Opportunities

From NSF - 

Colleagues,

We hope you are all well and wish for an orderly snowmelt for all of our hard-hit western and north central US colleagues.  Please see the below announcements and funding opportunities that may be of interest.

Announcements

• The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences has initiated a change in procedures for the notification for proposal declines.  Rather than a separate email, PIs should expect similar information from the Program Director to be conveyed in the "PO Comments" that are available alongside the text of the reviews.  This change will align AGS with internal NSF requirements.
• A reminder of the catastrophe modeling webinar series that was mentioned in a prior AGS outreach email.  On Monday, April 17, from 12:00 noon-1:30 PM (ET), the NSF and NOAA, in partnership with the American Academy of Actuaries will continue a series of webinars with members of the climate and catastrophe modeling communities and the insurance and reinsurance industries.  The registration link is here and additional information can be found at this link.

New or Updated Funding Opportunities

• The AGS Geospace Section is announcing the new iteration of the Faculty Development in geoSpace Sciences (FDSS) funding opportunity.  FDSS supports the creation of new tenure-track faculty positions at U.S. universities and colleges and aims to integrate topics in geospace science including solar and space physics and space weather research into natural sciences, engineering, or related departments at these institutions.  FDSS stimulates the development of undergraduate or graduate programs or curricula capable of training the next generation of leaders in geospace science. FDSS now offers two tracks: one for all qualified U.S. institutions and an additional track for proposals from minority-serving institutions or emerging research institutions. We expect to make 1-3 awards in each track every other year from 2023 through 2033, subject to the availability of funds. NSF funding will support the salary, benefits, and training of the newly recruited tenure-track FDSS faculty member for up to five years with a total award amount not to exceed $1,500,000.  NSF Geospace program officers will host a virtual office hour on Friday April 21, 2023, 3pm EDT/12pm PDT where the main topics will be the FDSS solicitation and the CEDAR solicitation (NSF 22-575).  Registration is required prior to the virtual office hour using this link.
• The latest Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 (MsRI-2) solicitation has been released, with a Letter of Intent due on May 15^th, 2023 and preliminary proposal required by June 20^th, 2023.  MsRI-2 proposals are for the implementation of research infrastructure with total project costs between $20 million and $100 million.
• A reminder of the DCL for Research Internships for Graduate Students at Air Force Research Laboratory (NSF-AFRL INTERN).  The PI or co-PI of an active NSF award may request supplemental funding for one or more graduate students to gain knowledge, skills and experiences that will augment their preparation for a successful long-term career through an internship at the AFRL.  We also encourage proposals for the traditional INTERN opportunity.
• An updated Dear Colleague Letter for Research Collaboration Opportunities in Europe has been released.  This DCL invites current NSF grantees to submit supplemental funding requests for research visits to any identified, appropriate ERC-funded European research group. NSF particularly encourages requests from NSF grantees who are early in their careers or who are still actively building their careers.  NSF grantees should communicate directly with ERC PIs to ascertain areas of mutual interest and research goals for a visit. NSF grantees then must discuss plans for the visit(s) with the NSF Program Officer managing their award prior to submitting a supplemental funding request. If approved by NSF, the request is forwarded by NSF to ERCEA for review and confirmation with the ERC-funded project.  The European hosts will provide funding to support in-country living expenses during the visits.

 

The list of ERC-funded projects is attached.  One of the NSF/GEO program directors went through the list and attempted to identify the relevant projects for each division (AGS below).

 

p. 540                    Frontiers in dust mineralogical composition and its effects upon climate

p. 552                    Comprehensive investigations of aerosol droplet surfaces and their climate impacts

p. 566                    Spontaneous interfacial oxidant formation as a key driver for aerosol oxidation Meteorology

p. 555                    Novel framework for understanding and scaling near-surface turbulence in complex terrain

p. 546                    Global Lagrangian cloud dynamics

p. 825                    Cloud tomography by satellites for better climate prediction

p. 562                    Atmospheric tracing of Earth's evolution

p. 607                    Signs of early adaption to climate change

p. 567                    Deciphering the oxidizing capacity of the PAST atmosphere

p. 596                    Scaling up behavior and autonomous adaption for macro models of climate change damage assessment

pp. 829, 831        Coupling dynamic cities and climate

 

Thank you and please feel free to share this information widely.

Best regards,

 

Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences

Directorate for Geosciences

National Science Foundation

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Rachel Dammann
UCAR/NCAR/UCP
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