Addenum to Grant Opportunities

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

New Opportunities

Foundations of Data and Visual Analytics – NSF 09-525

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: 5

Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,725,000 Award Ceiling: $500,000 Award Floor: $300,000 URL:http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09525

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.

Contacts: Lawrence Rosenblum (CS Contact), Program Director, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, CCF Division, 1115 N, telephone: (703) 292-8910, email: lrosenbl@nsf.gov

Tie Luo (Math Contact), Program Director, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, DMS Division, 1025 N, telephone: (703)292-8448, email: tluo@nsf.gov

Sankar Basu, Program Director, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, CCF Division, 1115N, telephone: (703) 292-7843, email: sabasu@nsf.gov

Ephraim Glinert, Program Director, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, IIS Division, 1125 N, telephone: (703) 292-8930, email: eglinert@nsf.gov

Leland Jameson, Program Director, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, DMS Division, 1025N, telephone: (703) 292-4883, email: ljameson@nsf.gov

Maria Zemankova, Program Director, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, IIS Division, 1125 N, telephone: (703) 292-8930, email: mzemanko@nsf.gov

Ocean Drilling Progam NSF PD-05-5720

Due Date for Applications: Feb 15, 2009 Target dates: August 15 and February 15, annually

Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown Estimated Total Program Funding: unknown Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: unknown

URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13524

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

Contacts: Deborah Smith dksmith@nsf.gov (703) 292-7478 James F. Allan jallan@nsf.gov (703) 292-8581 John F. Walter jwalter@nsf.gov (703) 292-8584 Kevin Mandernack kmandern@nsf.gov (703) 292-7575 Michelle Arsenault aarsenau@nsf.gov (703) 292-8581

Physical Oceanography NSF PD-98-1610

Due Date for Applications: Feb 15, 2009 Target dates: August 15 and February 15, annually

Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown Estimated Total Program Funding: unknown Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: unknown URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12729

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.

Contacts: Eric C. Itsweire eitsweir@nsf.gov (703) 292-8582 Quanan Zheng qzheng@nsf.gov (703) 292-7583 Baris M. Uz bmuz@nsf.gov (703) 292-4557 Cheryl Fossani cfossani@nsf.gov (703) 292-8811

Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination NSF PD-98-1680

Due Date for Applications: Feb 15, 2009 Target dates: August 15 and February 15, annually

Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown Estimated Total Program Funding: unknown Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: unknown

URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12724

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.

Contacts: Kandace S. Binkley kbinkley@nsf.gov (703) 292-7577

Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI) NSF PD-06-7231

Due Date for Applications: Feb 12, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date: February 12, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date: August 13, 2009

Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown Estimated Total Program Funding: unknown Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: unknown

URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066

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.

Contacts: Abani Patra apatra@nsf.gov (703) 292-8970 Lucy Nowell lnowell@nsf.gov (703) 292-8970 Jennifer Schopf jschopf@nsf.gov (703) 292-4770 Steve Meacham smeacham@nsf.gov (703) 292-8970

RIDGE 2000 – NSF 09-527 UPDATED

Due Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2009 Full Proposal Deadline(s): April 07, 2009 April 7, Annually Thereafter active from 2009 to 2012

Expected Total Number of Awards: 20

Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,300,000 Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 Award Floor: $100,000 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09527

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.

Contacts: David Garrison, telephone: (703) 292-7588, email: dgarrison@nsf.gov Richard Carlson, telephone: (703) 292-7978, email: rcarlson@nsf.gov Barbara Ransom, telephone: (703) 292-7792, email: bransom@nsf.gov

ROSES 2009 is now out, the complete opportunity will be available on Feb. 13, 2009. The URL is [1] Description follows:

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES (ROSES) 2009

NNH09ZDA001N, entitled "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2009 (ROSES-2009)," will be available on or about February 13, 2009, by opening the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listings "Solicitations" to "Open Solicitations." This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) solicits proposals for supporting basic and applied research and technology across a broad range of Earth and space science program elements relevant to one or more of the following NASA Research Programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics.

This ROSES NRA covers all aspects of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences, including, but not limited to: theory, modeling, and analysis of SMD science data; aircraft, stratospheric balloon, and suborbital rocket investigations; development of experiment techniques suitable for future SMD space missions; development of concepts for future SMD space missions; development of advanced technologies relevant to SMD missions; development of techniques for and the laboratory analysis of both extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft, as well as terrestrial samples that support or otherwise help verify observations from SMD Earth system science missions; determination of atomic and composition parameters needed to analyze space data, as well as returned samples from the Earth or space; Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support SMD science missions; development of integrated Earth system models; development of systems for applying Earth science research data to societal needs; and development of applied information systems applicable to SMD objectives and data.

Awards range from under $100K per year for focused, limited efforts (e.g., data analysis) to more than $1M per year for extensive activities (e.g., development of science experiment hardware). The funds available for awards in each program element offered in this NRA range from less than one to several million dollars, which allow selection from a few to as many as several dozen proposals depending on the program objectives and the submission of proposals of merit. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers depending on the nature of the proposing organization and/or program requirements. The typical period of performance for an award is four years, although a few programs may specify shorter or longer (maximum of five years) periods. Organizations of every type, domestic and foreign, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, may submit proposals without restriction on number or teaming arrangements. Note that it is NASA policy that all investigations involving non-U.S. organizations will be conducted on the basis of no exchange of funds.

Proposal due dates are scheduled starting on May 1, 2009, and continue through April 30, 2010. Electronically submitted Notices of Intent to propose are requested for most program elements, with the first such due date being March 13, 2009. Electronic submission of proposals is required by the respective due dates for each program element and must be submitted by an authorized official of the proposing organization. Electronic proposals may be submitted via the NASA proposal data system NSPIRES or via Grants.gov. Every organization that intends to submit a proposal in response to this NRA must be registered with NSPIRES; organizations that intend to submit proposals via Grants.gov must be registered with Grants.gov in addition to being registered with NSPIRES. Such registration must identify the authorized organizational representative(s) who will submit the electronic proposal. All principal investigators and other participants (e.g. co-investigators) must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of submission system. Potential proposers and proposing organizations are urged to access the system(s) well in advance of the proposal due date(s) of interest to familiarize themselves with its structure and enter the requested information.

Further information about specific program elements may be obtained from the individual Program Officers listed in the Summary of Key Information for each program element in this NRA, while questions concerning general NRA policies and procedures may be directed to Dr. Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; E-mail: sara@nasa.gov; Telephone: 202-358-0879.

Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG)

NSF- 08-605

Due Date for Applications: May 01, 2009 Letter of Intent (required) November 11, 2008 OEDG Track 1 and Track 2 Proposals Full Proposals: December 11, 2008 OEDG Track 1 and Track 2 Proposals May 01, 2009 OEDG Planning Grant Proposals Only November 03, 2009 OEDG Planning Grant Proposals Only Expected Total Number of Awards: 42 Estimated Total Program Funding: $9,200,000 Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: unknown URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08605

Overview: The Directorate for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation supports research and education in the Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences. The Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG) Program is designed to address the fact that certain groups are underrepresented in the geosciences relative to the proportions of those groups in the general population. The primary goal of the OEDG Program is to increase participation in the geosciences by African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesians or Micronesians), and persons with disabilities. A secondary goal of the program is to increase the perceived relevance of the geosciences among broad and diverse segments of the population. The OEDG Program supports activities that will increase the number of members of underrepresented groups who: Are involved in formal pre-college geoscience education programs; Pursue bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in the geosciences; Enter geoscience careers; and Participate in informal geoscience education programs.The OEDG Program offers three funding Tracks: OEDG Planning Grants; Track 1: Proof-of-Concept Projects; and Track 2: Full-Scale Projects.OEDG Planning Grants - This new Track supports planning workshops, conferences, symposia and related short-term activities that facilitate either: 1) development of new strategic plans to implement systemic, community-wide programs to broaden participation in the geosciences; or, 2) development of new partnerships or collaborations between multiple institutions seeking to establish sustainable projects that address the goals of the OEDG program.Track 1: Proof-of-Concept Projects - This Track supports short-term activities. Track 1 projects include activities that will occur only one time, as well as those that are intended as the testing phase of an anticipated long-term Full-Scale Project.Track 2: Full-Scale Projects - This Track supports longer-term activities that will identify and promote pathways to geoscience careers among members of underrepresented groups. It is expected that Track 2 proposals will establish programs that are sustainable without additional OEDG funding. Prior Track 1 OEDG funding is not a pre-requisite for submitting a Track 2 proposal.

Contacts:

• Jill L. Karsten, Program Director for Education and Diversity, 705 N,(703) 292-7718 , fax: (703) 292-9042, email: jkarsten@nsf.gov
• Nicole D. LaDue, (703) 292-5314 , email: nladue@nsf.gov

TeraGrid Phase III: eXtreme Digital Resources for Science and Engineering

NSF- 08-571

Due Date for Applications: Jun 15, 2009 Preliminary Proposals (req) November 04, 2008: Integrating Services Full Proposals November 04, 2008: High-Performance Remote Visualization and Data Analysis Services June 15, 2009: Integrating Services Expected Total Number of Awards: 6 Estimated Total Program Funding: $32,000,000 Award Ceiling: $12,000,000 Award Floor: $2,000,000 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08571

Overview: In many areas of research, a key to making advances is the ability of scientists and engineers to manipulate extremely large quantities of information. Examples include: numerical simulation and modeling; the analysis of very large datasets, whether generated by new generations of scientific instrumentation or by numerical models; and the mining of a wide range of collections of digital artifacts. At the largest scales, the resources needed to work with huge volumes of digital information are expensive and scarce. In recent years, the research community, with support from NSF, has developed the TeraGrid as a way of providing wide access to these scarce, expensive resources. The need for such widely shared, national resources continues to grow and as the currently funded phase of TeraGrid operations approaches its close, NSF is inviting innovative proposals for a new infrastructure to deliver the next generation of high-end digital services, as national resources, that will provide researchers and educators with the capability to work with extremely large amounts of digitally represented information.

Contacts: Stephen Meacham (703) 292-8970 , email: smeacham@nsf.gov Abani Patra (703) 292-8970 , email: apatra@nsf.gov

Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners

NSF 07-601

Due Date for Applications: May 15, 2009 NOTE: Deadline dates for preliminary and full proposals have been changed to: Preliminary Proposals due November 13, 2008 and Full Proposals due May 15, 2009. The page limit for the project description has been increased to 20 pages

Expected Total Number of Awards: 5 Estimated Total Program Funding: $100,000,000 Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: $20,000,000 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07601

Overview: Science and engineering research and education are increasingly digital and increasingly data-intensive. Digital data are not only the output of research but provide input to new hypotheses, enabling new scientific insights and driving innovation. Therein lies one of the major challenges of this scientific generation: how to develop the new methods, management structures and technologies to manage the diversity, size, and complexity of current and future data sets and data streams. This solicitation addresses that challenge by creating a set of exemplar national and global data research infrastructure organizations (dubbed DataNet Partners) that provide unique opportunities to communities of researchers to advance science and/or engineering research and learning. The new types of organizations envisioned in this solicitation will integrate library and archival sciences, cyberinfrastructure, computer and information sciences, and domain science expertise to: provide reliable digital preservation, access, integration, and analysis capabilities for science and/or engineering data over a decades-long timeline; continuously anticipate and adapt to changes in technologies and in user needs and expectations; engage at the frontiers of computer and information science and cyberinfrastructure with research and development to drive the leading edge forward; and serve as component elements of an interoperable data preservation and access network.By demonstrating feasibility, identifying best practices, establishing viable models for long term technical and economic sustainability, and incorporating frontier research, these exemplar organizations can serve as the basis for rational investment in digital preservation and access by diverse sectors of society at the local, regional, national, and international levels, paving the way for a robust and resilient national and global digital data framework.These organizations will provide: a vision and rationale that meet critical data needs, create important new opportunities and capabilities for discovery, innovation, and learning, improve the way science and engineering research and education are conducted, and guide the organization in achieving long-term sustainability; an organizational structure that provides for a comprehensive range of expertise and cyberinfrastructure capabilities, ensures active participation and effective use by a wide diversity of individuals, organizations, and sectors, serves as a capable partner in an interoperable network of digital preservation and access organizations, and ensures effective management and leadership; and activities to provide for the full data management life cycle, facilitate research as resource and object, engage in computer science and information science research critical to DataNet functions, develop new tools and capabilities for learning that integrate research and education at all levels, provide for active community input and participation in all phases and all aspects of Partner activities, and include a vigorous and comprehensive assessment and evaluation program. Potential applicants should note that this program is not intended to support narrowly-defined, discipline-specific repositories.

Contacts: Lucy Nowell, (703) 292-8970 , email: lnowell@nsf.gov Sylvia Spengler, (703) 292-8930 , email: sspengle@nsf.gov

MARGINS Program NSF - 07546

Due Date for Applications: Jul 01, 2009 Full Proposal Deadline(s): July 01, 2007 July 1, Annually Thereafter Expected Total Number of Awards: 10 Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,000,000 Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: $500,000 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07546

Overview: The MARGINS program was initiated by the scientific community and the National Science Foundation and has been designed to elevate our present largely descriptive and qualitative knowledge of continental margins to a level where theory, modeling and simulation, together with field observation and experiment, can yield a clearer understanding of the processes that control margin genesis and evolution. Although continental margins have been traditionally assigned to three distinct tectonic settings, i.e., convergent, divergent and translational, the approach used by the MARGINS program recognizes that a range of fundamental physical and chemical processes that form and deform the surface of the Earth operate at all margins. Tectonic setting may govern the specific expression of a particular process that may vary in different environments. However, a relatively small number of processes, i.e., lithospheric deformation, magmatism, other mass/energy fluxes, sedimentation, and fluid flow, are fundamental to the evolution of the margins. Study of these basic processes, wherever they are best expressed, provides a more logical line of inquiry for understanding the complex nature of continental margins.This process-oriented approach to understanding the entire system of margin evolution requires broadly based interdisciplinary studies and a new class of major experiments. The MARGINS science plan, developed from a series of well attended workshops over the past decade, advocates concentration on several study areas (focus sites) targeted for intensive, multidisciplinary programs of research in which interaction between field experimentalists, numerical modelers and laboratory analysts would occur. MARGINS fosters the involvement of a broad cross-section of investigators in focused, multidisciplinary experiments at these focus sites, to achieve the objectives that could not be accomplished otherwise. Thus the MARGINS Program concentrates on four scientific initiatives at these focus sites - this list will be periodically reviewed and modified.Rupturing Continental Lithosphere Experiment (RCL) ?? Gulf of California and Red Sea focus sitesSubduction Factory Experiment (SubFac) ?? Izu-Bonin-Marianas and Nicaragua-Costa Rica focus sitesSeismogenic Zone Experiment (SEIZE) ?? Nankai and Nicaragua-Costa Rica focus sitesSource-to-Sink Experiment (S2S) ?? Fly River/Gulf of Papua New Guinea and Waipaoa River New Zealand focus sitesInformation and a science plan for the program detailing each initiative can be found on the MARGINS website at http://www.margins.wustl.edu/Home.html. The expected level of funding will be approximately $6.0 million per year for the foreseeable future.

Contacts: Brian Midson, Assistant Program Director, 725 N, telephone: (703) 292-8580 , fax: (703) 292-9085, email: bmidson@nsf.gov Rodey Batiza, Program Director, Ocean Drilling, 725 N, (703) 292-8581 , fax: (703) 292-9085, email: rbatiza@nsf.gov William Leeman, Program Director, Tectonics, 785 S, (703) 292-7411 , fax: (703) 292-9025, email: wleeman@nsf.gov

Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR)

NSF - 06-561

Due Date for Applications: May 10, 2009 Subsequent Due Dates: May 10, 2007 and May 10, annually thereafter Expected Total Number of Awards: 10 Estimated Total Program Funding: : $1,000,000 Award Ceiling: $150,000 Award Floor: unknown URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06561

Overview: CEDAR is a broad-based, community-initiated, upper atmospheric research program. The goal is to understand the behavior of atmospheric regions from the middle atmosphere upward through the thermosphere and ionosphere into the exosphere in terms of coupling, energetics, chemistry, and dynamics on regional and global scales. These processes are related to the sources of perturbations that propagate upward from the lower atmosphere as well as to solar radiation and particle inputs from above. The activities within this program combine observations, theory and modeling.

Contacts: Robert Kerr, Program Director, Directorate for Geosciences, fax: (703) 292-9023, email: rkerr@nsf.gov

Robert M. Robinson, Program Manager, Directorate for Geosciences, 775 S, fax: (703) 292-9022, email: rmrobins@nsf.gov

Shaun Young, Program Assistant, Directorate for Geosciences, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, 775 S, (703) 292-8521 , fax: (703)292-9022, email: slyoung@nsf.gov

Community-based Data Interoperability Networks– NSF 07-565

Due Date for Applications: Jul 23, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date(s): NOTE: Due to the lack of funding, NSF will not be accepting proposals for the July 23, 2008 deadline for INTEROP July 23, 2009

Expected Total Number of Awards: 10

Estimated Total Program Funding: $250,000 Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: unknown URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07565

Overview: Digital data are increasingly both the products of research and the starting point for new research and education activities. The ability to re-purpose data – to use it in innovative ways and combinations not envisioned by those who created the data – requires that it be possible to find and understand data of many types and from many sources. Interoperability (the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged) is fundamental to meeting this requirement. This NSF crosscutting program supports community efforts to provide for broad interoperability through the development of mechanisms such as robust data and metadata conventions, ontologies, and taxonomies. Support is provided for Data Interoperability Networks that will be responsible for consensus-building activities and for providing the expertise necessary to turn the consensus into technical standards with associated implementation tools and resources. Examples of the former are community workshops, web resources such as community interaction sites, and task groups. Examples of the latter are information sciences, software development, and ontology and taxonomy design and implementation.

Contacts Lucille Nowell, telephone: (703) 292-8970, email: lnowell@nsf.gov Maria Burka, ENG/CBET ENG/EFRI, telephone: (703) 292-7030,mburka@nsf.gov D. Terence Langendoen, SBE/BCS, OD/OCI, telephone: (703)292-5088, dlangend@nsf.gov Daniel Newlon, SBE/SES, telephone: (703) 292-7276, dnewlon@nsf.gov Wayne Patterson, OD/OISE, telephone: (703) 292-8189, wpatters@nsf.gov Nigel Sharp, MPS/AST, telephone: (703) 292-4905, nsharp@nsf.gov Sylvia Spengler, CISE/IIS, telephone: (703) 292-8930, sspengle@nsf.gov William Wiseman, OD/OPP, telephone: (703) 292-4750, wwiseman@nsf.gov John Cherniavsky, telephone: (703) 292-5136, email: jchernia@nsf.gov Peter McCartney, telephone: (703) 292-8470, email: pmccartn@nsf.gov

Oceanographic Centers and Facilities NSF-PD-98-5410

Due Date for Applications: Aug 15, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date: August 15, 2009 Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination Full Proposal Target Date: October 15, 2009 Oceanographic Instrumentation Full Proposal Target Date: November 01, 2009 Ship Operations Program Full Proposal Target Date: November 15, 2009 Oceanographic Technical Services

Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown Estimated Total Program Funding: unknown Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: unknown

URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12725

Overview: NSF supports construction, conversion, acquisition, and operation of major shared-use oceanographic facilities. The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) schedules these facilities and expeditionary programs. This program supports expensive facilities that are necessary for NSF-funded research and training of oceanographers. Examples of these facilities are ships, submersibles, large shipboard equipment, and shared-use instruments to collect and analyze data. NSF encourages local contributions from nonfederal funds; however, there is no fixed requirement for institutional contributions.

Contacts: Linda Goad lgoad@nsf.gov (703) 292-8583 Kandace S. Binkley kbinkley@nsf.gov (703) 292-8583 James Holik jholik@nsf.gov (703) 292-7711 Holly E. Smith hesmith@nsf.gov (703) 292-8583

EarthScope NSF - 09-535

Due Date for Applications: Jul 16, 2009 Full Proposal Deadline(s): July 16, 2009 July 16, Annually Thereafter

Expected Total Number of Awards: 24 Estimated Total Program Funding: $12,000,000 Award Ceiling: Award Floor: URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09535

Overview: EarthScope is an Earth science program to explore the 4-dimensional structure of the North American continent. The EarthScope Program provides a framework for broad, integrated studies across the Earth sciences, including research on fault properties and the earthquake process, strain transfer, magmatic and hydrous fluids in the crust and mantle, plate boundary processes, large-scale continental deformation, continental structure and evolution, and composition and structure of the deep-Earth. In addition, EarthScope offers a centralized forum for Earth science education at all levels and an excellent opportunity to develop cyberinfrastructure to integrate, distribute, and analyze diverse data sets. The EarthScope facilities, consisting of the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD), and the USArray, are a multi-purpose array of instruments and observatories that greatly expands the observational capabilities of the Earth Sciences and permits us to advance our understanding of the structure, evolution and dynamics of the North American continent. This Solicitation calls for single or collaborative proposals to conduct scientific research associated with the EarthScope Facility and support activities that further the scientific and educational goals of EarthScope.

Contacts: Linda Warren, Associate Program Director, telephone:(703) 292-8722 email: lwarren@nsf.gov James H. Whitcomb, telephone: (703) 292-8553 , email: jwhitcom@nsf.gov

Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics NSF 09-537

Due Date for Applications: Jul 16, 2009 Full Proposal Deadline(s): July 16, 2009 July 16, Annually Thereafter January 16, 2010 January 16, Annually Thereafter Expected Total Number of Awards: 25 Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000 Award Ceiling: $500,000 Award Floor: $100,000 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09537

Overview: Geomorphology and Land-Use Dynamics supports innovative research into processes that shape and modify landscapes over a variety of length and time scales. The program encourages research that investigates quantitatively the coupling and feedback among such processes, their rates, and their relative roles, especially in the contexts of variation in climatic and tectonic influences and in light of changes due to human impact.

Contacts: Richard Yuretich, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4961 email: ryuretic@nsf.gov

Antarctic Research NSF - 09-536

Due Date for Applications: Jun 08, 2009 Full Proposal Deadline(s): June 08, 2009 Expected Total Number of Awards: 50 Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,000,000 Award Ceiling: $300,000 Award Floor: $150,000 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09536

Overview: Scientific research and operational support of that research are the principal activities supported by the United States Government in Antarctica. The goals are to expand fundamental knowledge of the region, to foster research on global and regional problems of current scientific importance, and to use Antarctica as a platform from which to support research. The U.S. Antarctic Program provides support for field work only when a compelling justification exists for doing the work in Antarctica (i.e., the work can only be done, or is best done, in Antarctica). The program also supports antarctic-related analytical research performed at home organizations.NSF is the designated lead agency for the International Polar Year, 2007-2009, for the United States and has made a number of awards in response to IPY solicitations (see list of awards at http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipy_awards_list.jsp). Proposals that make use of IPY datasets or that otherwise build on IPY investments are welcome in the regular programs. For information concerning other Federal agencies and their IPY programs, please go to the U.S. government interagency IPY site at http://www.us-ipy.gov/.

Contacts: Kelly Falkner, Program Director, Antarctic Integrated SystemScience,telephone: (703) 292-7450 , fax: (703) 292-9080, email: kfalkner@nsf.gov

Roberta Marinelli, Program Director, Antarctic Organisms and

  Ecosystems, telephone:  (703) 292-7448 , fax: (703) 292-9080, email:rmarinel@nsf.gov

Peter Milne, Program Director, Antarctic Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, telephone: (703) 292-8033 , fax: (703) 292-9080, email: pmilne@nsf.gov

Julie Palais, Program Director, Antarctic Glaciology, telephone: (703) 292-8033 , fax: (703) 292-9079, email: jpalais@nsf.gov

Vladimir Papitashvili, Program Director, Antarctic Aeronomy and Astrophysics, telephone: (703) 292-7425 , fax: (703) 292-9080, email:vpapita@nsf.gov Jessie L. Crain, Research Support Manager, OPP/AIL, telephone: (703) 292-7457 , fax: (703)292-9080, email: jlcrain@nsf.gov Alexandra Isern, Research Support Manager, OPP/AIL, telephone: (703) 292-7581 , fax: (703) 292-9080, email: aisern@nsf.gov

Geophysics NSF - 09-539

Due Date for Applications: Jun 05, 2009 Submission Window Date(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): May 05, 2009 - June 05, 2009 May 5 - June 5, Annually Thereafter November 08, 2009 - December 08, 2009 November 05, 2010 - December 05, 2010 Expected Total Number of Awards: 80 Estimated Total Program Funding: $14,600,000 Award Ceiling: $1,300,000 Award Floor: $20,000 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09539

Overview: The Geophysics Program supports basic research in the physics of the solid earth to explore its composition, structure, and processes. Laboratory, field, theoretical, and computational studies are supported. Topics include seismicity, seismic wave propagation, and the nature and occurrence of earthquakes; the earth's magnetic, gravity, and electrical fields; the earth's thermal structure; and geodynamics. Supported research also includes geophysical studies of active deformation, including geodesy, and studies of the properties and behavior of earth materials in support of geophysical observation and theory.

Contacts:

Robin Reichlin, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-8556 , fax:

(703) 292-9025, email: rreichli@nsf.gov

Eva Zanzerkia, Associate Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-8556 , fax: (703) 292-9025, email: ezanzerk@nsf.gov Benjamin Phillips, Assistant Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4467 , fax: (703) 292-9025, email: brphilli@nsf.gov

Hydrologic Sciences NSF - 09-538

Due Date for Applications: Jun 01, 2009 June 01, 2009 June 1, Annually Thereafter December 05, 2009 December 5, Annually Thereafter Expected Total Number of Awards: 40 Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,900,000 Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 Award Floor: $30,000 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09538 Overview: Hydrologic Sciences focuses on the flow of water and transport processes within streams, soils, and aquifers. Particular attention is given to spatial and temporal heterogeneity of fluxes and storages of water, particles, and chemicals coupling across interfaces with the landscape, microbial communities, and coastal environments, to upscaling and downscaling given these heterogeneities and interfaces and how these processes are altered by climate and land use changes. Studies may address aqueous geochemistry as well as physical, chemical, and biological processes within water bodies. These studies commonly involve expertise from many basic sciences and mathematics, and proposals often require joint review with related programs.

Contacts: L. Douglas James, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-8549 , email:

    ldjames@nsf.gov

Richard H. Cuenca, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4733 , email:

    rcuenca@nsf.gov

Ecosystem Science - PD-04-7381

Due Date for Applications: Jul 09, 2009 Full Proposal Target Date: January 09, 2008 and annually on January 9th thereafter Full Proposal Target Date: July 09, 2008 and annually on July 9th thereafter

Expected Total Number of Awards: unknown Estimated Total Program Funding: unknown Award Ceiling: unknown Award Floor: unknown URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12822

Overview: The Ecosystem Science Cluster supports research on natural, managed, and disturbed ecosystems, including those in terrestrial, freshwater, and wetland (including salt marsh) environments. Descriptive and manipulative approaches in field, mesocosm, and laboratory settings are supported, with the expectation that the bulk of the research is question- or hypothesis-driven. Proposals are encouraged, but not necessarily required to incorporate new or existing quantitative or conceptual models for the purpose of integration or synthesis. The Ecosystem Science Cluster funds research in the following areas.Ecosystem Studies: Supports investigations of whole-system ecological processes and relationships in ecosystems across a diversity of spatial and temporal (including paleo) scales. Proposals may focus on areas such as: biogeochemistry; decomposition of organic matter; belowground nutrient cycling and energy flow; primary productivity; radiatively active gas flux; element budgets on watershed, regional, continental, or global scales; relationships between diversity and ecosystem function; ecosystem services; and landscape dynamics. Proposals will be considered that focus on advancing ecosystem science through either the pursuit of new theoretical paradigms or novel modeling efforts. Proposals that, in whole or in 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.Inter- and multi-disciplinary proposals that fall across traditional programmatic boundaries are welcomed and encouraged. Proposals may focus on the cycling of non-nutrient elements, but proposals that are ecotoxicological in orientation will not be considered. Ecosystem-oriented proposals that focus on coastal marine or deep ocean habitats are reviewed by the Biological Oceanography Program in the Division of Ocean Sciences.Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER): Supports fundamental ecological research that requires long time periods and large spatial scales. This cluster supports a coordinated network of more than two dozen field sites. The general mission of LTER is to understand ecological phenomena that occur over long temporal and broad spatial scales; to create a legacy of well-designed and documented ecological experiments; to conduct major syntheses and theoretical efforts; and to provide information necessary for the identification and solution of environmental problems. The LTER network of sites conducts integrated research in five core areas: pattern and control of primary production; spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to represent trophic structure; pattern and control of organic matter accumulation in surface soils and sediments; patterns of inorganic inputs and movements of nutrients through soils and waters; and patterns, frequency, and effects of disturbance. LTER also supports a Network Office [2], whose mission is to coordinate and facilitate information technology development and implementation across the network, to facilitate management of the network, to aid efforts in research synthesis, and to conduct public outreach. LTER field sites represent a diversity of habitats in continental North America, the Caribbean, and the Antarctic, including deserts, estuaries, lakes, prairies, various forests, alpine and Arctic tundra, urban areas and production agriculture. This breadth is possible through coordinated funding from Biological Sciences, Geosciences, Polar Programs, and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. Supplemental funding supports the LTER Schoolyard educational program, international collaborative research, and related activities at LTER sites.LTER does not solicit proposals, except when new LTER sites are initiated and does not accept unsolicited proposals from LTER or non-LTER PIs. For more information and announcements of opportunity, visit the LTER web page [3].

Contacts: Todd A. Crowl (703) 292-7870 tcrowl@nsf.gov Ann Russell (703) 292-7909 arussell@nsf.gov Henry L. Gholz (703) 292-8481 hgholz@nsf.gov Matthew D. Kane (703) 292-7186mkane@nsf.gov