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Construction of Regional Class Research Vessels (RCRV)
(NSF  12-558) Posted April 27, 2012

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program-CIF21 Track
(NSF  12-555) Posted April 20, 2012

Arctic SEES
(NSF  12-553) Posted April 18, 2012

International Research Experiences for Students
(NSF  12-551) Posted April 5, 2012

EarthScope
(NSF  12-550) Posted April 4, 2012

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Hydrologic Sciences
(NSF  09-538) Full Proposal: June 1, 2012

Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF  09-598) Full Proposal: June 1, 2012, Deadline for REU Site proposals requiring access to Antarctica. All other REU Site proposals must be submitted to the August REU deadline.

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program-CIF21 Track
(NSF  12-555) Letter of Intent: June 4, 2012, IGERT-CIF21 Letter of Intent

Geophysics
(NSF  09-539) Full Proposal: June 5, 2012

Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering
(NSF  12-499) Full Proposal: June 13, 2012, Mid-Scale Projects

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Image of a Queen of Spades card. Queen of Spades Key to New Evolutionary Hypothesis
Microscopic ocean plankton mimic card also known as the Black Queen
Released  May 10, 2012

Photo of vessels and platforms responding to the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010. Gulf Oil Spill: Scientists Develop New Model for Deep-water Oil Spills
Call for a "whole new type" of marine ecology
Released  April 20, 2012

Photo of fog over the cloud forest in Ecuador's Oyacachi watershed. Earth Week: A Stream Is a Stream Is a Stream: Or Is It?
Scientists ford high-mountain waterways in North, South America to find out
Released  April 16, 2012

Image of a stream flowing through a forest in the H.J. Andrews LTER site. Long-term Ecological Research Reveals Causes and Consequences of Environmental Change
New insights as NSF Long Term Ecological Research Network reflects on three decades of science
Released  April 6, 2012

A dot on a map of the United States, Cherokee Marsh in Wisconsin is central to the Yahara watershed. Cry Me a River: Following a Watershed's Winding Path to Sustainability
National Science Foundation "Water, Sustainability and Climate" award fosters new view of urban rivers, lakes
Released  March 9, 2012

Events Calendar See All

May 29, 2012
FICR Meeting 2012
Partnership Meeting

June 5, 2012
Science: Becoming the Messenger
Workshop

June 5, 2012
Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure
Advisory Committee Meeting

June 25, 2012
Bringing Chemistry to Life: Bioorthogonal Chemistries for Glycoprofiling and Beyond
Lecture

July 18, 2012
Science: Becoming the Messenger
Workshop

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GEO Advisory Cmte Report on Ocean Drilling, 2012
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U.S. Global Change Research Program
Merit Review Broader Impacts Criterion: Representative Activities
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