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2006 Annual Science Report

Reporting  |  JUL 2005 – JUN 2006

Carl Pilcher
NAI Director: Carl Pilcher
Letter from the Director: 2006 NAI Annual Report

It is my pleasure to submit the NAI Annual Report covering the period July 2005-June 2006. This was a challenging year, during which the Institute began responding to a 50% Astrobiology Program budget cut while continuing to produce ground-breaking research results.

The NAI released its fourth Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN-4), soliciting proposals to replace four NAI teams whose 5-year Cooperative Agreements were concluding. Although proposals were received and reviewed, and the reviews distributed to the proposers, the Astrobiology Program budget cut led to a deferral of any selections. The result was a contraction of the Institute from sixteen teams to ...

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This Year At a Glance

15 Teams
167 Project Reports
0 Publications
0 Field Sites
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  • 0Science
  • 0PNAS
  • 0Nature

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