here. 2.1 THE SCOPE OF THE GEOSPACE SECTION PORTFOLIO REVIEW The GS portfolio is comprised of facilities, core and strategic science grants programs, and professional development programs.
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... As the ICCGS commented, these factors conspired to provide "less than optimum transparency"5 into the GS budget, and knowledge of important background and context for certain budgetary decisions by GS were lost to a significant extent when key GS personnel recently retired. The ICCGS noted three interrelated budgetary trends,6 summarized here as follows: 5  NSF, 2016, Investments in Critical Capabilities for Geospace Science 2016 to 2025, p.
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... correspond to the three core elements in (a) -- that is, solar terrestrial research maps to STR and SHINE; magnetospheric physics maps to MAG plus GEM; and aeronomy maps to AER plus CEDAR.
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... Although the decadal survey identified priorities for NSF and geospace science, it did not specify funding levels needed to address those priorities. ICCGS estimates that being fully responsive to survey priorities would require additional expenditures of $11 million annually (ICCGS Section 3.2)
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