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− | In order to keep the ESIP membership up to date on grant solicitations of interest, I will be posting new opportunities that appear. If any new opportunities arise which I may have missed, please feel free to forward them to me at brian.rogan@earth science foundation.org
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− | ==New Opportunities==
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| + | ===FY 2009 NASA K-12 Cooperative Agreements Notice (CAN)=== |
| + | Grant number: NNG09Z13001 |
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− | ===Foundations of Data and Visual Analytics – NSF 09-525===
| + | Due Date for Applications: Sep 25, 2009 |
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− | Due Date for Applications: Apr 02, 2009 Full Proposal Deadline(s): April 02, 2009 January 20, 2010 Third Wednesday in January, Annually Thereafter
| + | Expected Total Number of Awards: 12 |
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− | Expected Total Number of Awards: 5
| + | Estimated Total Program Funding: unknown |
| + | Award Ceiling: $1,500,000 |
| + | Award Floor: $750,000 |
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− | Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,725,000
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| + | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Education is accepting proposals in response to the NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN): K-12 Competitive Agreement Notice". The K-12 CAN is an opportunity for U.S. public secondary schools, school districts, state-level educational leadership, and educational not-for profit organizations to leverage NASA’s content with their expertise in providing or enabling secondary education instruction. The priority for NASA Education under this CAN is to target secondary education with a particular emphasis on the high school level. Each funded proposal is expected to take advantage of NASA’S unique science and exploration missions and contributions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas. The K12(CAN) activity may make awards in the following categories: • Experiences and activities that support high school level instruction/learning in STEM; • Experiences and activities that support middle school or undergraduate level instruction/learning if linked to high school programming; • e-Education, education technology, or electronic dissemination of content; and, • Professional development for in-service related to NASA content and targeting secondary education. Develop and implement programs introducing high school students to careers in engineering related to NASA Human Space Flight. Background Information The desired outcomes and implementation objectives of the NASA K-12(CAN) activity are driven by the NASA’s Education Framework, which governs all Agency education programs (http://education.nasa.gov/about/strategy/index.html). This framework describes a progression of educational experiences from informal through elementary and secondary education, to undergraduate, graduate, and even post-graduate education. Additional information about the NASA Education Framework can be found in Appendix D. Notices of Intent are required and due by August 24, 2009. Full proposals are due September 25, 2009. Interested parties may also connect to a pre-proposal teleconference on September 10, 2009 from 1:00 pm EDT to 3:00 pm EDT, for further information. To dial into the teleconference, call .1-800-369-1141. The participant passcode is 28061. (See the full CAN, Appendix E.3, for further details.) For more information regarding this opportunity, please visit the page on the NSPIRES website. Go to http://www.nspires.nasaprs.com and click on Solicitations and then on Open Solicitations. If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact the NSPIRES Help Desk, at nspires-help@nasaprs.com or call 202-479-9376 between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time |
− | Award Floor: $300,000
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− | URL:http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09525
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− | Overview: Individuals working in areas as diverse as science, engineering, finance, medicine, and national security all face the challenge of synthesizing information and deriving insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous and possibly conflicting digital data. The goal of collecting and examining these data sets is not to merely acquire information, but to derive increased understanding from them and to facilitate effective decision-making. To capitalize on the opportunities provided by these data sets, research in Data and Visual Analytics seeks to facilitate analytical reasoning through the use of interactive visual interfaces. To be successful, this research must extend beyond traditional scientific and information visualization to include statistics, mathematics, knowledge representation, management and discovery technologies, cognitive and perceptual sciences, decision sciences, and more.With this solicitation, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invite research proposals whose outcomes will enable data stakeholders to detect the expected and discover the unexpected in massive data sets. Research outcomes will be applicable across broad application areas, establishing a solid scientific foundation for visual analytics systems of the future.Proposals should focus on creating fundamental research advances that will be widely applicable across scientific, engineering, commercial, and governmental domains that utilize visualization and analytics to gain insight and derive knowledge from massive, often streaming, dynamic, ambiguous and possibly conflicting, data sets. Research activities proposed should emphasize novel data transformations, while also demonstrating research relevance to visual analytics systems by including a research component in areas such as, but not limited to, visualization, human-computer interaction, and cognitive psychology.
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− | Lawrence Rosenblum (CS Contact), Program Director, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, CCF Division, 1115 N, telephone: (703) 292-8910, email: lrosenbl@nsf.gov
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− | Tie Luo (Math Contact), Program Director, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, DMS Division, 1025 N, telephone: (703)292-8448, email: tluo@nsf.gov
| + | Dr. Antoinette C. Wells National Project Manager |
| + | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| + | Mail Code 130.3 |
| + | Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 |
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− | Sankar Basu, Program Director, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, CCF Division, 1115N, telephone: (703) 292-7843, email: sabasu@nsf.gov
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− | Ephraim Glinert, Program Director, Directorate for Computer &
| + | ===Discovery Research K-12=== |
− | Information Science & Engineering, IIS Division, 1125 N, telephone:
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− | (703) 292-8930, email: eglinert@nsf.gov
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− | Leland Jameson, Program Director, Directorate for Mathematical and
| + | Grant number: 09-602 |
− | Physical Sciences, DMS Division, 1025N, telephone: (703) 292-4883, email: ljameson@nsf.gov
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− | Maria Zemankova, Program Director, Directorate for Computer &
| + | Due Date for Applications: Jan 07, 2010 Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (optional): October 05, 2009 (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time) Full Proposal Deadline(s): January 07, 2010 |
− | Information Science & Engineering, IIS Division, 1125 N, telephone:
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− | (703) 292-8930, email: mzemanko@nsf.gov | |
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− | Biological Oceanography NSF PD-98-1650
| + | Expected Total Number of Awards: 70 |
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− | Due Date for Applications: Feb 15, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date : February 15, 2009 February 15, Annually Thereafter Full Proposal Target Date : August 15, 2009 August 15, Annually Thereafter
| + | Estimated Total Program Funding: $55,000,000 |
| + | Award Ceiling: unknown |
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| + | URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09602 |
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− | URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11696
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− | Overview: 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. | + | Overview: |
| + | The Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) program seeks to enable significant advances in preK-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through development, study, and implementation of resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policymakers. Projects funded under this solicitation begin with a research question or a hypothesis about how to improve preK-12 STEM learning and teaching. Projects create or adapt and study innovative resources, models, or technologies and determine how and why implementation affects STEM learning.DR K-12 invites proposals that meet a variety of educational needs, from those that address immediate and pressing challenges facing preK-12 STEM education to those that anticipate opportunities for the future. DR K-12 especially encourages proposals that challenge existing assumptions about learning and teaching within or across STEM fields, envision needs of learners in 10-15 years, and consider new and innovative ways to educate students and teachers. Project goals, designs, and working strategies should be informed by prior research and practical experience drawn from all relevant disciplines, while focusing on concepts and skills that are central to STEM education. The DR K-12 program is primarily concerned with improving education of students and teachers in formal settings. As appropriate, the program encourages projects also to draw from knowledge and practice of learning in informal settings. While many projects supported under this solicitation will focus on exploratory development and testing of innovative ideas for some specific facet of STEM education, all proposals must explain how the work can lead ultimately to successful adoption of findings or products in the K-12 enterprise on a national scale.The DR K-12 program accepts proposals for exploratory projects, full research and development projects, and synthesis projects, as well as for conferences and workshops related to the mission of the program. |
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| + | Inquiries can be made to either, telephone: (703)292-8620, email: |
| + | DRLDRK12@nsf.gov |
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− | Contacts: David L. Garrison dgarriso@nsf.gov (703) 292-8582
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− | Cynthia Suchman csuchman@nsf.gov (703) 292-8143
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− | Ajit Subramaniam asubrama@nsf.gov (703) 292-7592
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− | Gayle Pugh gpugh@nsf.gov (703) 292-8582
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− | Pamela Shaw pshaw@nsf.gov (703) 292-7598
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− | Marine Geology and Geophysics NSF PD-98-1620
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− | Due Date for Applications: feb 15, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date : February 15, 2009 February 15, Annually Thereafter Full Proposal Target Date : August 15, 2009 August 15, Annually Thereafter
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− | Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown
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− | URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11726
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− | Overview: The Marine Geology and Geophysics program supports research on all aspects of geology and geophysics of the ocean basins and margins, as well as the Great Lakes.The Program includes: * Structure, tectonic evolution and volcanic activity of the ocean basins, the continental margins, the mid-ocean ridges, and island arc systems * Processes controlling exchange of heat and chemical species between seawater and ocean rocks * Genesis, chemistry, and mineralogic evolution of marine sediments * Processes controlling deposition, erosion and transport of marine sediments * Past ocean circulation patterns and climates and * Interactions of continental and marine geologic processes
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− | Contacts: Bilal U. Haq bhaq@nsf.gov (703) 292-8581
| + | ===FY 2010 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program=== |
− | Barbara Ransom bransom@nsf.gov (703) 292-8581
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− | Richard Carlson rcarlson@nsf.gov (703) 292-8581
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− | Candace O. Major cmajor@nsf.gov (703) 292-8580
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− | Michael Welin mwelin@nsf.gov (703) 292-8296
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| + | Grant number: EPA-OEI-10-01 |
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− | Ocean Drilling Progam NSF PD-05-5720
| + | Due Date for Applications: Nov 20, 2009 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates |
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− | Due Date for Applications: Feb 15, 2009 Target dates: August 15 and February 15, annually | |
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− | URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13524
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− | Overview: United States Science SupportSupport for participation and drilling-related research performed by United States scientists is provided by NSF. This support focuses on the following: * Investigations of potential drilling regions, especially by means of regional geological and geophysical field studies. * The feasibility and initial development of downhole instruments and techniques. * Downhole geophysical and geochemical experiments. * Support for research proposals to meet the scientific objectives of specific drilling expeditions. Grants resulting from these Expedition Objective Research (EOR) proposals will be for significant support to address the research objectives of the drilling expedition and are intended to begin in the period between the co-chief approval of the expedition sampling plan and the end of the sample moratorium period. NSF ODP encourages potential submitters to submit EOR proposals in time for the existing OCE target dates of February 15 and August 15. For questions and/or additional information, please contact either Carolyn Ruppel or Rodey Batiza - 703-292-8581. In addition, NSF will consider proposals for studies leading to long-range definition of future drilling objectives.To be considered for support, proposed projects should be clearly relevant to the drilling plans of the international drilling community and focus on predrilling or drilling concurrent activities. Post-cruise studies should generally be submitted through other appropriate NSF programs such as Marine Geology and Geophysics, Earth Sciences, Polar Programs, etc.Additional support for United States scientists may be obtained via the JOI U.S. Science Support Program. This NSF-sponsored program consists of the following elements: * Planning activities, such as workshops, to define concepts and develop problem-related drilling programs, including United States participation in IODP Scientific Advisory Structure * Support for United States scientists participating on drilling expeditions and for necessary follow-up studies needed by all or most other participating scientists * Site surveys and data syntheses to develop the context for drilling * Educational programs * Development of instrumentation for downhole experimentation * Dissemination of ODP results * Support for a U.S. Science Advisory Committee (USSAC) to interact with the the U.S. scientific community and the NSF
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− | Contacts: Deborah Smith dksmith@nsf.gov (703) 292-7478
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− | James F. Allan jallan@nsf.gov (703) 292-8581
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− | John F. Walter jwalter@nsf.gov (703) 292-8584
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− | Kevin Mandernack kmandern@nsf.gov (703) 292-7575
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− | Michelle Arsenault aarsenau@nsf.gov (703) 292-8581
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− | Physical Oceanography NSF PD-98-1610
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− | Due Date for Applications: Feb 15, 2009 Target dates: August 15 and February 15, annually
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− | Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown
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− | URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12729
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− | Overview: 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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− | Contacts: Eric C. Itsweire eitsweir@nsf.gov (703) 292-8582
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− | Quanan Zheng qzheng@nsf.gov (703) 292-7583
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− | Baris M. Uz bmuz@nsf.gov (703) 292-4557
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− | Cheryl Fossani cfossani@nsf.gov (703) 292-8811
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− | Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination NSF PD-98-1680
| + | Expected Total Number of Awards: 50 |
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− | Due Date for Applications: Feb 15, 2009 Target dates: August 15 and February 15, annually
| + | Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000 |
| + | Award Ceiling: $200,000 |
| + | Award Floor: |
| + | URL: http://epa.gov/exchangenetwork/grants/FY%202010%20SolicitationNotice%20-%20FINAL%2007282009.pdf |
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− | URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12724
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− | | + | Some awards may involve or relate to geospatial information. EPA, states, territories, and tribes are working together to develop the National Environmental Information Exchange Network, a secure, Internet- and standards-based way to support electronic data reporting, sharing, and integration of both regulatory and non-regulatory environmental data. States, tribes and territories exchanging data with each other or with EPA, should make the Exchange Network and the Agency's connection to it, the Central Data Exchange (CDX), the standard way they exchange data and should phase out any legacy methods they have been using. More information on the Exchange Network is available at www.exchangenetwork.net. |
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− | Overview: The Oceanographic Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (OTIC) Program supports a broad range of research and technology development activities. Unsolicited proposals are accepted for instrumentation development that has broad applicability to ocean science research projects and that enhance observational, experimental or analytical capabilities of the ocean science research community. Specific announcements for funding opportunities are made for additional projects involving Coastal Ocean Processes, FSML: Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories and the National Ocean Partnership Program.
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− | Contacts: Kandace S. Binkley kbinkley@nsf.gov (703) 292-7577
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− | Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI) NSF PD-06-7231
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− | Due Date for Applications: Feb 12, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date: February 12, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date: August 13, 2009
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− | Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown
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− | URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066
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− | Overview: The primary purpose of the Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI) is to support work leading to the development and/or demonstration of innovative cyberinfrastructure services for science and engineering research and education that fill gaps left by more targeted funding opportunities. In addition, it will consider highly innovative cyberinfrastructure education, outreach and training proposals that lie outside the scope of targeted solicitations.The National Science Foundation provides a number of targeted funding opportunities for the development of cyberinfrastructure, for the provision of cyberinfrastructure services, and for related education, outreach and training. However, cyberinfrastructure technology and training are broad continua. It is anticipated that, at any given time, there will be ideas that do not map neatly onto the extant portfolio of cyberinfrastructure solicitations yet have a high potential impact on research and education. Accordingly, the Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure program will accept proposals for cyberinfrastructure development, demonstration, education, outreach and training activities that are not aligned with the specific goals of other existing cyberinfrastructure funding opportunities and which have the potential to transform multiple areas of research or education.Projects appropriate for this program should: * Be activities that include a demonstration of the potential impact on science or engineering research or education; * Generate outcomes not currently under development elsewhere; * Meet a clearly described cyberinfrastructure need not met elsewhere; * Generate outcomes that will be of interest to a range of science and engineering communities.Investigators interested in submitting proposals with large budgets (roughly $500,000 per year or larger) are encouraged to develop strong support from within the science and engineering community prior to submitting a proposal and to document this support within the proposal; for example, in the form of references to workshop reports, reports from the National Academies of Science or Engineering, or other reports based on broad community input, on the topic proposed.Proposals should include a clear and compelling description of why the proposed work has the potential to significantly advance research or education capabilities in multiple areas of science and engineering. Proposals should also provide a convincing explanation of why the project is not suitable for other NSF programs or solicitations.Before developing a proposal intended for this Program, investigators are encouraged to discuss their ideas with program officers associated with the Program to check that there is no targeted solicitation in development for which the project would be a better fit.Proposals for workshops, symposia and Small Grants for Exploratory Research clearly related to the scope of the Program described above, may be submitted. For general information about how to submit such proposals, please see the Grant Proposal Guide.
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− | Abani Patra apatra@nsf.gov (703) 292-8970
| + | Edward Mixon, (202) 566-2142. Edward Mixon |
− | Lucy Nowell lnowell@nsf.gov (703) 292-8970
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− | Jennifer Schopf jschopf@nsf.gov (703) 292-4770
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− | Steve Meacham smeacham@nsf.gov (703) 292-8970
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− | ===RIDGE 2000 – NSF 09-527 UPDATED===
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− | Due Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2009 Full Proposal Deadline(s): April 07, 2009 April 7, Annually Thereafter active from 2009 to 2012
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− | Expected Total Number of Awards: 20
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− | Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,300,000
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− | Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
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− | Award Floor: $100,000
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− | URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09527
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− | Overview: Ridge 2000 is a science initiative focused on integrated geological, biological, and geochemical studies of the Earth-encircling mid-ocean ridge system. Central to the Ridge 2000 program is the recognition that the origin and evolution of life in deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems are inextricably linked to, and perhaps an inevitable consequence of, the flow of energy and material from Earth's deep mantle to the seafloor and ocean via magmatic and hydrothermal systems. To sharpen our knowledge of mid-ocean ridge systems, the first phase of the Ridge 2000 program involved integrated field, laboratory, and modeling studies of three representative, but geographically limited study sites. Research activities spanned a broad range of disciplines: from geophysics to geochemistry and from geology to biology to hydrothermal vent fluid dynamics.With this solicitation, Ridge 2000 moves into its integration and synthesis phase where results from previous and on-going interdisciplinary field expeditions and laboratory studies are to be brought to bear on advancing our conceptual and quantitative understanding of mid-ocean ridge systems and the processes that link geological, geophysical, geochemical, hydrothermal, and biological processes. As such, the program now shifts its focus from field data acquisition to integration and synthesis to help the program achieve its science goals.
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− | David Garrison, telephone: (703) 292-7588, email: dgarrison@nsf.gov
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− | Richard Carlson, telephone: (703) 292-7978, email: rcarlson@nsf.gov
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− | Barbara Ransom, telephone: (703) 292-7792, email: bransom@nsf.gov
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− | ROSES 2009 is now out, the complete opportunity will be available on Feb. 13, 2009. The URL is [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/] Description follows:
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− | ===RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES (ROSES) 2009===
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− | NNH09ZDA001N, entitled "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth
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− | Sciences - 2009 (ROSES-2009)," will be available on or about February
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− | 13, 2009, by opening the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at
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− | http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu
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− | listings "Solicitations" to "Open Solicitations." This NASA Research
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− | Announcement (NRA) solicits proposals for supporting basic and
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− | applied research and technology across a broad range of Earth and
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− | This ROSES NRA covers all aspects of basic and applied supporting
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− | not limited to: theory, modeling, and analysis of SMD science data;
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− | aircraft, stratospheric balloon, and suborbital rocket
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− | investigations; development of experiment techniques suitable for
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− | future SMD space missions; development of concepts for future SMD
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− | space missions; development of advanced technologies relevant to SMD
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− | missions; development of techniques for and the laboratory analysis
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− | of both extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft, as well as
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− | terrestrial samples that support or otherwise help verify
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− | observations from SMD Earth system science missions; determination of
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− | atomic and composition parameters needed to analyze space data, as
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− | well as returned samples from the Earth or space; Earth surface
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− | observations and field campaigns that support SMD science missions;
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− | development of integrated Earth system models; development of systems
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− | Awards range from under $100K per year for focused, limited efforts
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− | funds available for awards in each program element offered in this
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− | NRA range from less than one to several million dollars, which allow
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− | selection from a few to as many as several dozen proposals depending
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− | on the program objectives and the submission of proposals of merit.
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− | Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and
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− | inter- or intra-agency transfers depending on the nature of the
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− | proposing organization and/or program requirements. The typical
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− | period of performance for an award is four years, although a few
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− | programs may specify shorter or longer (maximum of five years)
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− | periods. Organizations of every type, domestic and foreign,
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− | Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, may submit
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− | proposals without restriction on number or teaming arrangements. Note
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− | that it is NASA policy that all investigations involving non-U.S.
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− | organizations will be conducted on the basis of no exchange of funds.
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− | Proposal due dates are scheduled starting on May 1, 2009, and
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− | continue through April 30, 2010. Electronically submitted Notices of
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− | Intent to propose are requested for most program elements, with the
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− | first such due date being March 13, 2009. Electronic submission of
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− | proposals is required by the respective due dates for each program
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− | proposing organization. Electronic proposals may be submitted via the
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− | NASA proposal data system NSPIRES or via Grants.gov. Every
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− | organization that intends to submit a proposal in response to this
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− | NRA must be registered with NSPIRES; organizations that intend to
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− | submit proposals via Grants.gov must be registered with Grants.gov in
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− | identify the authorized organizational representative(s) who will
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− | submit the electronic proposal. All principal investigators and other
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− | participants (e.g. co-investigators) must be registered in NSPIRES
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− | regardless of submission system. Potential proposers and proposing
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− | organizations are urged to access the system(s) well in advance of
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− | the proposal due date(s) of interest to familiarize themselves with
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− | Further information about specific program elements may be obtained
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− | from the individual Program Officers listed in the Summary of Key
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− | Information for each program element in this NRA, while questions
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− | concerning general NRA policies and procedures may be directed to Dr.
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− | Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
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− | Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; E-mail: sara@nasa.gov;
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− | Telephone: 202-358-0879.
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FY 2009 NASA K-12 Cooperative Agreements Notice (CAN)
Grant number: NNG09Z13001
Due Date for Applications: Sep 25, 2009
Expected Total Number of Awards: 12
Estimated Total Program Funding: unknown
Award Ceiling: $1,500,000
Award Floor: $750,000
URL:
Overview:
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Education is accepting proposals in response to the NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN): K-12 Competitive Agreement Notice". The K-12 CAN is an opportunity for U.S. public secondary schools, school districts, state-level educational leadership, and educational not-for profit organizations to leverage NASA’s content with their expertise in providing or enabling secondary education instruction. The priority for NASA Education under this CAN is to target secondary education with a particular emphasis on the high school level. Each funded proposal is expected to take advantage of NASA’S unique science and exploration missions and contributions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas. The K12(CAN) activity may make awards in the following categories: • Experiences and activities that support high school level instruction/learning in STEM; • Experiences and activities that support middle school or undergraduate level instruction/learning if linked to high school programming; • e-Education, education technology, or electronic dissemination of content; and, • Professional development for in-service related to NASA content and targeting secondary education. Develop and implement programs introducing high school students to careers in engineering related to NASA Human Space Flight. Background Information The desired outcomes and implementation objectives of the NASA K-12(CAN) activity are driven by the NASA’s Education Framework, which governs all Agency education programs (http://education.nasa.gov/about/strategy/index.html). This framework describes a progression of educational experiences from informal through elementary and secondary education, to undergraduate, graduate, and even post-graduate education. Additional information about the NASA Education Framework can be found in Appendix D. Notices of Intent are required and due by August 24, 2009. Full proposals are due September 25, 2009. Interested parties may also connect to a pre-proposal teleconference on September 10, 2009 from 1:00 pm EDT to 3:00 pm EDT, for further information. To dial into the teleconference, call .1-800-369-1141. The participant passcode is 28061. (See the full CAN, Appendix E.3, for further details.) For more information regarding this opportunity, please visit the page on the NSPIRES website. Go to http://www.nspires.nasaprs.com and click on Solicitations and then on Open Solicitations. If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact the NSPIRES Help Desk, at nspires-help@nasaprs.com or call 202-479-9376 between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time
Contacts:
Dr. Antoinette C. Wells National Project Manager
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mail Code 130.3
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
Discovery Research K-12
Grant number: 09-602
Due Date for Applications: Jan 07, 2010 Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (optional): October 05, 2009 (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time) Full Proposal Deadline(s): January 07, 2010
Expected Total Number of Awards: 70
Estimated Total Program Funding: $55,000,000
Award Ceiling: unknown
Award Floor: unknown
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09602
Overview:
The Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) program seeks to enable significant advances in preK-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through development, study, and implementation of resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policymakers. Projects funded under this solicitation begin with a research question or a hypothesis about how to improve preK-12 STEM learning and teaching. Projects create or adapt and study innovative resources, models, or technologies and determine how and why implementation affects STEM learning.DR K-12 invites proposals that meet a variety of educational needs, from those that address immediate and pressing challenges facing preK-12 STEM education to those that anticipate opportunities for the future. DR K-12 especially encourages proposals that challenge existing assumptions about learning and teaching within or across STEM fields, envision needs of learners in 10-15 years, and consider new and innovative ways to educate students and teachers. Project goals, designs, and working strategies should be informed by prior research and practical experience drawn from all relevant disciplines, while focusing on concepts and skills that are central to STEM education. The DR K-12 program is primarily concerned with improving education of students and teachers in formal settings. As appropriate, the program encourages projects also to draw from knowledge and practice of learning in informal settings. While many projects supported under this solicitation will focus on exploratory development and testing of innovative ideas for some specific facet of STEM education, all proposals must explain how the work can lead ultimately to successful adoption of findings or products in the K-12 enterprise on a national scale.The DR K-12 program accepts proposals for exploratory projects, full research and development projects, and synthesis projects, as well as for conferences and workshops related to the mission of the program.
Contacts:
Inquiries can be made to either, telephone: (703)292-8620, email:
DRLDRK12@nsf.gov
FY 2010 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program
Grant number: EPA-OEI-10-01
Due Date for Applications: Nov 20, 2009 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates
Expected Total Number of Awards: 50
Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000
Award Ceiling: $200,000
Award Floor:
URL: http://epa.gov/exchangenetwork/grants/FY%202010%20SolicitationNotice%20-%20FINAL%2007282009.pdf
Overview:
Some awards may involve or relate to geospatial information. EPA, states, territories, and tribes are working together to develop the National Environmental Information Exchange Network, a secure, Internet- and standards-based way to support electronic data reporting, sharing, and integration of both regulatory and non-regulatory environmental data. States, tribes and territories exchanging data with each other or with EPA, should make the Exchange Network and the Agency's connection to it, the Central Data Exchange (CDX), the standard way they exchange data and should phase out any legacy methods they have been using. More information on the Exchange Network is available at www.exchangenetwork.net.
Contacts:
Edward Mixon, (202) 566-2142. Edward Mixon