Important Announcement of Opportunity Update
Arctic Research Opportunities
National Science Foundation
Program Solicitation: NSF 08-597
Full Proposal Target Date: 18 November 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08597/nsf08597.htm
The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at U.S.
organizations to submit proposals to conduct research about the Arctic.
Arctic research includes field and modeling studies and data analysis.
Arctic research is supported at NSF by the Office of Polar Programs
(OPP), Arctic Sciences Division
(http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=ARC), in the Office of the
Director, as well as by a number of other programs within the
Foundation.
The Arctic Research Opportunities solicitation provides investigators
with information about available programs and priorities to determine
the program best suited to their proposed work. The Proposal Preparation
section (Section V.A.) has specific instructions for proposers
conducting field work, including information about requesting logistics
support or ship time, working with arctic communities and complying with
environmental policies that should be adhered to by all proposers.
Proposals should be written and planned in accordance with NSF's Grant
Proposal Guide
(http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg), OPP's
Guidelines and Award Conditions for Scientific Data (OPP 9-91 available
on the OPP web site http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP) and the
Principles for Conduct of Research in the Arctic
(http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/conduct.jsp).
Important revisions to the program descriptions, proposal preparation
instructions and review criteria are included in this solicitation and
should be read carefully by all proposers.
Changes have been made to encourage proposers to carefully consider the
full cost of fieldwork in developing their plans. Field experiments must
be both effective and efficient in order to gain NSF support. A process
has been established for assisting proposers in developing a complete
cost estimate for complicated projects. If NSF determines that the cost
estimate submitted with the proposal requires more detail, the proposer
will be contacted.
A significant change to this solicitation is that NSF is not soliciting
proposals for the Arctic Research Support and Logistics Program or the
Arctic Research and Education Program, explicitly. Individuals who have
creative ideas they would like to propose to these programs should
contact the Program Officers identified with these programs on the OPP
Arctic Sciences Division website,
http://www.nsf.gov/staff/sub_div.jsp?org=ARC&orgId=284&from_org=ARC.
The target deadline for full proposals is 18 November 2008.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08597/nsf08597.htm