NSF Org:	OCE Division Of Ocean Sciences
Recipient:
Initial Amendment Date:	December 28, 2010
Latest Amendment Date:	December 28, 2010
Award Number:	1068958
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Kandace Binkley kbinkley@nsf.gov  (703)292-7577 OCE  Division Of Ocean Sciences GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	January 1, 2011
End Date:	December 31, 2013 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$762,185.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$250,295.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2011 = $250,295.00
History of Investigator:	Kathy Tedesco (Principal Investigator) k.tedesco@unesco.org
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	United Nations Educ Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Paris  FR  00000
Sponsor Congressional District:
Primary Place of Performance:	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 1, Rue Miolllis Paris  FR  75732
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
Primary Program Source:	01001112DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001213DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001314DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	1382, 1389
Program Element Code(s):	541900
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

The PI requests funding to cover the costs of the IOC's program officer to manage the ocean carbon programs of the IOC; namely, the International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) and IOC's activities in the areas of ocean acidification and ocean carbon sequestration. The proposal also provides support for PhD-level professional's assistance for specific activities of the IOCCP. The IOC program officer serves as a liaison between IOC activities and the IOC Member States, as well as the United Nations conventions and other intergovernmental mandates relevant to the ocean's role in the global carbon cycle, including sequestration and ocean acidification.

Broader Impacts:

Understanding the role of carbon, it's absorption into the ocean, it's consequences for ocean ecosystems and its long-term cycling, as well as the relationships between human colonization and its effect on coastal ecosystems, are fundamental societal concerns. Accurate data and the development of reliable models are essential in order to understand the consequences of inaction and the planning of cost-effective mitigation strategies. These planning activities stimulate beneficial exchanges between U.S. scientists and their international counterparts, often resulting in extended subsequent joint research, field activities and student exchanges.

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