Raskin Scholarship

In the wake of Rob Raskin's untimely death, his family has approached the Foundation for Earth Science/ESIP Federation to explore the possibility of establishing a scholarship in memory of Rob and to preserve his community-minded legacy for generations to come. This page serves as a workplace for the small task team (Rob's colleagues, his family and ESIP leadership) to share ideas and to sharpen the focus of the scholarship idea.

Task Team Members

Family: Lisa Steele JPL: Ed Armstrong, Chris Mattman, Victor Zlotnicki
Collaborators: Peter Fox, Phil Yang
ESIP Leadership: Karl Benedict, Annette Schloss
Staff: Carol Meyer, Erin Robinson

Desired Impact

To provide scholarship support for students of the next generation of Earth science data/technology/informatics leaders...

"Scholarship"

• Tuition support
• Student stipend
• Travel support to ESIP Meeting
• Research support
• Internship within ESIP member organizations
• Travel support for AGU Meeting?

Thematic Focus

• Semantics
• Cyberinfrastructure
• GIS - particularly improved accessibility and usability of Earth Science data within GIS environments
• Computers in Geosciences
• Collaboration

Next Steps

• Continue to Iterate on Scope/Focus (All)
• Legal Requirements (Meyer)
• Financial Requirements for Sustainability -- how much funds do we need to keep the fund going? - this will depend upon some of the options selected above.