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Division of Earth Sciences

Frontier Research in Earth Sciences  (FRES)


CONTACTS
Name Email Phone Room
Margaret  Benoit mbenoit@nsf.gov (703) 292-7233   
Dennis  Geist dgeist@nsf.gov (703) 292-4361   
Richard  F. Yuretich ryuretic@nsf.gov (703) 292-4744   


PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  19-531

Important Information for Proposers

ATTENTION: Proposers using the Collaborators and Other Affiliations template for more than 10 senior project personnel will encounter proposal print preview issues. Please see the Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information website for updated guidance.

A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 18-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.


DUE DATES

Full Proposal Target Date

    February 5, 2020

    First Wednesday in February, Annually Thereafter


SYNOPSIS

The FRES program will support research in Earth systems from its core through the critical zone. The project may focus on all or part of the surface, continental lithospheric, and deeper Earth systems over the entire range of temporal and spatial scales. FRES projects will typically have a larger scientific scope and budget than those considered for funding by core programs in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR). FRES projects may be interdisciplinary studies that do not fit well within the core programs or cannot be routinely managed by sharing between core programs. Innovative proposals within a single area with results that will have broad relevance to Earth Science research are also encouraged. Investigations may employ any combination of field, laboratory, and computational studies with observational, theoretical, or experimental approaches. Projects should be focused on topics that meet the guidelines for research funded by the Division of Earth Sciences.


What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)

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