MEETING OF THE SELECTION BOARD FOR RESAP-NASDA RA

Tasuku Tanaka
Director
Earth Observation Research Center, National Space Development Agency of Japan

The ESCAP Regional Space Applications Program (RESAP), in cooperation with NASDA, issued the RESAP-NASDA Research Announcement, specially for selected Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations (ESCAP) member countries, on May 24, 1996.
RESAP-NASDA RA seeks to enhance and demonstrate the ADEOS potential for Earth monitoring in collaboration with ESCAP member countries. ESCAP received 71 proposals from 15 member countries in the Asian Sub-region of ESCAP by the deadline for the submission of proposals.

The Selection Board for RESAP-NASDA RA met at ESCAP Headquarters in Bangkok from September 11 to 13, 1996 to evaluate and select proposals for the ADEOS program from among the proposals received in ESCAP from developing member countries of the region in response to RESAP-NASDA RA. The members of the Selection Board were as follows:
Mr. Tasuku TanakaDirector of EORC, NASDA
Prof. Haruhisa ShimodaADEOS Program Scientist
Dr. Yoshifumi YasuokaNational Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan
Prof. Hiroshi KawamuraTohoku University
Mr. Takashi MoriyamaEORC, NASDA
Dr. He ChangchuiChief of STAS/ENRMD, ESCAP
Ms. Claire GosselinSTAS/ENRMD, ESCAP
Mr. Saif ul HukSTAS/ENRMD, ESCAP
Prof. Shunji MuraiAsian Institute of Technology

STAS/ENRMD stands for Space Technology Applications Section, Environment and Natural Resources Management Division.

The meeting chaired by Mr. Tasuku Tanaka evaluated 71 received proposals following four criteria:

  1. scientific and technical merit of the proposal,
  2. methodology and approach,
  3. personnel strength, and
  4. supporting environment and facilities.
The board finally selected 20 proposals for this RESAP-NASDA RA. The 20 selected proposals are from 15 countries (Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam).

ESCAP and NASDA have been studying and checking the selected proposals thoroughly, and will advise PIs who need to modify their proposed research plan.
ESCAP will send the letters of acceptance or rejection in the beginning of October. Each selected PI will sign contracts with ESCAP regarding the execution of the proposed study in October and start his/her research work. The first PI meeting is planned to be held in Bangkok on December 10 and 11, 1996.

The name of each PI and his/her research theme will be announced in the next ADEOS Newsletter which is planned to be issued in the end of December. The next ADEOS Newsletter will also report the First RESAP-NASDA PI meeting.

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