Funding-DOE -
Environmental System Science; November 13, 2015
Agency
Department
of Energy
Office
of Science
Description
The
Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science
(SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) hereby announces its interest in
receiving applications for research in Environmental Systems Science (ESS), including
Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) and Subsurface Biogeochemical Research
(SBR). The mission of the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD)
within BER is to advance a robust predictive understanding of Earth’s climate
and environmental systems and to inform the development of sustainable
solutions to the Nation’s energy and environmental challenges. The goal of the
Environmental System Science (ESS) activity in the Office of Biological and
Environmental Research (BER) is to advance a robust predictive understanding of
terrestrial environments, extending from bedrock to the top of the vegetated
canopy and from molecular to global scales in support of DOE’s energy and
environmental missions. Using an iterative approach to model-driven experimentation
and observation, interdisciplinary teams of scientists work to unravel the
coupled physical, chemical and biological processes that control the structure
and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems across vast spatial and temporal
scales. State-of-science understanding is captured in conceptual theories and
models which can be translated into a hierarchy of computational components and
used to predict the system response to perturbations caused, for example, by
changes in climate, land use/cover or contaminant loading. Basic understanding
of the system structure and function is advanced through this iterative cycle
of experimentation and observation by targeting key system components and
processes that are suspected to most limit the predictive skill of the models.
Announcement
Number:
DE-FOA-0001437
Closing
Date:
Nov
13, 2015 for required Pre-Applications
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=279588
Contact
Information
Kimberlie Laing
301-903-3026