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Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)

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NSF 26-516

Supports foundational research across the geosciences, including Earth's atmosphere and near-Earth space environment, solid Earth and surface processes, and the oceans.

Supports foundational research across the geosciences, including Earth's atmosphere and near-Earth space environment, solid Earth and surface processes, and the oceans.

Synopsis

The NSF Geosciences Research solicitation supports foundational research projects that advance the frontiers of knowledge across all areas of the geosciences. This solicitation calls for proposals in three programs: 

These programs support projects that expand the frontiers of knowledge in science and technology. The programs encourage projects that advance research on Earth’s atmosphere and the near-Earth space environment; solid Earth sciences and Earth surface processes; and all fields of ocean science. Projects may focus on foundational research in a specific domain or cover multiple disciplines. NSF is particularly interested in intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative foundational research. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, or commercial outcome, nor need they address later-stage development to be competitive.

Program contacts

Name Email
Atmospheric Sciences
atmos@nsf.gov
Geospace Sciences
geospace@nsf.gov
Life and Environments through Time
LET@nsf.gov
Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth
SPSE@nsf.gov
Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone processes
WaLCZ@nsf.gov
Chem Evolution of Solid Earth and Volcanology
CESEV@nsf.gov
Biological Oceanography
BioOCE@nsf.gov
Marine Geology and Geophysics
MGG@nsf.gov
Chemical Oceanography
CO@nsf.gov
Physical Oceanography
PhysO@nsf.gov
U.S. Sub-Seafloor Sampling
S3P@nsf.gov
Ocean Technology and Interdiscip Coordination
OTIC@nsf.gov

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