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AERONOMY
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The Aeronomy program supports research on upper and middle atmosphere phenomena of ionization, recombination, chemical reaction, photo emission, and transport; the transport of energy, and momentum. This program also supports research into mass in the mesosphere-thermosphere-ionosphere system including the processes involved and the coupling of this global system to the stratosphere below and magnetosphere above and the plasma physics of phenomena manifested in the coupled ionosphere-magnetosphere system, including the effects of high-power radio wave modification.
About the Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Program
The CEDAR concept originated in the mideighties and was developed over several years through workshops, symposia, and committee deliberations by nearly 100 scientists involved in aeronomical studies. These activities led to a comprehensive report that provided a framework for developing upper atmospheric research in the United States through an evolutionary strategy of instrument development and deployment coordinated with campaign activities related to the global scale, coupled, near earth environment. The program has attracted a large number of graduate students and many international collaborators. Guidance is provided by a science steering committee appointed by the NSF Aeronomy and Upper Atmospheric Facilities program directors; scientific feedback to the community is provided by newsletters and an annual summer workshop.
Three broad categories embrace the scientific goals of the CEDAR program: (1) dynamics and energetics of the upper atmosphere, with particular emphasis on the hard to observe region between 80 and 150 km; (2) coupling between the mesosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, and magnetosphere; and (3) horizontal coupling between adjacent geographic regions. CEDAR has provided the community with improved spectrometers, interferometers, and imagers; allowed upgrades of existing facilities; and supported the development of lidars and small radars. Several facilities have been established containing a broad array of state of the art tools to provide a solid infrastructure with which to attack outstanding aeronomy problems well into the future. A report has recently been prepared that summarizes the results from the first five years of CEDAR funding.
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Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Accepted Anytime
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ANTARCTIC GLACIOLOGY
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Snow and ice are pervasive elements of high-latitude environmental systems and have an active role in the global environment. The glaciology program is concerned with the study of the history and dynamics of all naturally occurring forms of snow and ice, including floating ice shelves, glaciers, and continental and marine ice sheets. Program emphases include paleoenvironments from ice cores, ice dynamics, numerical modeling, glacial geology, and remote sensing of ice sheets. Some specific objectives are:
- correlating climatic fluctuations evident in antarctic ice cores with data from arctic and lower-latitude ice cores, and integrating the ice record with the terrestrial and marine record;
- documenting the geographic extent of climatic events noted in paleoclimatic records and the extension of the ice core time series to provide information on astronomical forcing of climate;
- establishing more precise dating methodologies for deep ice cores;
- determining the Cenozoic history of antarctic ice sheets and their interaction with global climate and uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains and the response of the antarctic ice sheets to the Pliocene warming;
- investigating the physics of fast glacier flow with emphasis on processes at glacier beds;
- investigating ice-shelf stability;
- identifying and quantifying the feedback between ice dynamics and climate change.
These topics come together in the multidisciplinary West Antarctic Ice Sheet program (WAIS), a major initiative of the Office of Polar Programs. The program, focused in the Antarctic Glaciology Program and the Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Program, is designed to advance understanding of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Scientists involved in the WAIS program want to know what triggers marine ice sheet collapse and evaluate the possibility that this could happen in West Antarctica. Predicting the ice sheet's future behavior requires an understanding of its history, current state (including the nature of the bed), internal dynamics, and coupling to the current global climate.
Ice cores from Antarctica are important for determining whether the rapid climate changes recorded in Northern Hemisphere ice cores, such as those obtained from Summit, Greenland, in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project II (GISP2), are global in extent. Plans are underway to drill a deep ice core at a site on the ice divide in West Antarctica, as part of the WAISCORES program, with both thick ice and high annual accumulation. This is the only antarctic site where scientists can obtain an ice core capable of providing a long, annual resolution history of Southern Hemisphere climate in which compressed snow layers are thick enough to allow absolute dating. The WAIS Divide ice core will provide a Southern Hemisphere equivalent to the GISP2, GRIP (the European Greenland Ice Core Project), and North GRIP ice cores and will allow detailed comparison of environmental conditions between the northern and southern hemispheres.
The ice cores to be drilled as part of the WAISCORES program will complement those already under study from Byrd Station and Siple Dome in West Antarctica and Taylor Dome and Vostok Station in East Antarctica. Ice cores are unique in that they contain continuous, or nearly continuous, records of annual precipitation, atmospheric temperature and components of the atmosphere, including gases as well as soluble and insoluble aerosol particles from a variety of sources (biogenic, terrestrial, solar, marine, volcanic, anthropogenic).
Another important activity within the Antarctic Glaciology Program is the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE), a multi-disciplinary, multi-investigator project whose broad aim is to establish how the recent atmospheric environment (climate and atmospheric composition) is represented in the upper layers of the antarctic ice sheet. Primary emphasis is placed on approximately the last 200 years of the record. This time period was chosen because it covers the onset of major anthropogenic release of combustion products to the atmosphere and the end of the Little Ice Age.
Ice cores collected under the Antarctic Glaciology Program are currently stored at the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL). NICL, a government-owned facility for storing, curating, and studying ice cores recovered from the ice-covered regions of the world, is supported through an Interagency Cooperative Agreement with the United States Geological Survey. NICL provides NSF- and USGS-funded principal investigators and their collaborators with the capability to examine and measure ice cores while preserving the integrity of these cores in a protected environment.
Another main area of interest is determining the Cenozoic history of the antarctic ice sheet, including the uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains and its interaction with global climate (e.g., response to the Pliocene warming). Much of the glacial geological research in the Transantarctic Mountains relate to understanding the history of the ice sheet during the Pliocene, as well as more recent fluctuations during the Quaternary.
Ice Coring and Drilling Services (ICDS) at University of Wisconsin, Madison, is supported by the Office of Polar Programs to meet the drilling requirements of all OPP programs. ICDS focuses on ice drill development for NSF-supported remote field projects. Investigators who plan to request technical support from ICDS should include with their proposal a cost estimate (budget and justification) for the equipment or drilling support that would be required from ICDS if the project is funded. This information is in addition to the regular budgets included with the proposal. Investigators should contact ICDS if they have questions or need further information for a correct cost estimate. (See the Related Link Section on this page for additional information.) The Research Support Manager in OPP’s Polar Research Support Section, as well as the program manager to whom you are submitting your proposal, should be notified when an investigator is requesting ICDS support.
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Division of Antarctic Sciences (ANT)
Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
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Full Proposal — Deadline Date: June 2, 2005
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: June 7, 2006
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ANTARCTIC OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
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Antarctic oceanic and tropospheric studies focus on the structure and processes of the ocean-atmosphere environment and their relationships with the global ocean, the atmosphere, and the marine biosphere. As part of the global heat engine, the Antarctic has a major role in the world's transfer of energy. Its ocean/atmosphere system is known to be both an indicator and a component of climate change.
Research sponsored by the Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences program is intended to improve understanding of the oceanic environment at high latitudes, including global exchange of heat, salt, water, and trace elements, sea-ice dynamics, and tropospheric chemistry and dynamics. Major program elements include:
- Physical oceanography, concerned with understanding the dynamics and kinematics of the polar oceans, the effects of interface driving forces such as wind, solar radiation, and heat exchange, water-mass production and modification processes, ocean dynamics at the pack ice edge, and the effect of polynyas on ventilation.
- Chemical oceanography, concerned with chemical composition of sea water and its global speciation, reactions among chemical elements and compounds in the ocean, fluxes of material within ocean basins and at their boundaries, and the use of chemical tracers to study time and space scales of oceanic processes.
- Sea ice dynamics, including study of the material characteristics of sea ice down to the individual crystal level and the large-scale patterns of freezing, deformation, and melting. These processes have implications for both atmospheric and oceanic "climates." Advances in instrumentation, including remote sensing or telemetering of ice type, thickness, motion, and growth, should enable large scale dynamics of sea ice to be monitored over long periods.
- Meteorology, concerned with atmospheric circulation systems and dynamics. Research areas include the energy budget; atmospheric chemistry; transport of atmospheric contaminants to the Antarctic; and the role of large and mesoscale systems in global exchange of heat, momentum, and trace constituents.
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Division of Antarctic Sciences (ANT)
Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
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Full Proposal — Deadline Date: June 2, 2005
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: June 7, 2006
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BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
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The Biological Oceanography Program supports research in marine ecology broadly defined: relationships among aquatic organisms and their interactions with the environments of the oceans or Great Lakes. Projects submitted to the program for consideration are often interdisciplinary efforts that may include participation by other OCE Programs. (See information provided under Related URLs below).
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Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, Effective 1998 to 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, Effective 1998 to 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2007
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2009
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2015
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 1999
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2000
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2001
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2002
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2003
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2004
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2007
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2009
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2015
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 1999
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2000
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2001
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2002
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2003
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2004
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2005
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CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
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The Chemical Oceanography Program supports research into the chemical components, reaction mechanisms, and geochemical pathways within the ocean and at its interfaces with the solid earth and the atmosphere. Major emphases include: studies of material inputs to and outputs from marine waters; orthochemical and biological production and transformation of chemical compounds and phases within the marine system; and the determination of reaction rates and study of equilibria. The Program encourages research into the chemistry, distribution, and fate of inorganic and organic substances introduced into or produced within marine environments including those from estuarine waters to the deep sea.
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Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, Effective 2009 to 2019
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, Effective 2009 to 2019
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 1999
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2000
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2001
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2002
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2003
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2004
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2007
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 1999
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2000
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2001
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2002
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2003
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2004
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2007
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2015
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2016
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2017
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2018
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2019
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2015
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2016
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2017
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2018
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2019
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CLIMATE AND LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS
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The goals of the Program are to: (i) advance knowledge about the processes that force and regulate the atmosphere’s synoptic and planetary circulation, weather and climate, and (ii) sustain the pool of human resources required for excellence in synoptic and global atmospheric dynamics and climate research.
Research topics include theoretical, observational and modeling studies of the general circulation of the stratosphere and troposphere; synoptic scale weather phenomena; processes that govern climate; the causes of climate variability and change; methods to predict climate variations; extended weather and climate predictability; development and testing of parameterization of physical processes; numerical methods for use in large-scale weather and climate models; the assembly and analysis of instrumental and/or modeled weather and climate data; data assimilation studies; development and use of climate models to diagnose and simulate climate and its variations and change.
Some Climate and Large Scale Dynamics (CLD) proposals address multidisciplinary problems and are often co-reviewed with other NSF programs, some of which, unlike CLD, use panels in addition to mail reviewers, and thus have target dates or deadlines. Proposed research that spans in substantive ways topics appropriate to programs in other divisions at NSF, e.g., ocean sciences, ecological sciences, hydrological sciences, geography and regional sciences, applied math and statistics, etc., must be submitted at times consistent with target dates or deadlines established by those programs. If it's not clear whether your proposed research is appropriate for co-review, please contact CLD staff (listed above) or the potential co-reviewing program staff (including but not limited to)
Eric Itsweire (Physical Oceanography), eitsweir@nsf.gov
L. Douglas James (Hydrological Sciences), ldjames@nsf.gov
Thomas Baerwald (Geography and Regional Sciences), tbaerwal@nsf.gov
Tom Russell (Applied and Computational Math), trussell@nsf.gov
Rong Chen (Statistics), rchen@nsf.gov
Penny Firth (Ecological Biology), pfirth@nsf.gov
Also see the program on Collaborations in Mathematical Geosciences.
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Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Accepted Anytime
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ECOLOGICAL BIOLOGY
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The Ecological Biology Cluster supports research that advances the conceptual or theoretical understanding of species interactions and community dynamics in terrestrial, wetland and freshwater habitats. We encourage projects that integrate theoretical, modeling, and empirical approaches, or that promote synthesis, across spatial and temporal scales. The cluster seeks to fund projects that are transformative -- that is those that will change the conceptual bases of ecology and have broad implications for future research. Proposals that develop research questions within the context of existing theory, consider alternate mechanisms, and design critical tests to distinguish among mechanisms are particularly encouraged, together with those that use contemporary approaches to develop new paradigms. Inter- and multi-disciplinary proposals that cross traditional programmatic boundaries are welcomed in the Ecological Biology Cluster. Research focused on dynamics of single species should be directed to the Population and Evolutionary Processes Cluster. Studies that focus on the ecology of marine organisms should be directed to the Biological Oceanography Program in the Division of Ocean Sciences. Research focused on human disease or health is not supported. The Ecological Biology Cluster funds projects within the Ecology Program as well as LTREB, OPUS, and CAREER. Other relevant funding opportunities are listed below as well as on DEB Home (see link on left).
The Ecology Program supports studies of interspecific interactions and species diversity at diverse spatial and temporal scales. These include, but are not limited to, (1) food-web structure and trophic dynamics, (2) biotic interactions, including mutualism, competition, predation and parasitism, (3) mechanisms of coexistence, community assembly and the maintenance of species diversity, (4) co-evolution and (5) landscape ecology, habitat fragmentation and macroecology. Ecology particularly encourages studies that can be applied to a wide range of habitats and taxa across multiple scales. Unsolicited proposals should be prepared as described in the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG).
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Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
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Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2009
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2015
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2007
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2007
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2009
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2015
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ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY
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- Supports research that addresses ecological or evolutionary questions in the areas of morphology, comparative physiology, physiological ecology and biomechanics of plants, animals, protists, fungi and bacteria. The emphasis is study of whole organisms which may be living or extinct. These studies focus largely on how physiological or morphological mechanisms have evolved, and how they may influence evolutionary pathways or interactions between organisms and their biotic or physiochemical environment.
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Biological Sciences (BIO)
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Annual January Deadline: January 12, 2005
Annual July Deadline: July 12, 2005
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ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE
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The Ecosystem Science Cluster supports projects within two programs (see descriptions below): the Ecosystem Studies Program and the Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER). Other relevant funding opportunities are listed below and on DEB Home (see link on left). The Ecosystem Studies Program supports investigations of whole-system ecological processes and relationships across a diversity of spatial and temporal (including paleo) scales in order to advance understanding of: 1) material and energy fluxes and transformations within and among ecosystems, 2) the relationships between structure, including complexity, and functioning of ecosystems, 3) ecosystem dynamics and trajectories of ecosystem development through time, and 4) linkages among ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales. Research on natural, managed and disturbed ecosystems is supported, including terrestrial, freshwater, wetland, coastal (including salt marsh and mangrove), and human-dominated environments. Proposals may focus on areas such as: biogeochemical cycling and element budgets from local to global scales; roles of microbes in ecosystem functioning; primary productivity; stoichiometric relationships; climate-ecosystem feedbacks; energy and radiatively-active gas fluxes; relationships between diversity and ecosystem function; ecosystem services; and landscape dynamics. Proposals may focus on the cycling of non-nutrient elements, but those specifically ecotoxicological in orientation, or without an explicit link to ecosystem processes, will not be considered. Ecosystem-oriented proposals that focus on coastal marine or deep ocean or Laurentian Great Lakes habitats are reviewed by the Biological Oceanography Program in the Division of Ocean Sciences. Studies of the structure of and linkages within food webs are reviewed by the Ecological Biology program, also in the Division of Environmental Biology. Observational and manipulative approaches in field, mesocosm, and laboratory settings are supported, with the expectation that the research, whether hypothesis- or discovery-driven, have a strong conceptual foundation. Inter- and multi-disciplinary proposals that fall across traditional programmatic boundaries are welcomed and encouraged; the Ecosystem Studies Program often co-reviews proposals with related programs across the Foundation. Proposals that incorporate quantitative or conceptual modeling efforts promoting integration and synthesis, or advancing ecosystem science through either the pursuit of new theoretical paradigms or novel modeling efforts, are encouraged. Proposals that, in whole or part, strive to develop new techniques can be supported when a compelling argument exists that there is the potential for a major advance in ecosystem research. Projects that are potentially transformative -- that is, those that may change the conceptual basis of ecosystem science and have broad implications for future research -- are given particular priority. Unsolicited proposals to the Ecosystem Studies Program should be prepared as described in the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG). The Program also funds proposals submitted in response to the CAREER, RCN, LTREB and OPUS solicitations. The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program supports fundamental ecological research that requires long time periods and large spatial scales at a coordinated network of more than two dozen field sites. LTER is not currently soliciting proposals for new sites and does not accept unsolicited proposals. For more information and announcements of opportunity, visit the LTER web page [http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://www.lternet.edu/].
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Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
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Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2007
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2009
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: January 9, 2015
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2007
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2009
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: July 9, 2015
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FLUID DYNAMICS
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The Fluid Dynamics program supports fundamental research and education on mechanisms and phenomena governing fluid flow. Proposed research should contribute to basic understanding; thus enabling the better design; predictability; efficiency; and control of systems that involve fluids. Encouraged are proposals that address innovative uses of fluids in materials development; manufacturing; biotechnology; nanotechnology; clinical diagnostics and drug delivery; sensor development and integration; energy and the environment. Current research themes include: - General Fluid Mechanics: experimental and theoretical dynamics of Newtonian fluids; laminar flows, transitional flows, and turbulence; hydrodynamic stability; flow of compressible fluids.
- Flow of Complex Fluids: non-Newtonian fluid mechanics; viscoelasticity; flow of polymer solutions and melts; gelation; flow instability; flow-induced structuring; DNA dynamics; molecular dynamics simulations.
- Micro- Nano- Bio- Fluid Mechanics: micro-and nano-scale flow phenomena; biomedical microdevices; effects of nanoscale inclusions on rheological properties; flow of Brownian suspensions; biomimetics; biological flow processes.
- Turbulence and Flow Control: large eddy simulation; direct numerical simulation; high Reynolds number experiments; stability and transition to turbulence; 3-D boundary layers; multi-phase turbulent flows; flow control; insect flight; gas-liquid interfaces.
- Waves and Hydraulics & Environmental Fluid Mechanics: airfoil-land interactions; waves and coastal engineering; wave-sea bed interactions; wave-structure interactions; stratified flows; sediment transport; air pollution models; gravitational plumes.
- Computational Fluid Dynamics: multi-scale; multi-phenomena models and computations; flow simulation; virtual experiments; cyber infrastructure for fluid dynamics research; data handling; analysis of experiments
- Instrumentation and Flow Diagnostics: Instrument development; MEMS; shear stress sensors; Magnetic Resonance Imaging for engineering flow; velocimetry; flows in biomedical assistive devices.
The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years. The average annual award size for the program is $90,000. Small equipment proposals of less than $100,000 will also be considered and may be submitted during these windows. Any proposal received outside the announced dates will be returned without review. The duration of CAREER awards is five years. The submission deadline for Engineering CAREER proposals is in July every year. Please see the following URL for more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08051/nsf08051.jsp. Proposals for Conferences, Workshops, and Supplements may be submitted at any time, but must be discussed with the program director before submission. Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) replace the SGER program. Please note that proposals of these types must be discussed with the program director before submission. Further details are available in the PAPPG download, available below. Please refer to the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG), January 2009, (NSF 09-1) when you prepare your proposal. The PAPPG is available for download at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf0929.
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Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
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Full Proposal — Window: February 1 through March 1, Effective 2008 to 2008
Full Proposal — Window: August 15 through September 15, Effective 2008 to 2008
Full Proposal — Window: February 1 through March 1, Effective 2009 to 2009
Full Proposal — Window: February 1, 2006 through March 1, 2006
Full Proposal — Window: August 15, 2005 through September 15, 2005
Full Proposal — Window: August 15, 2007 through September 15, 2007
Full Proposal — Window: February 1, 2007 through March 1, 2007
Full Proposal — Window: August 15, 2009 through September 17, 2009
Full Proposal — Window: February 1, 2010 through March 3, 2010
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FRONTIERS IN INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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- The Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (FIBR) Program supports integrative research that addresses major questions in the biological sciences. FIBR encourages investigators to identify major under-studied or unanswered questions in biology and to use innovative approaches to address them by integrating the scientific concepts and research tools from across disciplines including biology, math and the physical sciences, engineering, social sciences and the information sciences. Proposers are encouraged to focus on the biological significance of the question, to describe the integrative approaches, and to develop a research plan that is not limited by conceptual, disciplinary, or organizational boundaries. Particularly encouraged are the inclusion of young scientists trained in an interdisciplinary environment or in non-biological disciplines, and partnerships with underrepresented minority serving and primarily undergraduate institutions and community colleges.
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Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
Emerging Frontiers (EF)
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Full Proposal — Deadline Date: October 20, 2003
Further Info: Planning Grants
Preliminary Proposal — Deadline Date: October 4, 2004
Further Info: Required for Submission of Full Proposals (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time)
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: February 16, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2006
Preliminary Proposal — Deadline Date: October 3, 2005
Preliminary Proposal — Deadline Date: September 22, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 16, 2007
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MICROBIAL GENOME SEQUENCING PROGRAM
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As a collaborative, interagency effort, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture invite research proposals (i) to support high-throughput sequencing of the genomes of microorganisms (including viruses, bacteria, archaea, fungi, oomycetes, protists and agriculturally important nematodes) and (ii) to develop and implement strategies, tools and technologies to make currently available genome sequences more valuable to the user community. The availability of genome sequences provides the foundation for understanding how microorganisms function and live, and how they interact with their environments and with other organisms. The sequences are expected to be available to and used by a community of investigators to address issues of scientific and societal importance including:
- novel aspects of microbial biochemistry, physiology, metabolism, development and cellular biology;
- the diversity and the roles microorganisms play in complex ecosystems and in global geochemical cycles;
- the impact that microorganisms have on the productivity and sustainability of agriculture and natural resources (e.g., forestry, soil and water), and on the safety and quality of the nation's food supply; and
- the organization and evolution of microbial genomes, and the mechanisms of transmission, exchange and reshuffling of genetic information.
A Microbial Genomics Workshop is held annually; all current awardees in this interagency program are expected to attend.
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Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
Emerging Frontiers (EF)
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSRE)
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSRE)
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
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Full Proposal — Deadline Date: February 4, 2005
Letter of Intent — Deadline Date: February 18, 2003
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: April 17, 2003
Letter of Intent — Deadline Date: October 15, 2003
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: December 15, 2003
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: March 2, 2006
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: March 8, 2007
Further Info: Due by 5 PM submitter's local time
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: February 19, 2008
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PALEOCLIMATE
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Supports research on the natural evolution of Earth's climate with the goal of providing a baseline for present variability and future trends through improved understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that influence climate over the long-term.
The Geosciences Directorate and the Office of Polar Programs have joined in creating the annual Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2) competition in paleoclimate global change research. Researchers are encouraged to consider the P2C2 competition as a possible source of support for their global change research.
Since proposals eligible for funding in the P2C2 competition are not eligible for funding in the Paleoclimate Program, researchers are strongly advised to contact the Director of the Paleoclimate Program for guidance as to the suitability of their proposed research for either program.
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Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Accepted Anytime
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PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
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The Physical Oceanography Program supports research on a wide range of topics associated with the structure and movement of the ocean, with the way in which it transports various quantities, with the way the ocean's physical structure interacts with the biological and chemical processes within it, and with interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, solid earth and ice that surround it.
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Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, Effective 2003 to 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, Effective 2005 to 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, Effective 2007 to 2020
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, Effective 2007 to 2020
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2004
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2005
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2006
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2009
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2015
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2016
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2017
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2018
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2019
Full Proposal — Target Date: February 15, 2020
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2008
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2009
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2010
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2011
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2012
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2013
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2014
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2015
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2016
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2017
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2018
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2019
Full Proposal — Target Date: August 15, 2020
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PHYSICAL AND DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
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Physical and Dynamic Meteorology supports research involving studies of cloud physics; atmospheric electricity; radiation; boundary layer and turbulence; the initiation, growth, and propagation of gravity waves; all aspects of mesoscale meteorological phenomena, including their morphological, thermodynamic, and kinematic structure; development of mesoscale systems and precipitation processes; and transfer of energy between scales. The program also sponsors the development of new techniques and devices for atmospheric measurements.
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Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Accepted Anytime
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RIDGE 2000
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- RIDGE 2000 is a community-based science initiative focused on integrated geological and biological studies of the Earth-encircling mid-ocean ridge system. Central to the RIDGE 2000 science plan is the recognition that the origin and evolution of life in deep-sea ecosystems are inextricably linked to, and perhaps an inevitable consequence of, the flow of energy and material from Earth's deep mantle, through the volcanic and hydrothermal systems of the oceanic crust, to the deep ocean. The complex linkages between life and planetary processes at the mid-ocean ridge can be understood only through tightly integrated studies that span a broad range of disciplines in geophysics, geology, geochemistry, biology and oceanography.
The National Science Foundation announces support for a new RIDGE 2000 initiative and invites proposals directed toward the program elements below.
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Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, Effective 2008 to 2018
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: April 7, Effective 2009 to 2012
Further Info: active from 2009 to 2012
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: February 15, 2002
Further Info: Initial target date for RIDGE 2000 Time Critical Studies is February 15, 2002. Subsequent submissions will be accepted by August 15 and February 15 in successive review cycles.
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: August 15, 2002
Further Info: Initial target date for RIDGE 2000 Integrated Studies is August 15, 2002. Subsequent submissions will be accepted by February 15 and August 15 in successive review cycles.
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: February 15, 2002
Further Info: Initial target date for RIDGE 2000 Postdoctoral Fellowships is February 15, 2002. Subsequent submissions will be accepted by August 15 and February 15 in successive review cycles.
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2009
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2010
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2011
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2012
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2013
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2014
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2015
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2016
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2017
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: January 15, 2018
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: April 7, 2010
Further Info: active from 2009 to 2012
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: April 7, 2011
Further Info: active from 2009 to 2012
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: April 7, 2012
Further Info: active from 2009 to 2012
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Announcement: NSF 09-527
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SOLAR TERRESTRIAL
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Supports research on the processes by which energy in diverse forms is generated by the Sun, transported to the Earth, and ultimately deposited in the terrestrial environment. Major topics include space weather impacts, helioseismology, the solar dynamo, the solar activity cycle, magnetic flux emergence, solar flares and eruptive activity, coronal mass ejections, solar wind heating, solar energetic particles, interactions with cosmic rays, and solar wind/magnetosphere boundary problems.
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Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Accepted Anytime
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U.S. GLOBEC - GLOBAL OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS DYNAMICS: SYNTHESIS IN THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC/GEORGES BANK PROGRAM AND THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC/COASTAL GULF OF ALASKA PROGRAM
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As part of a continuing series of solicitations for the U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Program (U.S. GLOBEC), this solicitation covers two distinct regions - the Northwest Atlantic (NWA) and the Northeast Pacific (NEP). Proposals submitted to the NWA regions should continue synthesis of data from the NWA/Georges Bank projects and conduct comparative analysis of upstream and broader, basin-scale studies. Proposals submitted to the NEP regions should initiate synthesis of data from the Coastal Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) and conduct comparative analyses of the CGOA with the California Current System and other appropriate ocean regions.
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Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Full Proposal — Deadline Date: April 15, 2004
Full Proposal — Deadline Date: May 9, 2005
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Announcement: NSF 04-544
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