Raskin Scholarship
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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
Thematic Focus
- Semantics
- Cyberinfrastructure
- GIS
- Computers in Geosciences
- Collaboration
