Killeen Selected as NSF Geosciences Director
Abstract
AGU President Tim Killeen will become assistant director for the geosciences at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) on 1 July 2008, NSF announced on 26 February. At NSF, Killeen will direct the foundation's programs in atmospheric, Earth, and ocean sciences and will oversee a directorate that has a $752 million budget for fiscal year 2008. Killeen's 3-year appointment, which is an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment that could be extended, begins 1 day after his term as AGU president ends; on 1 July he becomes AGU past president.
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EOS Transactions
- Pub Date:
- March 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1029/2008EO100004
- Bibcode:
- 2008EOSTr..89...95S
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