(FOA)-Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems (UGOS) Grants 2; June 5, 2019

 

Agency

National Academies – Gulf Research Program

 

Description

This solicitation is the Gulf Research Program’s (GRP) second funding opportunity aimed at improving understanding and prediction of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System (LCS). The focus of this solicitation is to support innovative theories, technologies, or methodologies that build upon existing understanding of the dynamics driving the LCS and could help improve forecasting capabilities of the Loop Current and associated eddies.

 

The GRP seeks to support the development, testing, and/or validation of innovative and/or high-utility theories, technologies, and methodologies that can be used to understand and predict the LCS and that expand upon the current knowledge base and improve existing observational and modeling tools. Examples of ideas that align with the aim of this Request for Applications (RFA) include, but are not limited to:

• Application of new, underutilized, or previously unexploited data sets to demonstrate, expand on, or validate theoretical understanding of LCS dynamics.
• Development, investigation, and/or validation of new modeling approaches, data assimilation, or data analysis techniques to improve understanding and predictability of the LCS.
• Development and/or demonstration of a technology that could reduce the cost or improve the accuracy of in-situ and/or satellite measurements required to better understand and predict the LCS.
• Development and/or validation of new real-time or near-real-time ocean data exfiltration and telemetry technologies.
• Investigation of a new way to leverage existing or planned observational infrastructure to sample key chemical or biological variables needed to understand and predict the LCS.

 

Announcement Number

UGOS 2

 

Closing Date

Full applications: June 5, 2019

 

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.nationalacademies.org/gulf/grants/ugos-2/index.htm

 

Contact Information

gulfgrants@nas.edu