The University of Colorado Boulder is proposing running the National Center for Atmospheric Research with two partner universities if the National Science Foundation goes forward with a restructuring plan.⁠ ⁠ CU Boulder outlined the proposal in a letter submitted on March 13, the last day of the NSF’s call for public comments. The authors of the letter are Chancellor Justin Schwartz and Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Massimo Ruzzene.⁠ ⁠ The proposal, first reported by the Boulder Reporting Lab, is for a university-led consortium to manage NCAR that would include the University of Oklahoma and the University of Wyoming. The proposal also keeps NCAR in Boulder where it’s “part of a central hub within the Boulder federal laboratory ecosystem.” It doesn’t include the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a nonprofit consortium of 129 North American universities that manages NCAR on behalf of the National Science Foundation.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio...