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Important information about NSF’s implementation of the revised 2 CFR

NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

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BEST synthesis proposals

  1. Physical forcing affects food availability: Climate-induced changes in physical forcing modify the availability and partitioning of food for all trophic levels through bottom-up processes.

  2. Ocean conditions structure trophic relationships: Climate and ocean conditions impact fish reproduction, survival and distribution, the intensity of predator-prey relationships, and the location of zoogeographic provinces through bottom-up processes.

  3. Ecosystem controls are dynamic: Changes in the timing of ice retreat alter zooplankton production and ultimately the distribution of their consumers. Such changes can lead to a community controlled by either top down or bottom up processes with multiple trophic consequences.

  4. Location matters: Domain boundaries of many consumers are driven by climate and ocean conditions. The timing and extent of these boundaries will lead to bottom up processes ultimately impacting the foraging success of marine birds and mammals.

  5. Commercial and subsistence fisheries reflect climate: Changing climate-ocean conditions will affect the abundance and distribution of commercial and subsistence fisheries.

The BEST-BSIERP data are a valuable resource that could be used to address questions germane to the coordinated programs. While NSF does not plan to issue a broad proposal solicitation for further exploitation of this resource, the Section of Arctic Sciences will accept proposals for short (up to two years duration) synthesis activities associated with the goals of BEST. Proposals could, among other approaches, include workshops; modeling; or multiple intense, focused interactions of small groups of PIs. Successful proposals would develop synergies with and enhance the existing efforts, not simply continue or integrate them. Interested proposers are asked to submit their proposals to the next regular Arctic Section solicitation ( https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5521&org=PLR&from=home).

In order to facilitate exploitation of these data, prospective PIs may access metadata describing the available data sets at http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/best/. Successful proposers will have full access to the data sets after signing the project management agreement
(http://bsierp.nprb.org/posted/proj_mgmt/Final%20NPRB-NSF%20program%20management%20plan%202007%2012_21.pdf).

It should be noted that, after the coordinated BEST-BSIERP program ends in 2013, all BEST data will be transferred to a public archive and be openly available.

Simon Stephenson

Section Head
Section for Arctic Sciences
Division of Polar Programs

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