What will the Forums or Broker/Facilitators do for me? In particular, will they provide funding or write the E/PO segment to my OSS proposal?
It is not the function of the Forums or Brokers to provide E/PO funding or to prepare E/PO proposal segments. The responsibility for developing the E/PO program and writing the proposal is that of the proposer. However, existing and prospective investigators are strongly encouraged to make use of Forums and Brokers to help identify E/PO opportunities and arrange appropriate alliances between the space scientists and E/PO partners. The integrity of this process is important and is at the heart of the successful implementation of the approach OSS is taking to E/PO. Thus the Forums and Brokers have adopted a set of Operating Principles to ensure that they will provide fair and equitable services to the space science and education communities (see Appendix B).
