Date

Solicitation Announcement
Research Coordination Networks
Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability

Proposal deadline: 24 May 2011

The full solicitation is available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11531/nsf11531.htm?org=NSF


NSF recently released a new solicitation for proposals for Research
Coordination Networks (RCN) that focuses on the new investment area of
Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES). In
addition to the regular RCN proposals, the Office of Polar Program's
Arctic Science Division and Antarctic Science Division are interested in
polar research coordination networks that have a SEES focus.

The RCN solicitation is available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11531/nsf11531.htm?org=NSF.

Proposal deadline: 24 May 2011.

If you have questions concerning the RCN SEES solicitation for polar
researchers please contact the following program officers:
Anna Kerttula de Echave, Program Director Arctic Social Sciences
Email: akerttul [at] nsf.gov

Erica Key, Program Director for Arctic System Sciences
Email: ekey [at] nsf.gov

Roberta Marinelli, Program Director for Antarctic Organisms & Ecosystems
Email: rmarinel [at] nsf.gov

Buck Sanford, Program Director for Arctic Observing Network (AON)
Email: rsanford [at] nsf.gov

For more information about the new SEES investment area please go to the
NSF website: http://www.nsf.gov/sees/.

See also the SEES FAQs:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11039/nsf11039.jsp?org=NSF.

And the January 2011 Dear Colleague Letter for SEES:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11022/nsf11022.jsp?org=NSF.