FOA-Environmental
System Science (DE-FOA-0002392); December 17, 2020
Agency
US
Department of Energy – Office of Science (SC) - Biological and Environmental
Research (BER)
Description
The DOE
SC program in Biological and Environmental Research (BER) hereby announces its
interest in receiving applications for research in Environmental System Science
(ESS). The goal of the ESS program in BER is to advance an integrated, robust,
and scale-aware predictive understanding of terrestrial systems and their
interdependent biological, chemical, ecological, hydrological and physical
processes. The program seeks to develop an integrated framework using a systems
approach to unravel the complex processes and controls on the structure,
function, feedbacks, and dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems, spanning from the
bedrock through the rhizosphere and vegetation to the atmospheric surface
layer.
This FOA
will consider applications that focus on measurements, experiments, field data,
and modeling to provide improved understanding and representation of ecosystems
and watersheds in ways that advance the sophistication and capabilities of
models that span from individual processes to Earth system scales. This FOA will
encompass three Science Research Areas:
1)
Terrestrial-Aquatic
Interfaces (TAI), specifically seeking research exploring ecological and
environmental dynamics that in turn influence hydro-biogeochemical processes in
zones with wide-ranging cyclic soil saturation states;
2)
Perturbations
and Disturbances, specifically studying watershed and ecosystem responses,
feedbacks, and recovery from extremes events and chronic compounding
perturbations and environmental shifts; and
3)
Novel
Methods for Capturing “Hot Spots” and “Hot Moments” of Biogeochemical Activity,
to develop and demonstrate methodologies suitable for precisely measuring the
occurrence and quantifying the magnitude of “hot spots” and/or “hot moments” in
ways that are extensible to different types of watersheds, ecosystems or
regions.
Announcement
Number:
DE-FOA-0002392
Closing
Date:
Pre-Application:
December 17, 2020
Full
Application: March 4, 2021
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329897
Contact
Information
Jennifer
Arrigo
Jennifer.Arrigo@science.doe.gov