Funding-Ocean
Acidification (OA); January 6, 2012
Agency
Name
National
Science Foundation
Synopsis
The need for understanding
the potential adverse impacts of a slowly acidifying sea upon marine ecosystems
is widely recognized and included as a priority objective in the new National
Ocean Policy. The effects of ocean acidification could significantly affect
strategies for developing practices towards the sustainability of ocean
resources. Basic research concerning the nature, extent and impact of ocean
acidification on oceanic environments in the past, present and future is
required. Research challenges include:
·
Understanding
the geochemistry and biogeochemistry of ocean acidification;
·
Understanding
how ocean acidification interacts with biological and physical processes at the
organismal level, and how such interactions impact the structure and function
of ecosystems, e.g. through life histories, food webs, biogeochemical cycling,
and other interactions; and
·
Understanding
how the earth system history informs our understanding of the effects of ocean
acidification on the present day and future ocean.
Timely efforts to
address these research challenges require fundamental research offered through
this solicitation: (1) Regular research proposals, (2) Research Coordination
Networks (RCN), and (3) EArly-concept Grants for
Exploratory Research (EAGER).
Announcement
Number:
NSF 12-500
Due
Date: January
06, 2012
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12500/nsf12500.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
·
David
L. Garrison, Program Director, Biological Oceanography, telephone: (703)
292-7588, email: dgarriso@nsf.gov
·
Candace
O. Major, Program Director, Marine Geology and Geophysics, telephone: (703)
292-8580, email: cmajor@nsf.gov
·
Henrietta
Edmonds, Program Director, Arctic Natural Sciences, telephone: (703) 292-8029,
email: hedmonds@nsf.gov
·
Peter
Milne, Program Director, Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, telephone:
(703) 292-4714, email: pmilne@nsf.gov
·
Donald
Rice, Program Director, Chemical Oceanography, telephone: (703) 292-7708,
email: drice@nsf.gov
·
William
E. Zamer, Program Director, Division of Integrative
Organismal Systems, telephone: (703) 292-7894, email: wzamer@nsf.gov