AC4 is a competitive research program, which solicits research proposals typically on an annual basis, starting with the FY2013 announcement released during summer of 2012. In addition, occasionally, the program participates in an interagency call for proposals. Current and past solicitations and research priorities are listed below.
View past AC4 funding opportunities (and those of predecessor programs) below.
Fiscal year 2016 competition
AC4 FY16 Competition Information Sheet
In FY16, AC4 program solicits proposals focused on Western US fire research relevant to FIREX. Specifically, AC4 plans to support the types of projects that:
1. Collect, analyze and/or model data from FIREX or related field or laboratory experiments
2. Exploit multiple data sets - in situ, remote, and /or satellite, especially from CrIS instrument
3. Focus on the effects of biomass burning on nitrogen cycle
4. Contribute to improving the prediction of smoke from wildfires, especially in NOAA’s Air Quality Forecasting system, via improvements to regional prediction modeling systems that utilize models like CMAQ and WRF-Chem.
Fiscal year 2015 competition
AC4 FY15 Competition Information Sheet
In FY15, AC4 program solicited proposals focused on
1. Improvements to nitrogen cycle representation in GFDL's Earth System Models.
Fiscal Year 2014 competitions
AC4 FY14 Competition Information Sheet
In FY14, AC4 program solicited proposals targeting research areas including
1. Emissions from Southeast of US
2. Emissions from oil & gas extraction
3. Deposition processes
Interagency carbon cycle call for proposals (under NASA ROSES)
In the carbon cycle interagency call for proposals under NASA/ROSES, NOAA's participation in (through our AC4 program) focused on "Carbon dynamics within urban-suburban-forested-agricultural landscapes". The full solicitation included other topics within carbon cycle.
The link to the solicitation is the following:
http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2013
Awards made in 2014
Fiscal Year 2013 competition
AC4 FY13 Competition Information Sheet
In FY13, AC4 program solicited proposals targeting research areas including
1. Emissions from urban areas and oil & gas extraction
2. Improvements to CarbonTracker
3. Nitrogen cycle
18 projects were awarded, 40% success rate
Awards made in 2013
Fiscal Year 2012 competitions
ACC and GCC FY12 Information Sheets (Competition cancelled, no awards were made)
ACC:
1. Nitrogen cycle
GCC:
1. Improvements to CarbonTracker
2. Carbon emissions from urban areas
3. Analysis of biogeochemical feedbacks in CMIP5
Fiscal Year 2011 competitions
ACC and GCC FY11 Information Sheets
ACC:
1. Analysis of CalNex field measurements
2. Formation and transformation of ice nuclei
GCC:
1. Causes of variability in sources and sinks
2. Future atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations
3. Ocean carbon cycling, biogeochemical and ecosystem dynamics