Cross-Foundation Funding Opportunity
Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction using Earth System Models (EaSM)
National Science Foundation
Letter of Intent Submission Deadline: 24 May 2010
Full Proposal Deadline: 25 June 2010
For further information, please search for 'Press Release 10-044' at:
http://www.nsf.gov
Multiple directorates and offices within the National Science Foundation
(NSF), including the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), in agreement with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy's Offices of
Science and Biological and Environmental Research, announce a funding
opportunity in decadal and regional modeling. This interagency,
interdisciplinary effort seeks to advance the current state of modeling
through partnerships and capacity building that span the breadth of
natural, physical, chemical, social, computational, and mathematical
sciences.
The specific goals of this solicitation are to improve upon and extend
current modeling capabilities in order to:
- Achieve comprehensive, reliable global and regional predictions of
decadal climate variability and change through advanced
understanding of the coupled interactive physical, chemical,
biological, and human processes that drive the climate system.
- Quantify the impacts of climate variability and change on
ecological, agricultural, and other human systems, and identify and
quantify feedback loops through which human systems help determine
environmental outcomes.
- Maximize the utility of available observational and model data for
impact and vulnerability/resilience assessments through
up/downscaling activities.
- Effectively translate model results and associated uncertainties
into the scientific basis for well-informed human adaptation to and
management decisions for climate change.
A joint press release marking this historic program was made during an
EaSM webcast on 22 March 2010. The full release is available by
searching for 'Press Release 10-044' at: http://www.nsf.gov.
Letter of Intent Submission Deadline: 24 May 2010.
Full Proposal Deadline: 25 June 2010.
For further information, please search for 'Press Release 10-044' at:
http://www.nsf.gov.