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ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND PROGRAMS

TO SUPPORT ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND PROGRAMS

GRANT TO SUPPORT THE FY25 EAST WEST CENTER SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

GRANT TO SUPPORT THE FY24 EAST WEST CENTER SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

GRANT TO SUPPORT THE FY2023 EAST WEST CENTER SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

ADMINISTER AND OPERATE THE EAST-WEST CENTER

SUPPORT ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND PROGRAMS

GRANT TO SUPPORT THE FY2022 EAST-WEST CENTER SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

GRANT TO SUPPORT THE FY2021 EAST WEST CENTER SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

SUPPORT ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND PROGRAMS & ADMINISTER THE EAST-WEST CENTER

GRANT TO SUPPORT FY 2019 EAST-WEST CENTER SEPARATE APPROPRIATION. SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

FY 2018 EAST WEST CENTER'S SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

FY 2017 EAST WEST CENTER'S SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

FY 2016 APPROPRIATION

FY 2015 APPROPRIATION

FY 2014 APPROPRIATION FRO EAST WEST CENTER

EAST WEST CENTER

TO PROVIDE PARTIAL FUNDING UNDER CR1 IN SUPPORT OF THE EAST-WEST CENTER'S SEPARATE APPROPRIATION.

GRANT TO SUPPORT THE FY26 EAST WEST CENTER SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

TISSUE PROCUREMENT CENTER (TPC) SUPPORTING THE SOMATIC MOSAICISM ACROSS HUMAN TISSUES (SMAHT) NETWORK - PROGRAM DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (BELL, THOMAS, J.): PROJECT SUMMARY: THE SOMATIC MOSAICISM ACROSS HUMAN TISSUES (SMAHT) NETWORK PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC RESOURCE CORRELATING GENETIC VARIATION DUE TO SOMATIC MOSAICISM IN HUMAN TISSUES FROM ALL DEVELOPMENT LAYERS IN THE HUMAN BODY. THE SMAHT NETWORK WILL HAVE MULTIPLE CENTERS TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THREE PRIMARY INITIATIVES: 1) SOMATIC VARIANT DISCOVERY, 2) DATA ANALYSIS AND NETWORK ORGANIZATION, AND 3) TECHNOLOGY AND TOOL DEVELOPMENT. THE DATA FROM THE SMAHT NETWORK PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN UNPARALLELED RESEARCH RESOURCE FOR INVESTIGATORS TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS ON GENETIC VARIATION DUE TO SOMATIC MOSAICISM PROCESSES IN HEALTHY HUMAN TISSUES. IN ADDITION TO CAPITALIZING ON NEW EMERGING METHODOLOGIES TO STUDY SOMATIC MOSAICISM IN HUMAN TISSUES, THE SMAHT PROGRAM INCLUDES AN ETHICAL, LEGAL, SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS (ELSI) STUDY TO FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELSI FACTORS IN HUMAN TISSUE DONATION FOR SOMATIC MOSAICISM RESEARCH. TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SMAHT NETWORK PROJECT, THIS PROPOSAL WILL ESTABLISH A TISSUE PROCUREMENT CENTER (TPC) THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SMAHT NETWORK WITH MULTIPLE, HIGH QUALITY HUMAN TISSUE SAMPLES FROM THE SAME INDIVIDUAL ACROSS ALL THREE DEVELOPMENTAL LAYERS FOR THEIR EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS. TO MEET THE CHALLENGES FOR SMAHT NETWORK, OUR PROPOSAL IS UTILIZING A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL EFFORT WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE IN HUMAN TISSUE COLLECTION, RESEARCH, PATHOLOGY, IMAGING, BIOBANKING, AND ELSI STUDY ANALYSIS. THIS SPAN OF EXPERTISE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE TPC TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER WELL-ANNOTATED, SUITABLE TISSUE SAMPLES TO SUPPORT THE GENERATION OF RELIABLE AND REPRODUCIBLE RESULTS AND DATA INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE SMAHT NETWORK EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES. IN ADDITION, THE TPC WILL LEAD THE SMAHT NETWORK ELSI STUDY TO SHED LIGHT ON THE ELSI-SPECIFIC FACTORS IN HUMAN TISSUE DONATION FOR SOMATIC MOSAICISM RESEARCH. TO ENABLE A MORE EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THESE FACTORS, THE SMAHT NETWORK ELSI STUDY WILL INCLUDE EVALUATIONS ON TISSUE REQUESTERS (TRS) AND FAMILY DECISION MAKERS (FDMS). COLLECTIVELY, OUR TPC TEAM IS COMMITTED TO ESTABLISHING AN UNEQUALED TPC FOR THE SMAHT NETWORK PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOMATIC MOSAICISM RESEARCH, THE ASSOCIATED ELSI FACTORS, AND ULTIMATELY THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CLINICAL APPROACHES TO TREAT DISORDERS DRIVEN BY GENETIC VARIATIONS FROM SOMATIC MOSAICISM IN HUMAN TISSUES. RELEVANCE: THE SOMATIC MOSAICISM ACROSS HUMAN TISSUES (SMAHT) NETWORK PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC RESOURCE OF ANALYZING GENETIC VARIATION DUE TO SOMATIC MOSAICISM IN HUMAN TISSUES FROM ALL THREE DEVELOPMENTAL LAYERS. THE SMAHT NETWORK PROGRAM WILL CREATE A NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH RESOURCE TO SUPPORT NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE BIOLOGY AND DISEASE MECHANISMS THAT ARE PROPELLED BY SOMATIC GENOMIC ALTERATIONS IN HUMAN TISSUES AND FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CLINICAL APPROACHES FOR DISORDERS DERIVED FROM SOMATIC GENETIC VARIATIONS. OMB NO. 0925-0001/0002 (REV. 03/2020 APPROVED THROUGH 02/28/2023) PAGE CONTINUATION FORMAT PAGE

ECA/A ACADEMIC FRONT OFFICE PROJECT: GLOBAL

PEDIATRIC BIOSPECIMEN PROCUREMENT CENTER (BPC) SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENTAL GENE EXPRESSION (DGTEX) PROJECT - PROGRAM DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (BELL, THOMAS, J.): PROJECT SUMMARY: ACCELERATING SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF PEDIATRIC RESEARCH REQUIRES ADVANCING OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE MOLECULAR PROFILES AND PHYSIOLOGIES IN ALL HEALTHY TISSUES ACROSS THE HUMAN BODY. THE DEVELOPMENTAL GENOTYPE-TISSUE EXPRESSION (DGTEX) PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC RESOURCE CORRELATING GENE EXPRESSION AND GENETIC VARIATION IN PEDIATRIC TISSUES FROM ALL MAJOR ORGAN SYSTEMS IN THE HUMAN BODY. THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY THE MOLECULAR PROFILES IN ~30 DISTINCT TISSUE TYPES FROM FOUR DEVELOPMENTAL GROUPS: EARLY POST-NATAL, EARLY CHILDHOOD, PRE-PUBERTAL, AND POST-PUBERTAL. DGTEX WILL CAPITALIZE ON NEW EMERGING METHODOLOGIES TO CAPTURE DETAILED EVALUATIONS ON THE DEVELOPING BRAIN AND INCLUDE OPTIONS FOR SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS ON MULTIPLE TISSUES. TO ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ETHICAL, LEGAL, SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS (ELSI) IN PEDIATRIC TISSUE DONATION, DGTEX ALSO INCLUDES AN ELSI STUDY TO ANALYZE THESE FACTORS. THE DATA FROM DGTEX WILL PROVIDE AN UNRIVALED RESEARCH RESOURCE FOR CLINICIANS AND SCIENTISTS TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS ON THE MOLECULAR MILESTONES OF REGULATORY PROCESSES THAT DIRECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY TISSUES. TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF DGTEX, THIS PROPOSAL WILL ESTABLISH THE PEDIATRIC BIOSPECIMEN PROCUREMENT CENTER (BPC) TO PROVIDE THE PEDIATRIC LABORATORY DATA ANALYSIS COLLECTION CENTER (LDACC) WITH SUITABLE TISSUE SAMPLES FOR THEIR ANALYSIS. OUR PROPOSAL INCLUDES A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL EFFORT WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE IN PEDIATRIC RECOVERIES, RESEARCH, PATHOLOGY, IMAGING, BIOBANKING, BRAIN RESEARCH, AND CUTTING-EDGE MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS. THE OBJECTIVES FOR OUR BPC RECOVERY TEAM WILL BE LED BY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONGST: 1) NATIONAL DISEASE RESEARCH INTERCHANGE (NDRI) TO PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATE THE RECOVERY COLLECTION EFFORT FROM A NETWORK OF TSS, 2) CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (CHOP) TO PROCESS, STORE, AND COORDINATE PATHOLOGICAL REVIEW OF ALL NON-BRAIN TISSUES AND MANAGE THE BIOINFORMATICS WORKFLOW, AND 3) NEUROBIOBANK AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (NBB-MARYLAND) TO PROCESS, STORE, AND PROVIDE PATHOLOGICAL REVIEW OF BRAINS. THIS BREADTH OF EXPERTISE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE BPC TO PROVIDE WELL-ANNOTATED, SUITABLE BIOSPECIMENS TO ENABLE RELIABLE AND REPRODUCIBLE RESULTS FROM THE LDACC'S CUTTING-EDGE EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND RIGOROUS DATA INTERPRETATIONS. IMPROVING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ELSI-SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IN PEDIATRIC TISSUE DONATION IS AN UNMET NEED FOR THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. TO ENABLE A MORE COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF THESE CHALLENGES, JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (JHACH) WILL COORDINATE THE DGTEX ELSI STUDY TO INCLUDE EVALUATIONS OF TISSUE REQUESTERS (TRS) AND FAMILY DECISION MAKERS (FDMS) OF DECEASED AND AT-RISK CHILDREN. COLLECTIVELY, OUR BPC TEAM IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING, UNPARALLELED BPC FOR THE DGTEX PROJECT TO EMPOWER THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, ELSI CHALLENGES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CLINICAL APPROACHES TO TREAT PEDIATRIC DISORDERS. OMB NO. 0925-0001/0002 (REV. 03/2020 APPROVED THROUGH 02/28/2023) PAGE CONTINUATION FORMAT PAGE

HUMAN TISSUE AND ORGAN RESEARCH RESOURCE

THE PACIFIC RISA: SUPPORTING INTEGRATED DECISION MAKING UNDER CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN HAWAI'I AND THE US-AFFILIATED PACIFIC ISLANDS

CLIMATE ADAPTATION PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PACIFIC (CAPP): PACIFIC REGIONAL INTEGRATED SCIENCES AND ASSESSMENTS (RISA) PHASE II

TISSUE PROCUREMENT CENTER (TPC) SUPPORTING THE SOMATIC MOSAICISM ACROSS HUMAN TISSUES (SMAHT) NETWORK - PROGRAM DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (BELL, THOMAS, J.): PROJECT SUMMARY: THE SOMATIC MOSAICISM ACROSS HUMAN TISSUES (SMAHT) NETWORK PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC RESOURCE CORRELATING GENETIC VARIATION DUE TO SOMATIC MOSAICISM IN HUMAN TISSUES FROM ALL DEVELOPMENT LAYERS IN THE HUMAN BODY. THE SMAHT NETWORK WILL HAVE MULTIPLE CENTERS TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THREE PRIMARY INITIATIVES: 1) SOMATIC VARIANT DISCOVERY, 2) DATA ANALYSIS AND NETWORK ORGANIZATION, AND 3) TECHNOLOGY AND TOOL DEVELOPMENT. THE DATA FROM THE SMAHT NETWORK PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN UNPARALLELED RESEARCH RESOURCE FOR INVESTIGATORS TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS ON GENETIC VARIATION DUE TO SOMATIC MOSAICISM PROCESSES IN HEALTHY HUMAN TISSUES. IN ADDITION TO CAPITALIZING ON NEW EMERGING METHODOLOGIES TO STUDY SOMATIC MOSAICISM IN HUMAN TISSUES, THE SMAHT PROGRAM INCLUDES AN ETHICAL, LEGAL, SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS (ELSI) STUDY TO FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELSI FACTORS IN HUMAN TISSUE DONATION FOR SOMATIC MOSAICISM RESEARCH. TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SMAHT NETWORK PROJECT, THIS PROPOSAL WILL ESTABLISH A TISSUE PROCUREMENT CENTER (TPC) THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SMAHT NETWORK WITH MULTIPLE, HIGH QUALITY HUMAN TISSUE SAMPLES FROM THE SAME INDIVIDUAL ACROSS ALL THREE DEVELOPMENTAL LAYERS FOR THEIR EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS. TO MEET THE CHALLENGES FOR SMAHT NETWORK, OUR PROPOSAL IS UTILIZING A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL EFFORT WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE IN HUMAN TISSUE COLLECTION, RESEARCH, PATHOLOGY, IMAGING, BIOBANKING, AND ELSI STUDY ANALYSIS. THIS SPAN OF EXPERTISE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE TPC TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER WELL-ANNOTATED, SUITABLE TISSUE SAMPLES TO SUPPORT THE GENERATION OF RELIABLE AND REPRODUCIBLE RESULTS AND DATA INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE SMAHT NETWORK EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES. IN ADDITION, THE TPC WILL LEAD THE SMAHT NETWORK ELSI STUDY TO SHED LIGHT ON THE ELSI-SPECIFIC FACTORS IN HUMAN TISSUE DONATION FOR SOMATIC MOSAICISM RESEARCH. TO ENABLE A MORE EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THESE FACTORS, THE SMAHT NETWORK ELSI STUDY WILL INCLUDE EVALUATIONS ON TISSUE REQUESTERS (TRS) AND FAMILY DECISION MAKERS (FDMS). COLLECTIVELY, OUR TPC TEAM IS COMMITTED TO ESTABLISHING AN UNEQUALED TPC FOR THE SMAHT NETWORK PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOMATIC MOSAICISM RESEARCH, THE ASSOCIATED ELSI FACTORS, AND ULTIMATELY THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CLINICAL APPROACHES TO TREAT DISORDERS DRIVEN BY GENETIC VARIATIONS FROM SOMATIC MOSAICISM IN HUMAN TISSUES. RELEVANCE: THE SOMATIC MOSAICISM ACROSS HUMAN TISSUES (SMAHT) NETWORK PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC RESOURCE OF ANALYZING GENETIC VARIATION DUE TO SOMATIC MOSAICISM IN HUMAN TISSUES FROM ALL THREE DEVELOPMENTAL LAYERS. THE SMAHT NETWORK PROGRAM WILL CREATE A NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH RESOURCE TO SUPPORT NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE BIOLOGY AND DISEASE MECHANISMS THAT ARE PROPELLED BY SOMATIC GENOMIC ALTERATIONS IN HUMAN TISSUES AND FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CLINICAL APPROACHES FOR DISORDERS DERIVED FROM SOMATIC GENETIC VARIATIONS. OMB NO. 0925-0001/0002 (REV. 03/2020 APPROVED THROUGH 02/28/2023) PAGE CONTINUATION FORMAT PAGE

INNOVATIONS IN EARLY LIFE COURSE TRANSITIONS

FY-19 PROFESSIONAL FELLOWS PROGRAM

CNH: COUPLED NATURAL-HUMAN SYSTEMS AND EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

PACIFIC RISA: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE TO A CHANGING CLIMATE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

THIS AWARD SUPPORTS THE PAKISTAN-U.S JOURNALIST EXCHANGE AND OVERSEAES TRAINING PROGRAM TO PROMOTE FREE, FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE MEDIA IN PAKISTAN TO HE

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE USSP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EIGHT U.S. UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREE STUDENTS FROM SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS TO STUDY IN FIELDS IMPORTANT FOR THE REGIONS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

TO ADMINISTER THE USTL AND USSP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A STUDY AND MESSAGING CAMPAIGN ON HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN THE EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC REGION

US-TIMOR LESTE AND U.S.-SOUTH PACIFIC SHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

THE USSP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EIGHT (8) U.S. UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREE STUDENTS FROM SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS TO STUDY IN FIELDS IMPORTANT FOR THE REGION?S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

TO SUPPORT THE U.S. TIMOR LESTE PROGRAM AND THE U.S. SOUTH PACIFIC

U.S. TIMOR-LESTE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

ECA/A/E/USS ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS: STUDY OF THE US PROGRAMS PROJECT: GLOBAL

FY 2016 STUDY OF THE U.S. INSTITUTES FOR STUDENT LEADERSTHE STUDY OF THE U.S. INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

U.S. TIMOR LESTE AND U.S. SOUTH PACIFIC SHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

THE EXPANSION OF RUBBER AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER AND CARBON DYNAMICS IN MONTANE MAINLAND SOUTH

THIS PROJECT RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO THE SOLICITATION FOR LCLUC STUDIES IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS BY EXAMINING FOREST DYNAMICS IN NEPAL SINCE THE EARLY 199

THIS PROJECT RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO THE SOLICITATION FOR SYNTHESIS OF LAND-COVER AND LAND-USE CHANGE (LCLUC) STUDIES IN EURASIA BY FOCUSING ON THE FIVE

THIS PROJECT RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO THE SOLICITATION FOR LCLUC STUDIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BY EXAMINING HOW THE REGION IS RESPONDING TO SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF AGRICULTURAL LABOR AND INTENSIFICATION OF RICE PRODUCTION. MAJOR PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: 1) BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGE-DERIVED DATABASE TO CHARACTERIZE VARIABILITY ACROSS AND LONG-TERM CHANGES WITHIN REGIONAL RICE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; 2) MODEL CURRENT AND PAST RICE PRODUCTION UNDER CHANGING SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; 3) USE NATIONAL POPULATION AND AGRICULTURAL CENSUSES AND OTHER SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT SECONDARY DATASETS COMPILED FOR SUBDISTRICT UNITS TO QUANTIFY HOW CHANGING CONDITIONS ARE CORRELATED WITH CHANGES IN RICE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS THROUGH TIME; AND 4) CONDUCT FIELD INTERVIEWS AT SELECTED SITES TO DEVELOP A PLACE-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW RICE FARMING IS BEING REVOLUTIONIZED BY CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS. WE WILL EXPLORE THESE OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJOR RICE PRODUCING AREAS OF FOUR MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA (MSEA) COUNTRIES (A TOTAL OF SIX RICE PRODUCING REGIONS) BETWEEN 1995 AND 2018. THE FOUR COUNTRIES AND SIX REGIONS INCLUDE: 1) VIETNAM (RED RIVER AND MEKONG RIVER DELTAS) 2) THAILAND (NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL REGIONS) 3) LAOS (SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE) AND 4) CAMBODIA (BATTAMBANG PROVINCE). WE WILL QUANTIFY CHANGES IN RICE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS BETWEEN 1995 AND 2018. AS A MEANS OF QUANTIFYING LONG-TERM LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS IN THE PERSISTENTLY CLOUDED STUDY AREA WE WILL USE AN ASSEMBLAGE OF COMPLEMENTARY CLOUD-RESILIENT REMOTE SENSING ANALYTICAL METHODS. FIRST WE WILL CLASSIFY SENTINEL 2 SAR TIME SERIES DATA (2014-2018) THROUGH AN UNSUPERVISED RULE-BASED CLUSTERING ALGORITHM TO DIFFERENTIATE STABLE STANDING WATER FROM FLOODED RICE PADDIES TO MAP LOCATIONS AND TIMING OF RICE PRODUCTION. SECOND WE WILL APPLY THE NOISE INSENSITIVE TRAJECTORY ALGORITHM (NITA) ON LANDSAT (1995-2018) AND SENTINEL 2 (2015-2018) TIME SERIES DATA TO QUANTIFY AND MAP SUB-ANNUAL CHANGES IN TIMING AND PATTERN OF RICE PRODUCTION ACROSS OUR SIX STUDY REGIONS. NITA MODELS LAND COVER DYNAMICS FOR EVERY SATELLITE IMAGE PIXEL ACROSS ALL AVAILABLE IMAGE DATES AND IS THE FIRST ALL-AVAILABLE-IMAGES TIME SERIES ALGORITHM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO PROCESS DATA SUFFERING FROM SIGNAL DEGENERATION DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS. WE WILL THEN INPUT SATELLITE-DERIVED MEASURES OF AREA UNDER RICE PRODUCTION TO THE CSMCERES- RICE MODEL TO ESTIMATE PLOT-LEVEL AS WELL AS REGIONAL ANNUAL RICE YIELDS. WE WILL EXAMINE QUANTITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RICE PRODUCTION PHYSIOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AND SOCIOECONOMIC DATA GATHERED FROM AGRICULTURAL AND NATIONAL CENSUSES. A REGRESSION FOREST RELATING SOCIOECONOMIC AND PHYSIOGRAPHIC VARIABLES TO CHANGE IN RICE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS WILL BE USED TO IDENTIFY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PREDICTORS OF CHANGE IN EACH STUDY REGION AND ACROSS THE STUDY AREA. FINALLY TO UNDERSTAND HOW CHANGES IN LABOR DYNAMICS AND INCREASING DEMANDS FOR OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT ALTER PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH RICE PRODUCTION IN LAND PREPARATION PLANTING WEEDING HARVESTING AND THE NUMBER OF CROPS GROWN PER YEAR WE WILL CONDUCT SEMI-INFORMAL INTERVIEWS WITH KEY INFORMANTS AND SURVEY 100 HOUSEHOLDS IN EACH RICE GROWING REGION (TOTAL OF 600 HOUSEHOLDS). THE PROJECT S SIGNIFICANCE TO NASA LIES IN ITS IMPROVED MULTI-SENSOR APPROACH FOR MAPPING CHANGES IN RICE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS A CHANGE IN LAND USE RATHER THAN LAND COVER ITS USE OF NOVEL CLOUD-RESILIENT LCLUC MONITORING APPROACHES AND ITS INTEGRATION OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL-SCALE PERSPECTIVES OF CONDITIONS THAT UNDERLIE OBSERVED CHANGES TO RICE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (E.G. URBANIZATION OR INDUSTRIALIZATION). THE KNOWLEDGE GENERATED BY THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS AFFECTING MSEA RICE PRODUCTION AND BROADLY ADVANCE GLOBALLY RELEVANT THEORY ON AGRICULTURE ADAPTATION AND CHANGE.

LEVERAGING CDISC INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TO EXPEDITE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN, END-TO-END TOBACCO STANDARDS TO FACILITATE REGULATORY SUBMISSION, REVIEW AND DECISION MAKING. - PROJECT SUMMARY – CDISC TOBACCO STANDARDS PROJECT CDISC IS WELL POSITIONED TO ASSIST FDA-CTP IN ACHIEVING ALL FOUR OVERARCHING PROGRAM STRATEGIC GOALS AND PROGRAM OBJECTIVES LISTED IN RFA-FD-22-022. CDISC, FOR OVER 20 YEARS, HAS SUPPORTED OPEN, CONSENSUS BASED, STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND HAS MAINTAINED AND PROMOTED A WELL- DEFINED DATA STANDARDS GOVERNANCE FUNCTION REGULATED BY CDISC COP-001 STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT [7]. ALL CDISC STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT FOLLOW THIS RIGOROUS PROCESS TO ENSURE QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR USE AS WELL AS ENCOURAGE THE WIDE ADOPTION OF THE STANDARDS. LEVERAGING DEEP PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THE STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS MENTIONED ABOVE, THE CDISC STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT TEAM WILL ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PUBLICATION OF A TOBACCO IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE V1.0, CONFORMANCE RULES AND DEVELOPMENT AND MACHINE-READABLE BIOMEDICAL CONCEPTS (BCS) FOR CORE TOBACCO CLINICAL RESEARCH CONCEPTS. CONFORMANCE RULES, PROVIDE A CRITICAL QUALITY CHECK IN ENSURING STUDY DATA CONFORM TO CDISC STANDARDS AND BCS CAN RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS END-TO-END AUTOMATION AND TRACEABILITY. CDISC WILL ENSURE ALIGNMENT AND HARMONIZATION WITH THE CDISC STUDY DATA TABULATION MODEL (SDTM) FOR FDA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS, CLINICAL DATA STANDARDS HARMONIZATION (CDASH), AND ADAM. THESE STANDARDS WILL BE FREELY AVAILABLE ON THE CDISC WEBSITE. THE CDISC DATA SCIENCE TEAM WILL UPDATE THE CDISC LIBRARY MODEL AND SOFTWARE TO LOAD AND GENERATE OUTPUTS FOR BCS, NEW STANDARDS CONTENT, READY-TO-IMPLEMENT METADATA, AND EXECUTABLE REPRESENTATIONS OF CONFORMANCE RULES AND REPRESENT METADATA IN ODM AND DEFINE-XML AND DEVELOP A MODEL TO INCLUDE TAUG/FOUNDATIONAL CONTENT INTO CDISC LIBRARY [35] THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO GENERATE READY-TO-IMPLEMENT METADATA AND NORMATIVE STANDARDS METADATA CONTENT. CDISC WILL ALSO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENTERS AND UTILIZE MULTIPLE CHANNELS OF DISSEMINATION/OUTREACH TO COMMUNICATE THE RELEASE OF THE TOBACCO IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE V1.0 AND THE NEW LIBRARY FEATURES TO THE BROADER RESEARCH COMMUNITY. CDISC ALSO PROPOSES TO LEVERAGE THE FHIR-CDASH MAPPING TO ENABLE CTP TO EXPLORE APPLICATION OF REAL-WORLD DATA (EHR). CDISC’S CATALOGUE OF EXISTING STANDARDS, ALONG WITH THE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGY OUTLINED IN THIS APPLICATION WILL HELP TO POSITION FDA-CTP TO MOVE TOWARD OPTIMIZING ACTIVITIES THAT ADVANCE TOBACCO RESEARCH, REGULATORY SUBMISSION, REVIEW AND DECISION MAKING AND POST MARKETING SURVEILLANCE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

FY-18 PROFESSIONAL FELLOWS PROGRAM

VOICES FOR RECONCILIATION: PROMOTING A NATION-WIDE DIALOGUE ON THE KHMER ROUGE PAST THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL SURVIVOR NETWORKS

TO MEASURE PERCEPTION OF U.S. AND CHINESE MESSAGING IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS AND NARRATIVE ANALYSIS.

AN ESUBMISSION PILOT WITH STAKEHOLDER EDUCATION TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION OF DATA STANDARDS BY REGULATORS, INDUSTRY, AND GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH, REGULATORY REVIEW, DATA SHARING. - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CDISC AND CTP FORMED TO DEVELOP THE TOBACCO IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE (TIG) V1. IN RESPONSE TO RFA-FD-24-001, THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD ON PRIOR WORK DONE WITH CTP AND DIRECTLY ADDRESS OVERARCHING PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES LEVERAGING INNOVATIVE TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES. THESE INNOVATIVE TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMEDICAL CONCEPTS (BCS), CDISC LIBRARY, THE OPERATIONAL DATA MODEL (ODM), ANALYSIS RESULTS STANDARD (ARS) AND CDISC OPEN RULES ENGINE (CORE). CDISC IS WELL POSITIONED SUPPORT THE CTP IN ACHIEVING THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF SUPPORTING OPEN, CONSENSUS-BASED, DATA STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTING ESUBMISSION OF REGULATORY DATA USING ESTABLISHED STANDARDS AND FACILITATING CTPS REVIEW PROCESS TO LEVERAGE DATA CONFORMED TO STANDARDS. LEVERAGING PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND A WELL-ESTABLISHED GOVERNANCE AND OPEN CONSENSUS-BASED STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CDISC WILL ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING AIMS: AIM 1: INITIATION OF STAKEHOLDER ADOPTION AND FURTHER REFINEMENT OF TOBACCO IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE V1.0 CDISC STANDARDS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO CTP THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION (E-SUBMISSION) PILOT. AIM 2: DEVELOPMENT OF A DOCUMENTED FRAMEWORK FOR LONG-TERM COLLABORATION, SUPPORT, AND REFINEMENTS TO TOBACCO IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE V1.0 STANDARDS FOR SUBSEQUENT E-SUBMISSIONS AND OTHER DATA STANDARDIZATION NEEDS. AIM 3: PROVISION AND CREATION OF EDUCATIONAL CONTENT TO PROMOTE SUPPORT UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE OF DATA STANDARDS IN RESEARCH AND TO SUPPORT CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF TIG V1.0 STANDARDS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO CTP.

RAROTONGA PARTNERSHIP - PACIFIC WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM: ADVANCING PACIFIC ISLANDS WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP (WIL)

FOUR, WEEK-LONG JOURNALISM WORKSHOPS BRINGING TOGETHER A TOTAL 40 PAKISTANI AND 40 INDIAN JOURNALISTS.

U.S. INSTITUTES ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

STUDY OF THE U.S. INSTITUTE FOR STUDENT LEADERS ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

STUDY OF THE US INSTITUTES FOR STUDENT LEADERS

CLIMATE, HEALTH, AND MIGRATION IN PACIFIC ISLANDS

PACIFIC ISLANDS TOURISM PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

CCOMMUNICATING INFORMATION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS TO WATER RESOURCE MANAGERS (SERDP-GUAM)

DEVELOPMENT OF A CDISC THERAPEUTIC AREA STANDARD FOR LUNG CANCER

EAST-WEST CENTER IS HEREBY AWARDED $410.000 TO SUPPORT THE FY 2018 U.S. SOUTH PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

DEVELOP AND CONDUCT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE WHITE HOUSES INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.

THE US SOUTH PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM USSP WAS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES TO THREE STUDENTS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC IN FIELDS IMPORTANT FOR THE REGION DEVELOPMENT.

THE U.S. SOUTH PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WILL BE AWARDED $375,000 TO SUPPORT STUDENTS PURSUE FIELDS OF STUDY THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC REGION.

FUND THE EAST-WEST CENTER ADMINISTRATION OF THE FY2020 U.S. SOUTH PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP

EAST-WEST CENTER IS HEREBY AWARDED $375,000 TO SUPPORT UP TO THREE STUDENTS TO PURSUE UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE U.S.

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE

ASIAN TRADITIONS AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: AN NEH BRIDGING CULTURES PROJECT

ONE-TIME COMPETITION A - OF THE U.S. THEMATIC INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT

2014 UNITED STATES - TIMOR LESTE AND SOUTH PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS

TO FOSTER LONG TERM PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTANI JOURNALISTS.

DEVELOPMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER STANDARDS

DEVELOPING ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY CDISC CLINICAL DATA STANDARDS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT.

DEVELOPING PSORIASIS CDISC CLINICAL DATA STANDARDS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT.

DEVELOPING CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE CDISC CLINICAL DATA STANDARDS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT.

2015 UNITED STATES-SOUTH PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

TO IMPLEMENT THE TRILATERAL GLOBAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM TO STRENGTHEN THE TRILATERAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KOREA, JAPAN, AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION.

FY 2017 UNITED STATES SOUTH PACIFIC (USSP) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE TOTAL FERTILITY RATE AND ITS COMPONENTS

YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (YLP) SOUTHEAST ASIA

DEVELOPMENT OF CDISC THERAPEUTIC AREA STANDARD FOR COLORECTAL CANCER

YOUTH PROGRAMS - AMERICAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

2016 UNITED STATES - SOUTH PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

U.S. INST FOR STUDENT LEADERS ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

WOMEN IN BUDDHISM: RELIGION, POLITICS, AND THE ARTS [THIS 4-WEEK, LEVEL II RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTE PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IS PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE JUNE 6 TO JULY 1, 2022. THE INSTITUTE WILL BE OFFERED BY THE ASIAN STUDIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (ASDP), A NATIONAL INITIATIVE OF THE EAST-WEST CENTER, AND IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TWENTY-FIVE EDUCATORS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES, LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.]

CONTEMPORARY ASIAS: PLURALITIES BEYOND AREAS [THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE RECENT CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTION, STRUCTURING, AND SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ASIAN CULTURES AND SOCIETIES, AND HOW THESE CHANGES MIGHT FOSTER KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MORE COLLABORATIVE, RESPONSIVE, AND ATTUNED TO THE PLURALITIES OF ASIAN EXPERIENCES.]

TO IMPLEMENT A TRILATERAL PROGRAM THAT ENHANCES COOPERATION AMONG WOMEN SECURITY EXPERTS FROM KOREA, JAPAN, AND THE U.S., ADVANCING SHARED SECURITY PRIORITIES AND GENDER EQUITY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC.

MACROECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY OF INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE

THE MONGOLS, EURASIA, AND GLOBAL HISTORY

BUDDHIST ASIA: TRADITIONS, TRANSMISSIONS, AND TRANSFORMATIONS

THE SILK ROADS: EARLY GLOBALIZATION AND CHINESE CULTURAL IDENTITY

THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

CONFUCIAN ASIA: TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS

CDISC STANDARDIZATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING AND SCHIZOPHRENIA

VANTAGE SOUTHEAST ASIA: AT THE CROSSROADS OF WORLD WAR II

PEARL HARBOR: HISTORY AND MEMORY ACROSS ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

COLONIAL EXPERIENCES AND THEIR LEGACIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

TO SUPPORT A TWO-WAY EXCHANGE PROGRAM INVOLVING SIX PAKISTANI JOURNALISTS AND 5 U.S. JOURNALISTS.

ISLAM IN ASIA: TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS

TO SUPPORT 2018 YOUNG PACIFIC LEADERS CONFERENCE

PEARL HARBOR: HISTORY, MEMORY, MEMORIAL

ADVANCING REGULATORY SCIENCE THROUGH NOVEL TERMINOLOGY AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

MAPPING THE FLOW OF CLIMATE AND WATER RESOURCE INFORMATION IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

PIRCA SUSTAINED ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST WITH THE EAST WEST CENTER

TO ORGANIZE YSEALI REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE ENVIRONMENT

HISTORY AND COMMEMORATION: LEGACIES OF THE PACIFIC WAR

FOR THE PURPOSE OF JOINTLY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING THE ?FUTURE LEADERS OF THE PACIFIC 2015? CONFERENCE (FPL15) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. EMBAS

TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A VIRTUAL TOOLKIT AND ORGANIZE A DIPLOMACY SUMMIT ON INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.

INCREASE THE AGENCY OF WOMEN IN SEVEN LOCALES OF THE US FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES AROUND ISSUES THAT WOMEN IDENTIFY AS CRITICAL TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR EMERGING FILIPINO SCHOLARS AND EXPERTS TO ANALYSE U.S.-PH RELATIONS AND INDO-PACIFIC POLICY ISSUES.

YSEALI SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH REGIONAL WORKSHOP

THE 2024 ASEAN REPORTERS TOUR IS THE SECOND ITERATION OF A USASEAN-FUNDED PROGRAM TO BUILD A NETWORK AND A SENSE OF COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AMONG REGIONALLY FOCUSED JOURNALISTS FROM EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF JOINTLY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING THE "FUTURE LEADERS OF THE PACIFIC 2016" CONFERENCE (FPL16) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. EMBAS

EAST-WEST CENTER IS AWARDED A GRANT OF US$101.506 TO SUPPORT 10 CHINESE JOURNALISTS' 11-DAY STUDY/REPORTING TOUR IN THE US.

TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP THE VIETNAM AND THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE ASIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA INITIATIVE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIAL US-VIETNAM 30TH ANNIVERSARY RICE PROGRAM.

ROUTINE MONITORING OF CLIMATE IN THE STATE OF HAWAI'I: ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE CLIMATE DIVISIONS

A COLLABORATIVE, POLICY RESEARCH PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY THE EAST-WEST CENTER IN WASHINGTON FOR RESEARCHERS FROM THE US, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND JAPAN.

JOURNALISM TRAINING FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS

FOR THE PURPOSE OF JOINTLY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A ?FUTURE LEADERS OF THE PACIFIC 2014? CONFERENCE (FPL14) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. EMBASSY

TO IMPLEMENT THE 2023 U.S.-KOREA PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR U.S.-KOREA ECONOMIC TIES

THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT IMPROVED PAKISTAN-INDIA RELATIONS BY ORGANIZING A DIALOGUE B/W SENIOR NEWS EDITORS AND DIRECTORS IN BOTH COUNTRIES.

TO SUPPORT THE INDO-PACIFIC REGIONAL SECURITY DIALOGUE PROGRAM TO BE HELD FROM DECEMBER 9-13. 2018 AT EWC IN HONOLULU HAWAII.

STATEMENT OF NEED AND BACKGROUND THIS DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AWARD WILL SUPPORT PARTICIPANT TRAVEL FOR 17 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE US PACIFIC ISLAND TERRITORIES AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES GUAM, THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AMERICAN SAMOA, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA TO PALAU FOR THE FIRST PACIFIC ECOLOGICAL SECURITY CONFERENCE PESC 3 5 OCTOBER, 2022 THE PESC WILL BRING TOGETHER PACIFIC ISLAND LEADERS, DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AGRICULTURAL FOOD SECURITY AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS, AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING AND PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES IN PACIFIC ISLAND ENVIRONMENTS ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY, FOOD AND WATER SECURITY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE IN PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE THREATENED BY THE IMPACTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES INVASIVE SPECIES POSE CRITICAL CHALLENGES TO THE UNIQUE AND FRAGILE ISLAND LANDSCAPES, MARINE RESOURCES, BIODIVERSITY, AND HABITATS, LEADING TO SPECIES EXTINCTIONS AND FOOD INSECURITY THE GROWING PREVALENCE OF INVASIVE SPECIES IS NOT JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT, HOWEVER, BUT AN ECONOMIC ONE THAT JEOPARDIZES ISLAND LIVELIHOODS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THEY ALSO UNDERMINE PACIFIC AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND FOOD SECURITY, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO RETAIN CULTURAL FOOD TRADITIONS LASTLY, SECOND ONLY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, NO OTHER ISSUE SO DIRECTLY THREATENS PACIFIC ISLANDS THAN INVASIVE SPECIES THEY WEAKEN THE RESILIENCE OF ECOSYSTEMS TO COPE WITH THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO A WARMING WORLD FOR THESE REASONS, THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE PESC IS TO MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE PACIFIC ISLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE, ENHANCE FOOD AND WATER SECURITY, LIVELIHOODS, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND PROTECT BIODIVERSITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH INVASIVE SPECIES PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND ERADICATION DETAILED DESCRIPTION THIS AWARD WILL ALLOW THE EAST WEST CENTER TO OFFER INVITED PARTICIPANT TRAVEL TO THE PESC TO 17 LEADERS AND INVASIVE SPECIES EXPERTS FROM THE JURISDICTIONS OF GUAM, THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AMERICAN SAMOA, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THE PESC IS AN IN PERSON EVENT TO BE HELD IN KOROR, PALAU FROM 3 5 OCTOBER, 2022 HOSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PALAU MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND ENVIRONMENT, THE PESC IS SPONSORED BY THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY, THE EAST WEST CENTER, AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY CONFERENCE ATTENDEES WILL BE MADE UP OF GLOBAL AND PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRY EXPERTS AND PARTNERS, AND THIS AWARD WILL ENSURE THAT THE US PACIFIC ISLAND TERRITORIES AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES ARE WELL REPRESENTED PESC PARTICIPANTS WILL DEVELOP PACIFIC WIDE STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS FOR HIGH PRIORITY TARGET PEST SPECIES, ARRIVAL AND DISTRIBUTION PATHWAYS, AND BIOCONTROL OBJECTIVES PLANS WILL BUILD CONSENSUS ON BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND ENHANCE OVERALL COORDINATION BETWEEN PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES, REGIONAL ENTITIES AND RESEARCH AND FUNDING PARTNERS AROUND IDENTIFIED GAPS AND NEEDS IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL, COORDINATED BIOSECURITY MEASURES IN THE PACIFIC REGION WILL STRENGTHEN EXISTING COLLABORATIONS WITH REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INVASION RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS WILL IDENTIFY HIGH PRIORITY AREAS FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PRIORITY SPECIES THE EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THE PESC AND SUBSEQUENT COORDINATING ACTIVITIES WILL BE A WHOLE OF PACIFIC APPROACH TO ADDRESSING CRITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT INVASIVE SPECIES SPREAD AND MANAGEMENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORTS WOULD ALSO LEVERAGE THE EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES OF THE MAINLAND UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND FRANCE

FULBRIGHT-HAYS GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD

STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WILL PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING SESSIONS AND A HACKATHON TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS FOR MARINE ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION

TO ENHANCING REGIONAL CONNECTIONS AMONG JOURNALISTS IN INDO-PACIFIC THROUGH A STUDY TOUR AND DIALOGUE.

HTORR COLD STORAGE TEMPERATURE MONITORING MODERNIZATION - PROJECT SUMMARY: THE HUMAN TISSUE AND ORGAN RESEARCH RESOURCE (HTORR) IS A DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL DISEASE RESEARCH INTERCHANGE (NDRI), A NOT-FOR-PROFIT NIH-FUNDED ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY WITH HUMAN TISSUES FOR RESEARCH. THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN TISSUES FOR USE IN RESEARCH IS CONTINUALLY GROWING AND EVOLVING AS NEW TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES ARE DEVELOPED, REQUIRING THE RESOURCES SUPPORTING THIS RESEARCH TO EVOLVE AS WELL. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF OUR R24 EQUIPMENT PROGRAM GRANT SUBMISSION TO THE ACTIVE PAR-24-028 “MODERN EQUIPMENT FOR SHARED-USE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES: ADVANCING RESEARCH- RELATED OPERATIONS” PROPOSAL IS TO MODERNIZE OUR COLD STORAGE MAPPING AND TEMPERATURE MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPABILITIES FOR THE BIOREPOSITORY TO ENSURE THAT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE EVER-CHANGING NEEDS. IMPORTANTLY, THIS MODERNIZATION WILL ALLOW FOR IMPROVED CONTROL, CONSISTENCY, AND DOCUMENTATION OF SAMPLE MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN FACILITATING RESEARCH RIGOR AND REPRODUCIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE RESEARCH COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

TO SUPPORT THE INCLUSING OF EIGHT JOURNALISTS FROM PAKISTAN IN THE EAST-WEST CENTER'S JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND SENIOR JOURNALISTS SEMINAR IN

EAST WEST CENTER WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH & ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY LINKAGES ACROSS THE US-PH RELATIONSHIP & HIGHLIGHT EXAMPLES OF MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL COOPERATION THROUGH VISUALLY ATTRACTIVE & INFORMATIVE TOOLS.

ENGAGE EIGHT JOURNALISTS TO OBTAIN FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF GEOPOLITICAL INFLUENCES IN THE STRATEGIC LOWER MEKONG REGION AND EQUIP THEM WITH INFORMATION NEEDED TO IDENTIFY AND COUNTER EXTERNAL INFLUENCE.

TAP-EWC-2020-6 EAST-WEST CENTER - PACIFIC ISLANDS MATTERS TO AMERICA

BUILD THE CAPACITY OF KEY THAI JOURNALISTS TO UNDERSTAND AND REPORT ON U.S. INDO PACIFIC STRATEGY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SECURITY PILLAR.

PROPOSAL FOR AN AGENDA-SETTING WORKSHOP ON TRADE AND INNOVATION ? THE ECONOMICS, LAW, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ASIA PACIFIC TRADE AGREEMENTS

AN INTENSIVE ENGLISH READING/WRITING COURSE FOR JOURNALISTS IN BURMA.

ENHANCING SOCIOECONOMIC MONITORING TO SUPPORT CORAL REEF CONSERVATION IN AMERICAN SAMOA

TO ORGANIZE A CONFERENCE AND BRING THREE INDIAN AND THREE TAIWANESE JOURNALISTS TO ATTEND A FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE BUILDING INDO PACIFIC CONNECTIONS IN HAWAII, USA.

THE EAST-WEST CENTER IN WASHINGTON (EWCW) WILL CREATE 11, 1-PAGE, 2-SIDED, TRI-FOLD INFOGRAPHICS, HIGHLIGHTING US ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE SEA.

ENGAGING EARLY CAREER POLAR SCHOLARS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC ARCTIC CONFERENCE AND NETWORK: HONOLULU, HI - AUGUST 14-16, 2019

TO SUPPORT A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION FEATURING ARTIST MANNY CRISOSTOMO AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

U.S.-THAILAND WORKSHOP: NEAR-ROADWAY AND ON-ROAD EXPOSURES TO AIR POLLUTION: RISK COMMUNICATION AND DECISION MAKING

3 PAKISTANI JOURNALISTS, NOMINATED BY U.S. CONSULATES, WILL BE INCLUDED IN U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORTING SEMINAR AND FUTURE FELLOWSHIP.

THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT FORUM

TO SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF SINGAPOREAN JOURNALISTS AT A MEDIA CONFERENCE AND A RECEPTION TO HOST CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS ON JUNE 26.

2020 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL REPORTING TOUR

THE EWC WILL INVITE FOUR TO FIVE PAKISTANI AND INDIAN JOURNALISTS TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE IN HONOLULU FROM JUNE 27 TO 30 AND SPEAK ON THE PANELS ABOUT CROSS-BORDER PROJECTS.

TWO FILIPINO JOURNALISTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A 3 WEEK DIALOGUE, STUDY, AND TRAVEL PROGRAM THAT WILL EXPLORE THE GROWING CONCERN ABOUT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY IN THE INDO PACIFIC REGION IN LIGHT OF THE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF CHINA.

VIRTUAL SEMINARS FOR UPCOMING U.S. ELECTIONS FOR TWO THAI JOURNALISTS W FOLLOW-ON JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP OR SENIOR JOURNALIST SEMINAR.

SUPPORT PARTICIPATION OF SENIOR PAKISTANI JOURNALIST MUHAMMAD AYYAZ SHUJA IN THE 2019 SENIOR JOURNALISTS SEMINAR.

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PACIFIC BASIN CONSORTIUM CONFERENCE - 500.5

THE EAST-WEST CENTER HAS SELECTED MR. SATRIA, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2024 JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIPS THROUGH A 3-WEEK REPORTING TOUR THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM DECEMBER 1 TO 18, 2024.

TO SUPPORT AUSTRALIAN JOURNALIST AT SENIOR JOURNALIST SEMINAR

TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION OF TWO BANGLADESHI JOURNALISTS IN THE 2020 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORTING SEMINAR AND A FUTURE U.S.-BASED PROGRAM.

TO PROVIDE TRAVEL ASSISTANCE TO REPEKA NASIKO TO ATTEND THE 2020 JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP

TO PROVIDE TRAVEL ASSISTANCE FUNDING TO THE EAST-WEST CENTER FOR MS. NASIKO REPEKA TO ATTEND THE JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP FROM APRIL 12- MAY 3, 2020.

TO FUND LOCAL PNG JOURNALIST'S PARTICIPATION IN THE JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOCUSED ON THE US MIGRATION POLICY AND PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

TO COVER TRAVEL ALLOWANCE AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES FOR GRANTEE TO USA.

TO COVER REPORTING TOUR COST FOR A JOURNALIST OF TV9 IN EAST WEST CENTER 2024 JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM.

A SA JOURNALIST WILL JOIN THE VIRTUAL 2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORTING SEMINAR & PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON IN A 2021 EAST-WEST CENTER PROGRAM

TO COVER PROGRAM AND TRAVEL COSTS FOR PNG JOUNALIST QUINTINA NAIME'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 2017 JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP.

TO COVER PART OF REPORTING TOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR MR. STEVENSON LIU FROM VANUATU BROADCASTING TELEVISION CORPORATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EAST-WEST CENTER'S 2024 JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

2017 NORTH PACIFIC ARCTIC CONFERENCE: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR A SUSTAINABLE ARCTIC IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ORDER

THIS AWARD IS TO IMPLEMENT 2018 SENIOR JOURNALISTS SEMINAR

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND REPORTING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR KHMER TIMES REPORTER TITHARA MAY

TO PARTIALLY FUND THE TRAVEL COST FOR MALAYSIAN GRANTEE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2018 EAST WEST CENTER SENIOR JOURNALISTS SEMINAR

INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE. VISA FEES AND THE PROGRAMMATIC COSTS FOR TAUA KOSE

TO SUPPORT TRAVEL COSTS FOR PARTICIPANT, MR. LIM MIN ZHANG, FROM THE STRAITS TIMES.

TO FUND THE SEMINAR FEES FOR TWO MALAYSIAN PARTICIPANTS TO THE 2017 EWC CHANGING FACES WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SEMINAR.

SUPPORT 2 CHINESE JOURNALISTS TO ATTEND IN SINGAPORE A HOAX-BUSTING & ONLINE VERIFICATION WORKSHOP AND 2018 EAST-WEST CENTER INTER'L MEDIA CONFERENCE

POST SINGAPORE WILL ISSUE A GRANT TO EAST WEST CENTER TO COORDINATE TRAVEL AND OTHER LOGISTICS FOR THE PARTICIPANT'S TRAVEL.

TO SPONSOR THE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR A JOURNALIST FROM VIETNAM UNDER THE JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AT EWC.

GRANT TO SUPPORT UNDRAKH GANBAATAR, CO-FOUNDER & CEO, GANABELL SOLUTION LLC, ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2024 CHANGING FACES WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SEMINAR

TO PROVIDE TRAVEL ASSISTANCE FUNDING TO THE EAST WEST CENTER FOR ADI MARIANA WAQA TO ATTEND THE CHANGING FACES SEMINAR IN JULY 2019.

TO PAY THE SUPPORT COST FOR THE SRI LANKAN PARTICIPANT IN THE EAST-WEST CENTER'S 2019 JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIPS.

PARTICIPATION OF NADIA MEREDITH HUNT IN THE 2023 CHANGING FACES SEMINAR

THIS AWARD IS GIVEN FOR MS. RIA ANDRIANA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 2023 CHANGING FACES WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SEMINAR WHICH TAKES PLACE IN HONOLULU, HAWAII FROM JULY 23 - AUGUST 5, 2023

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOR INDONESIAN JOURNALISTS TITLED THREAT ASSESSMENT OF THE PRC SOUTH CHINA SEA POLICY ON JUNE 9 (INDONESIA TIME) OR JUNE 8 (WASHINGTON, D.C. AND HAWAII TIME)

PARTICIPATION OF AN INDIAN MEDIA JOURNALIST AT THE 2020 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORTING SEMINAR IN THE U.S.

TO ORGANIZE A VIRTUAL SEMINAR FOR TWO UK JOURNALISTS, FOLLOWED BY AN IN-PERSON TOUR AFTER THE U.S. ELECTION.

GRANT TO SUPPORT THE FY2021 EAST WEST CENTER SEPARATE APPROPRIATION

NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

BUDDHIST EAST ASIA: RELIGION, THE ARTS, AND POLITICS

DE-OBLIGATION