SEP calls for innovative, interdisciplinary basic research in
SEES by teams of researchers for developing systems approaches
to sustainable energy pathways based on a comprehensive understanding
of the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and societal
issues. The SEP solicitation considers scalable approaches for
sustainable energy conversion to useful forms, as well as its
storage, transmission, distribution, and use.
Sustainability Research Networks will engage and explore fundamental
theoretical issues and empirical questions in sustainability science,
engineering, and education that will increase our understanding
of the ultimate sustainability challenge - maintaining and improving
the quality of life for the nation within a healthy Earth system.
The goal of the Sustainability Research Networks (SRN) competition
is to support the development and coalescence of entities to advance
collaborative research that addresses questions and challenges
in sustainability science, engineering, and education.
Deadlines:
Preliminary Proposals: December 1, 2011
Full Proposals: April 1, 2012
Through SEES Fellows, NSF seeks to enable the discoveries needed
to inform actions that lead to environmental, energy and societal
sustainability while creating the necessary workforce to address
these challenges. The program's emphasis is to facilitate investigations
that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and address issues
of sustainability through a systems approach, building bridges
between academic inquiry, economic growth, and societal needs.
This activity enables interagency cooperation on one of the most
pressing problems of the millennium--water sustainability --how
it is likely to affect our world, and how we can proactively plan
for its consequences. It allows the partner agencies--National
Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA/NIFA) -to combine
resources to identify and fund the most meritorious and highest-impact
projects that support their respective missions, while eliminating
duplication of effort and fostering collaboration between agencies
and the investigators they support.
The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) Program
promotes interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural
system processes and complex interactions among human and natural
systems at diverse scales.
NSF’s Partnerships for International Research and Education
(PIRE) program has released a Dear Colleague Letter announcing
that the FY 2011-2012 PIRE competition will be focused exclusively
on the NSF-wide investment area of Science, Engineering, and
Education for Sustainability (SEES). For more information about
this funding opportunity, please visit the PIRE homepage at: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12819&org=OISE&from=home
The goal of the RCN program is to advance a
field or create new directions in research or education. Groups
of investigators will be supported to communicate and coordinate
their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary,
organizational, geographic and international boundaries. RCN
provides opportunities to foster new collaborations, including
international partnerships, and address interdisciplinary topics.
Deadlines (SEES Track): May 24, 2011; February
3, 2012
The goal of this solicitation is to understand a) the geochemistry
and biogeochemistry of ocean acidification; b) how ocean acidification
interacts with biological and physical processes at the organismal
level, and how such interactions impact the structure and function
of ecosystems; and c) how the earth system history informs our
understanding of the effects of ocean acidification on the present
day and future ocean.
EaSM focuses on the prediction of future climates and their consequences
for human systems on time scales of several decades and shorter
and global to regional and finer spatial scales.
The Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) program seeks
to establish a coordinated national network of regionally- or
thematically-based partnerships devoted to increasing the adoption
of effective, high quality educational programs and resources
related to the science of climate change and its impacts.
Deadlines: Letters of Intent (Required) , January 24, 2012; Full
Proposals, March 21, 2012
