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Report | SCEC Director
Disciplinary Committees
20 | Southern California Earthquake Center
Table 3. SCEC3 Working Group Leadership
Geology Mike Oskin*
James Dolan
Seismology Egill Hauksson*
Jamie Steidl
Geodesy Jessica Murray*
Rowena Lohman
Focus Groups
Structural Representation John Shaw*
Jeroen Tromp
Fault & Rupture Mechanics Judi Chester*
Ruth Harris
Crustal Deformation Modeling Liz Hearn*
Tom Parsons
Lithospheric Architecture & Dynamics Paul Davis*
Gene Humphreys
Earthquake Forecasting & Predictability Terry Tullis*
Bernard Minster
Ground Motions Robert Graves*
Steve Day
Seismic Hazard & Risk Analysis Paul Somerville*
Nico Luco
Special Project Groups
CME/PetaSHA Project Phil Maechling*
WG on Calif. Earthquake Probabilities Ned Field*
Collaboratory for Study of Equake Predictability Tom Jordan
Danijel Schorlemmer*
Southern San Andreas Fault Project Ken Hudnut*
Extreme Ground Motion Tom Hanks*
* Planning Committee members
Center Budget and Project Funding
The 2008 base funding for the Center was $2,700K from the National Science Foundation and
$1,100K from the U.S. Geological Survey. The base funding of $3,800K was augmented with $45K
from the Keck Foundation for CSEP, $100K from the GPS royalty funds for GPS activities, $240K
from the USGS for SoSAFE, and $255K from PG&E/DOE for the Extreme Ground Motion project.
The total funding available was $4,440K.
The base budget approved by the Board of Directors for this year allocated $3,315K for science
activities managed by the SCEC Planning Committee; $405K (including $25K for intern programs)
for communication, education, and outreach activities, managed by the CEO Associate Director,
Mark Benthien; $140K for information technology, managed by Information Architect, Phil
Maechling; $280K for administration and $170K for meetings, managed by the Associate Director
for Administration, John McRaney; and $130K for the Director's reserve account.
The structuring of the SCEC program for 2008 began with the working-group discussions at our
last Annual Meeting in September, 2007. An RFP was issued in October, 2007, and 209 proposals
(165 projects, considering collaborations) requesting a total of $6,320K were submitted in