The Geosciences Directorate (GEO) is substantially augmenting past funding sources to explicitly support emerging areas of interdisciplinary research. Proposals must cross the disciplinary boundaries of two or more divisions in Geosciences (e.g. ATM, EAR, OCE) or of at least one division in Geosciences and a division in another NSF directorate.
Successful proposals need to develop intellectual excitement in the participating disciplinary communities. Also encouraged are proposals that have broader educational, diversity, societal, or infrastructure impacts that capitalize on this interdisciplinary opportunity.
This is not a special competition or new program. Relevant proposals are to be submitted to an existing GEO program according to the program’s regular target or deadline dates. A GEO program must be identified as the lead program. Facilities requests should be included following standard GEO practice. Target and deadline dates for applicable programs may be found at
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=geo.
Titles of proposals emphasizing Emerging Topics in Biogeochemical Cycles (ETBC) should be prefaced with "ETBC:" The review process will follow standard practices of the GEO program to which the proposal was submitted. Investigators are strongly encouraged to contact one of the GEO program officers listed at
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/etbc_contacts.jsp
to determine if their proposed ideas respond to the ETBC goals, discuss relevant topics of interest, and gain advice on how best to prepare a proposal for this activity. Information on making a facilities request is available on the NSF GEO website at
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/atm/ulafos/laof/
for lower atmospheric facilities and at
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/pubs/IPS_Guidelines.pdf
for oceanographic resources.
