Division of Antarctic Sciences
Antarctic Research
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CONTACTS
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PROGRAM GUIDELINES
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Solicitation
09-536
Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes
revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA)
(Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests
funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring
activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply
with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I:
Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of
this new requirement).
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Deadline Date: June 8, 2009
SYNOPSIS
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Scientific research and operational support of that research are the principal activities supported by the United States Government in Antarctica. The goals are to expand fundamental knowledge of the region, to foster research on global and regional problems of current scientific importance, and to use Antarctica as a platform from which to support research. The U.S. Antarctic Program provides support for field work only when a compelling justification exists for doing the work in Antarctica (i.e., the work can only be done, or is best done, in Antarctica). The program also supports antarctic-related analytical research performed at home organizations. NSF is the designated lead agency for the International Polar Year, 2007-2009, for the United States and has made a number of awards in response to IPY solicitations (see list of awards at http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipy_awards_list.jsp). Proposals that make use of IPY datasets or that otherwise build on IPY investments are welcome in the regular programs. For information concerning other Federal agencies and their IPY programs, please go to the U.S. government interagency IPY site at http://www.us-ipy.gov/.
FUNDED AS PART OF THIS ACTIVITY
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Antarctic Aeronomy and Astrophysics Program
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Antarctic Earth Sciences Program
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Antarctic Glaciology Program
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Antarctic Integrated System Science
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Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
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Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems
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RELATED URLS
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Polar Ice
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U.S. Antarctic Program portal
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U.S. Antarctic Program Participant Guide, 2006-2008
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Grantee Deployment Packets and Information
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OPP Guidelines and Award Conititions for Scientific Data
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U.S. Interagency IPY web site
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U.S. Antarctic Program Data Coordination Center
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Report from the Oden Southern Ocean Workshop, February 10-13, 2008
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Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
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