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DE-FOA-0003194: Atmospheric System Research (ASR)

Closed Closed February 13, 2024 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003194 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship Pilot (DE-FOA-0003673). Status: Closes January 12, 2027 (66 days left). It is in our archive of Office of Science notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$945,000
• Award floor$200,000
• Total funding$12.0 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant, Other

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

All types of domestic applicants are eligible to apply, except nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995. This includes but is not limited to accredited institutions of higher learning such as universities and colleges. Non-domestic institutions may be proposed as team members in a multi-institutional team and may be proposed as subrecipients under another organization’s application. Federally affiliated entities must adhere to the eligibility standards below:III.A.1. DOE/NNSA National LaboratoriesDOE/NNSA National Laboratories are neither eligible to submit applications under this FOA nor to be proposed as subrecipients under another organization’s application.III.A.2. Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCsNon-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to submit applications under this FOA and may be proposed as subrecipients under another organization’s application. If recommended for funding as a lead applicant, funding may be provided through an interagency agreement to the FFRDC’s sponsoring Federal Agency. If recommended for funding as a proposed subrecipient, the value of the proposed subaward may be removed from the prime applicant’s award and may be provided through an Inter-Agency Award to the FFRDC’s sponsoring Federal Agency. Additional instructions for securing authorization from the cognizant Contracting Officer are found in Section VIII of this FOA.III.A.3. Other Federal AgenciesOther Federal Agencies are eligible to submit applications under this FOA but are not eligible to be proposed as subrecipients under another organization’s application. Instead, they must submit their own collaborative application as a team member in a multi-institutional team. If recommended for funding, either as the sole applicant or in a multi-institutional team, funding will be provided through an interagency agreement. Additional instructions for providing statutory authorization are found in Section VIII of this FOA.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Office of Science Financial Assistance Program awards averaged $1.2 million; this notice allows up to $945,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (69% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The goal of ASR is to quantify the interactions among aerosols, clouds, precipitation, and radiation to improve understanding of key cloud, aerosol, precipitation, and radiation processes that affect the Earth’s radiative balance and hydrological cycle, especially processes that limit the predictive ability of regional and global models. For the most part, ASR investments are based on measurements of radiation, aerosols, clouds, precipitation, thermodynamics, turbulence, and state variables from the ARM user facility. ARM’s continuous observational datasets are supplemented with process models, laboratory studies, and shorter-duration ground-based and airborne field campaigns to target specific atmospheric processes in different atmospheric and climatic regimes and across a range of spatial and temporal scales. ASR’s four priority research areas are focused on reducing the large uncertainties in Earth system prediction that can be traced to: aerosol processes, warm boundary-layer processes, convective processes, and high-latitude processes. Specific topics solicited in ASR funding opportunity announcements vary from year to year to take advantage of new ARM data, respond to ASR-relevant workshop reports, and maintain a balanced research portfolio. Not all ASR priority research areas will be solicited every year. More information on ASR is available at: https://science.osti.gov/ber/Research/eessd/Atmospheric-System-Research-Program and background material on EESSD priorities is available in the 2018 EESSD Strategic Plan at https://science.osti.gov/-/media/ber/pdf/workshop-reports/2018_CESD_Strategic_Plan.pdf. Workshop reports relevant to topics in this FOA include: · ASR New Strategies for Addressing Anthropogenic-Biogenic Interactions of SOA in Climate Models Workshop Report (2015), · BER Climate and Environmental Sciences Division ACME – ARM – ASR Coordination Workshop Report (2015), · Atmospheric System Research Marine Low Clouds Workshop Report (2016), · Atmospheric System Research Treatment of Convection in Next-Generation Climate Models: Challenges and Opportunities Workshop Report (2016), · BER Absorbing Aerosols Workshop Report (2016), · Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility ARM Mobile Facility Workshop Report (2019), · NOAA-DOE Precipitation Processes and Predictability Workshop Report (2021), and · DOE-NOAA Marine Cloud Brightening Workshop Report (2022).

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

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