Thanks to work by Jack Dongarra, NSF has agreed to help pay for the cost of participants from US institutions who elect to participate in the MPI Forum. This grant will begin with the meeting starting next week, and will cover one person per institution up to $750 per meeting. There are funds to support people from up to 25 institutions. Jack's group at the University of Tennessee will be administering the funds. To be eligible for these funds, pre-approval is required. I passed on the names and e-mail addresses of those from US academic institutions who participated in the last meeting. If you are aware of others who would like to participate, but were unable to travel, please let then know ASAP, and have them send me a note. I will pass these requests on to UT, and get out of the middle of this. Unfortunately, there is extra approval needed for non-US citizens to be able to use these funds, which may not be able to be finished in 3 days, so people who are in that category will most likely need to wait until the next meeting to be able to use these funds. Thanks, Rich