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Title: Earth System History - (ESH)
Date: 07/06/04
Replaced: NSF 02-191
Earth System History (ESH)
Program Solicitation
NSF 04-597
Replaces Document NSF 02-191
[NSF Logo] National Science Foundation
Directorate for Geosciences
Division of Atmospheric Sciences
Division of Earth Sciences
Division of Ocean Sciences
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):
October 13, 2004
October 13, 2005
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
General Information
Program Title:
Earth System History (ESH)
Synopsis of Program:
The goals of the Earth System History (ESH) program are to: 1)
encourage innovative research on the natural variability of the
Earth's climate system from records preserved in geo-biologic
archives, and 2) provide a comprehensive understanding of Earth's
changing climate with regard to forcing mechanisms, interactions,
and feedbacks.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
* David J. Verardo, Program Director, Directorate for Geosciences,
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, 775 S, telephone: (703) 292-8527,
fax: (703) 292-9022, email: dverardo@nsf.gov
* Amos Winter, Associate Program Director, Directorate for Geosciences,
Division of Ocean Sciences, 725 N, telephone: (703) 292-8581, fax:
(703) 292-9085, email: awinter@nsf.gov
* Paul E. Filmer, Program Director, Directorate for Geosciences,
Division of Earth Sciences, 785 S, telephone: (703) 292-7858, fax:
(703) 292-9025, email: pfilmer@nsf.gov
Applicable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s):
* 47.050 --- Geosciences
Eligibility Information
* Organization Limit: None Specified.
* PI Eligibility Limit: None Specified.
* Limit on Number of Proposals: None Specified.
Award Information
* Anticipated Type of Award: Standard or Continuing Grant
* Estimated Number of Awards: 30 - Approximately 30 new awards per year
with an average award size of $120,000 per year. Typical award
duration is expected to be three to four years.
* Anticipated Funding Amount: $10,000,000 per year pending availability
of funds
Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
* Full Proposal Preparation Instructions: Standard GPG Guidelines apply.
B. Budgetary Information
* Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is not required by NSF.
* Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Not Applicable.
* Other Budgetary Limitations: Not Applicable.
C. Due Dates
* Full Proposal Deadline Date(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):
October 13, 2004
October 13, 2005
Proposal Review Information
* Merit Review Criteria: National Science Board approved criteria.
Additional merit review considerations apply. Please see the full text
of this solicitation for further information.
Award Administration Information
* Award Conditions: Standard NSF award conditions apply.
* Reporting Requirements: Standard NSF reporting requirements apply.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary of Program Requirements
I. Introduction
II. Program Description
III. Eligibility Information
IV. Award Information
V. Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
B. Budgetary Information
C. Due Dates
D. FastLane Requirements
VI. Proposal Review Information
A. NSF Proposal Review Process
B. Review Protocol and Associated Customer Service Standard
VII. Award Administration Information
A. Notification of the Award
B. Award Conditions
C. Reporting Requirements
VIII.Contacts for Additional Information
IX. Other Programs of Interest
I. INTRODUCTION
The Earth System History (ESH) competition is a coordinated paleoscience
research initiative of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
that is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Divisions of
Atmospheric Sciences (ATM), Earth Sciences (EAR), and Ocean Sciences (OCE).
As the paleoscience component of the USGCRP, the emphasis of the ESH
competition is upon the Earth's paleoenvironmental system. In this context,
the term "Earth system" refers to elements of the coupled
atmosphere-biosphere-cryosphere-hydrosphere and terrestrial system critical
to understanding changing climate over geologic time.
The importance of ESH research, as an element of the USGCRP, stems from its
unique capability, on timescales longer than the instrumental record, to:
(1) document the past temporal and spatial variability of the Earth system;
(2) assess the rates of change associated with this variability; (3)
determine the sensitivity of the Earth system to variations in
climate-forcing factors; and (4) evaluate the simulations of numerical
models.
Research supported by the ESH competition is intended to increase our
knowledge of the natural variability inherent in the Earth's climate
system, as evidenced in geo-biologic archives, and to provide insights into
the role of forcing mechanisms, interactions, and feedbacks among its
various components.
Proposals to the ESH competition must clearly state how the proposed
project will contribute to achieving these goals and is relevant to the ESH
Areas of Research Interest.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Understanding how changing climate affects ecosystems and humans requires
knowledge of 1) the full range of Earth's climate variability; and 2) how
ice, ocean, atmosphere, continents, and biosphere respond to varying
climate conditions over time. Integrated responses of the Earth system to
climatic perturbations are preserved in natural archives of many types
including: tree-rings, ice cores, corals, ancient soil deposits and marine,
lake and terrestrial sediments. These records provide the data needed to
understand the natural behavior of the Earth system and will provide the
temporal perspective for evaluating more recent human-induced impacts.
Geo-biologic archives preserve unique information on temporal and spatial
variability, periods of rapid changes in climate and ecosystems, changes in
ocean and atmospheric composition and circulation, and regional
manifestations of climate oscillations. These features present
intellectual, observational, and analytical challenges that are critical to
understanding changes in climate, especially those that occur on time
scales of interest to society.
The ESH competition encourages innovative projects that integrate and
synthesize paleoclimatic data to extend our knowledge of past climatic
conditions and processes. This will increase our understanding of future
climatic trends and their impacts on ecosystems and societies. The ESH
competition seeks to achieve this goal by providing funds to collect
critical new data, develop novel tools for research and analysis, and
enable integrative efforts among researchers.
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
The ESH competition accepts proposals from individual investigators or from
teams of investigators working on crosscutting scientific issues involving
interdisciplinary efforts in multi-proxy data collection, analysis, and
modeling in the three areas of research described below.
In all areas of ESH research, the use of Earth system models to investigate
the causes, patterns, mechanisms, processes, and linkages between different
elements of the marine-terrestrial-atmosphere-cryosphere system is
encouraged. Evaluating model simulations of climate change using
paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental data is an important step in assessing
the ability of these models to simulate future climate. Consequently,
proposals are strongly encouraged that incorporate data-model comparisons
into one of the four ESH research areas to ensure that the predictive Earth
system models being used provide realistic simulations of natural climate
variability.
1. Holocene Climate Variability, Forcing Mechanisms, and Impacts
The geologic record of the last 10,000 years of Earth history is an
important archive of data on natural climate variability at
annual-to-millennial timescales under planetary boundary conditions
similar to those prevalent today. The goal of this area of research is
to define the full range of natural environmental and climatic
variability and to understand how this variability is affected by
changes in external forcing.
Proposals should address the collection and analysis of
high-resolution time series to advance the global study of
patterns, processes, and causes of annual-to-millennial scale
climatic and environmental variability beyond the instrumental
record.
Priority will be given to proposals that seek to: 1) collect new
Holocene paleoclimate records from key terrestrial and marine
archives, 2) examine marine-terrestrial-atmosphere-cryosphere
connections and North American climate response, and 3)
synthesize and integrate data and model efforts expanding our
understanding of forcing mechanisms relevant to Holocene climate
variability.
Research and implementation plans that address these Holocene
science priorities are available on the ESH web page at
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/egch/gc_esh.html. Additional information
can be obtained from the NSF-supported office of Marine Aspects
of Earth System History (MESH) at http://mesh.whoi.edu.
2. Abrupt Climate Change
Climate change sometimes occurs as sudden shifts from one climate
regime to another. The evidence for sudden shifts occurring over years
to centuries comes from a variety of proxy records including
tree-rings, ice cores, lake cores, and ocean sediments. Fully
understanding the causes, mechanisms, and frequency of these rapid
changes is crucial to anticipating future changes in climate and may
help separate human-induced change from natural variation of the
climate system.
Proposals should address the use of paleoclimate records to
document the frequency, temporal resolution, and spatial extent
of past rapid climate changes. Proposals may address rapid
changes in the Earth's climate system that have occurred over the
last 120,000 years from regional-scale regime shifts to
global-scale reorganizations of the climate system.
Priority will be given to proposals that seek to: 1) understand
the mechanisms and forcing associated with rapid climate changes,
as well as the feedbacks that reinforce or counteract such
changes, and 2) characterize and quantify the response of the
various components of the Earth system to rapid changes in
climate.
Research and implementation plans that address these science
priorities are available on the ESH web page at
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/egch/gc_esh.html. Additional information
can be obtained from the NSF-supported office of Marine Aspects
of Earth System History (MESH) at http://mesh.whoi.edu.
3. Regional Patterns and Phasing of Climate Change
Understanding spatial patterns of past climate changes, the degree of
synchronicity or phasing between different areas, and the relation
between low latitude and high latitude regions are critical aspects of
paleoclimate studies to test and improve climate models.
Proposals should address spatial aspects of climate change, such
as tropical and extra-tropical linkages and inter-hemispheric
comparisons revealed in marine and terrestrial records.
Priority will be given to proposals that seek to examine the
regional links and phasing of century to millenial scale
resolution climate records for the last several glacial cycles.
Data Management: Funded projects must adhere to the USGCRP data management
policy and the policies applying to recipients of Federal funding in the
geosciences which can be found at the world wide web site
http://www.gcdis.usgcrp.gov/policies/dmwg/dmwg-gcp.html. Unless otherwise
specified in the proposal, the PI/PD will be responsible for ensuring that
all data generated by the funded project will be documented and submitted
to the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology at the National Geophysical
Data Center in Boulder, CO. The guidelines for data submission are
available on the world wide web at
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/contrib.html.
III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
The categories of proposers identified in the Grant Proposal Guide are
eligible to submit proposals under this program announcement/solicitation.
IV. AWARD INFORMATION
It is anticipated that approximately 30 new awards per year with an average
award size of $120,000 per year will be made. Typical award duration is
expected to be three to four years. Approximately $10 million is expected
to be available in FY 2005 and in FY 2006 for new awards, pending
availability of funds.
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
Full Proposal Instructions:
Proposals submitted in response to this program announcement/solicitation
should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the general guidelines
contained in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG). The complete text of the
GPG is available electronically on the NSF Website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg. Paper copies of
the GPG may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone
(703) 292-7827 or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov.
Proposers are reminded to identify the program announcement/solicitation
number (04-597) in the program announcement/solicitation block on the NSF
Cover Sheet For Proposal to the National Science Foundation. Compliance
with this requirement is critical to determining the relevant proposal
processing guidelines. Failure to submit this information may delay
processing.
B. Budgetary Information
Cost Sharing:
Cost sharing is not required by NSF in proposals submitted under this
Program Solicitation.
C. Due Dates
Proposals must be submitted by the following date(s):
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):
October 13, 2004
October 13, 2005
D. FastLane Requirements
Proposers are required to prepare and submit all proposals for this
announcement/solicitation through the FastLane system. Detailed
instructions for proposal preparation and submission via FastLane are
available at: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm. For FastLane
user support, call the FastLane Help Desk at 1-800-673-6188 or e-mail
fastlane@nsf.gov. The FastLane Help Desk answers general technical
questions related to the use of the FastLane system. Specific questions
related to this program announcement/solicitation should be referred to the
NSF program staff contact(s) listed in Section VIII of this
announcement/solicitation.
Submission of Electronically Signed Cover Sheets. The Authorized
Organizational Representative (AOR) must electronically sign the proposal
Cover Sheet to submit the required proposal certifications (see Chapter II,
Section C of the Grant Proposal Guide for a listing of the certifications).
The AOR must provide the required electronic certifications within five
working days following the electronic submission of the proposal. Proposers
are no longer required to provide a paper copy of the signed Proposal Cover
Sheet to NSF. Further instructions regarding this process are available on
the FastLane Website at: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov
VI. PROPOSAL REVIEW INFORMATION
A. NSF Proposal Review Process
Reviews of proposals submitted to NSF are solicited from peers with
expertise in the substantive area of the proposed research or education
project. These reviewers are selected by Program Officers charged with the
oversight of the review process. NSF invites the proposer to suggest, at
the time of submission, the names of appropriate or inappropriate
reviewers. Care is taken to ensure that reviewers have no conflicts with
the proposer. Special efforts are made to recruit reviewers from
non-academic institutions, minority-serving institutions, or adjacent
disciplines to that principally addressed in the proposal.
The National Science Board approved revised criteria for evaluating
proposals at its meeting on March 28, 1997 (NSB 97-72). All NSF proposals
are evaluated through use of the two merit review criteria. In some
instances, however, NSF will employ additional criteria as required to
highlight the specific objectives of certain programs and activities.
On July 8, 2002, the NSF Director issued Important Notice 127,
Implementation of new Grant Proposal Guide Requirements Related to the
Broader Impacts Criterion. This Important Notice reinforces the importance
of addressing both criteria in the preparation and review of all proposals
submitted to NSF. NSF continues to strengthen its internal processes to
ensure that both of the merit review criteria are addressed when making
funding decisions.
In an effort to increase compliance with these requirements, the January
2002 issuance of the GPG incorporated revised proposal preparation
guidelines relating to the development of the Project Summary and Project
Description. Chapter II of the GPG specifies that Principal Investigators
(PIs) must address both merit review criteria in separate statements within
the one-page Project Summary. This chapter also reiterates that broader
impacts resulting from the proposed project must be addressed in the
Project Description and described as an integral part of the narrative.
Effective October 1, 2002, NSF will return without review proposals that do
not separately address both merit review criteria within the Project
Summary. It is believed that these changes to NSF proposal preparation and
processing guidelines will more clearly articulate the importance of
broader impacts to NSF-funded projects.
The two National Science Board approved merit review criteria are listed
below (see the Grant Proposal Guide Chapter III.A for further information).
The criteria include considerations that help define them. These
considerations are suggestions and not all will apply to any given
proposal. While proposers must address both merit review criteria,
reviewers will be asked to address only those considerations that are
relevant to the proposal being considered and for which he/she is qualified
to make judgments.
What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and
understanding within its own field or across different fields? How
well qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to conduct the
project? (If appropriate, the reviewer will comment on the quality of
the prior work.) To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and
explore creative and original concepts? How well conceived and
organized is the proposed activity? Is there sufficient access to
resources?
What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while
promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well does the proposed
activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g.,
gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To what extent will
it enhance the infrastructure for research and education, such as
facilities, instrumentation, networks, and partnerships? Will the
results be disseminated broadly to enhance scientific and
technological understanding? What may be the benefits of the proposed
activity to society?
NSF staff will give careful consideration to the following in making
funding decisions:
Integration of Research and Education
One of the principal strategies in support of NSF's goals is to foster
integration of research and education through the programs, projects,
and activities it supports at academic and research institutions.
These institutions provide abundant opportunities where individuals
may concurrently assume responsibilities as researchers, educators,
and students and where all can engage in joint efforts that infuse
education with the excitement of discovery and enrich research through
the diversity of learning perspectives.
Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs, Projects, and Activities
Broadening opportunities and enabling the participation of all
citizens -- women and men, underrepresented minorities, and persons
with disabilities -- is essential to the health and vitality of
science and engineering. NSF is committed to this principle of
diversity and deems it central to the programs, projects, and
activities it considers and supports.
Additional Review Criteria: In the evaluation of proposals submitted
to this competition, reviewers will be asked to evaluate the relevance
of the proposed research to one of the ESH Areas of Research Interest.
B. Review Protocol and Associated Customer Service Standard
All proposals are carefully reviewed by at least three other persons
outside NSF who are experts in the particular field represented by the
proposal. Proposals submitted in response to this announcement/solicitation
will be reviewed by Ad Hoc Review followed by Panel Review.
Reviewers will be asked to formulate a recommendation to either support or
decline each proposal. The Program Officer assigned to manage the
proposal's review will consider the advice of reviewers and will formulate
a recommendation.
A summary rating and accompanying narrative will be completed and submitted
by each reviewer. In all cases, reviews are treated as confidential
documents. Verbatim copies of reviews, excluding the names of the
reviewers, are sent to the Principal Investigator/Project Director by the
Program Director. In addition, the proposer will receive an explanation of
the decision to award or decline funding.
In most cases, proposers will be contacted by the Program Officer after his
or her recommendation to award or decline funding has been approved by the
Division Director. This informal notification is not a guarantee of an
eventual award.
NSF is striving to be able to tell proposers whether their proposals have
been declined or recommended for funding within six months. The time
interval begins on the closing date of an announcement/solicitation, or the
date of proposal receipt, whichever is later. The interval ends when the
Division Director accepts the Program Officer's recommendation.
In all cases, after programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals
recommended for funding will be forwarded to the Division of Grants and
Agreements for review of business, financial, and policy implications and
the processing and issuance of a grant or other agreement. Proposers are
cautioned that only a Grants and Agreements Officer may make commitments,
obligations or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of
funds. No commitment on the part of NSF should be inferred from technical
or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal
Investigator or organization that makes financial or personnel commitments
in the absence of a grant or cooperative agreement signed by the NSF Grants
and Agreements Officer does so at their own risk.
VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the submitting organization by a
Grants Officer in the Division of Grants and Agreements. Organizations
whose proposals are declined will be advised as promptly as possible by the
cognizant NSF Program Division administering the program. Verbatim copies
of reviews, not including the identity of the reviewer, will be provided
automatically to the Principal Investigator. (See section VI.A. for
additional information on the review process.)
B. Award Conditions
An NSF award consists of: (1) the award letter, which includes any special
provisions applicable to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2)
the budget, which indicates the amounts, by categories of expense, on which
NSF has based its support (or otherwise communicates any specific approvals
or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced in
the award letter; (4) the applicable award conditions, such as Grant
General Conditions (NSF-GC-1); * or Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)
Terms and Conditions * and (5) any announcement or other NSF issuance that
may be incorporated by reference in the award letter. Cooperative agreement
awards are administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Agreement
Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC). Electronic
mail notification is the preferred way to transmit NSF awards to
organizations that have electronic mail capabilities and have requested
such notification from the Division of Grants and Agreements.
*These documents may be accessed electronically on NSF's Website at
http://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/. Paper copies of these documents may be
obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone (703) 292-7827
or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov.
More comprehensive information on NSF Award Conditions is contained in the
NSF Grant Policy Manual (GPM) Chapter II, available electronically on the
NSF Website at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpm.
The GPM is also for sale through the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC 20402. The telephone
number at GPO for subscription information is (202) 512-1800. The GPM may
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C. Reporting Requirements
For all multi-year grants (including both standard and continuing grants),
the PI must submit an annual project report to the cognizant Program
Officer at least 90 days before the end of the current budget period.
Within 90 days after the expiration of an award, the PI also is required to
submit a final project report. Failure to provide final technical reports
delays NSF review and processing of pending proposals for the PI and all
Co-PIs. PIs should examine the formats of the required reports in advance
to assure availability of required data.
PIs are required to use NSF's electronic project reporting system,
available through FastLane, for preparation and submission of annual and
final project reports. This system permits electronic submission and
updating of project reports, including information on project participants
(individual and organizational), activities and findings, publications, and
other specific products and contributions. PIs will not be required to
re-enter information previously provided, either with a proposal or in
earlier updates using the electronic system.
VIII. CONTACTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
General inquiries regarding this program should be made to:
* David J. Verardo, Program Director, Directorate for Geosciences,
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, 775 S, telephone: (703) 292-8527,
fax: (703) 292-9022, email: dverardo@nsf.gov
* Amos Winter, Associate Program Director, Directorate for Geosciences,
Division of Ocean Sciences, 725 N, telephone: (703) 292-8581, fax:
(703) 292-9085, email: awinter@nsf.gov
* Paul E. Filmer, Program Director, Directorate for Geosciences,
Division of Earth Sciences, 785 S, telephone: (703) 292-7858, fax:
(703) 292-9025, email: pfilmer@nsf.gov
For questions related to the use of FastLane, contact:
* Brian Midson, Assistant Program Director, Directorate for Geosciences,
Division of Ocean Sciences, 725 N, telephone: (703) 292-8580, fax:
(703) 292-9085, email: bmidson@nsf.gov
IX. OTHER PROGRAMS OF INTEREST
The NSF Guide to Programs is a compilation of funding for research and
education in science, mathematics, and engineering. The NSF Guide to
Programs is available electronically at
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?gp. General descriptions of NSF programs,
research areas, and eligibility information for proposal submission are
provided in each chapter.
Many NSF programs offer announcements or solicitations concerning specific
proposal requirements. To obtain additional information about these
requirements, contact the appropriate NSF program offices. Any changes in
NSF's fiscal year programs occurring after press time for the Guide to
Programs will be announced in the NSF E-Bulletin, which is updated daily on
the NSF Website at http://www.nsf.gov/home/ebulletin, and in individual
program announcements/solicitations. Subscribers can also sign up for NSF's
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