The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA/NIFA) are offering a grant focused on Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC). This grant addresses the urgent global challenge of ensuring adequate water supply and quality despite burgeoning human needs and climate change. Its goal is to advance understanding and prediction of interactions between water systems, climate change, land use, the built environment, and ecosystems through place-based research and integrative models. Key research areas include developing theoretical frameworks for predicting impacts of climate and human activity on water resources, analyzing changes in water budgets and quality, and improving the reliability of built water and governance systems for diverse needs. This interdisciplinary initiative seeks proposals broadly integrating biological, geosciences, engineering, and social sciences to foster a new paradigm in water research.
Opportunity ID: 100076
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 11-551 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Water Sustainability and Climate |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 26 |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.310 — Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 17, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 19, 2011 Full Proposal Deadline(s): October 19, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 19, 2011 Full Proposal Deadline(s): October 19, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $31,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $5,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -For-profit organizations: U.S. commercial organizations, especially small businesses with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education. -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities. -Other Federal Agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): Contact the appropriate program before preparing a proposal for submission. -Universities and Colleges – Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions. – USDA-NIFA only : Eligible applicants for the grant program implemented under WSC include: (1) State agricultural experiment stations; (2) colleges and universities (including junior colleges offering associate degrees or higher); (3) university research foundations; (4) other research institutions and organizations; (5) Federal agencies, (6) national laboratories; (7) private organizations or corporations; (8) individuals who are U.S. citizens, nations, or permanent residents; and (9) any group consisting of 2 or more entities identified in (1) through (8). Eligible institutions do not include foreign and international organizations. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | One of the most urgent challenges facing the world today is ensuring an adequate supply and quality of water in light of both burgeoning human needs and climate variability and change. Despite water’s importance to life on Earth, there are major gaps in our basic understanding of water availability, quality and dynamics, and the impact of both a changing and variable climate, and human activity, on the water system. The goal of the Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) solicitation is to understand and predict the interactions between the water system and climate change, land use (including agriculture, managed forest and rangeland systems), the built environment, and ecosystem function and services through place-based research and integrative models. Studies of the water system using models and/or observations at specific sites singly or in combination that allow for spatial and temporal extrapolation to other regions, as well as integration across the different processes in that system are encouraged, especially to the extent that they advance the development of theoretical frameworks and predictive understanding. Specific topics of interest include:* Developing theoretical frameworks and models that incorporate the linkages and feedbacks among atmospheric, terrestrial, aquatic, oceanic, and social processes that can be used to predict the potential impact of (1) climate variability and change, (2) land use and (3) human activity on water systems on decadal to centennial scales in order to provide a basis for adaptive management of water resources.* Determining the inputs, outputs, and potential changes in water budgets and water quality in response to (1) climate variability and change, (2) land use and (3) human activity, and the effect of these changes on Biogeochemical cycles, water quality, long-term chemical transport and transformation, terrestrial, aquatic and coastal ecosystems, landscape evolution and human settlements and behavior.* Determining how our built water systems and our governance systems can be made more reliable, resilient and sustainable to meet diverse and often conflicting needs, such as minimizing consumption of water for energy generation, industrial and agricultural/forest rangeland production and built environment requirements, reuse for both potable and non-potable needs, ecosystem protection, and flood control and storm water management.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 supportSuccessful proposals are expected to study water systems in their entirety and to enable a new interdisciplinary paradigm in water research. Proposals that do not broadly integrate across the biological sciences, geosciences, engineering, and social sciences may be returned without review. Proposals may establish new observational sites or utilize existing sites and facilities already supported by NSF (National Science Foundation) or other federal and state agencies (e.g. USGS (US Geological Survey), USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) , USDA/ARS/FS (US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Station/Forest Service), NOAA(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)). |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 11-551 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | NSF grants.gov support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.050 | PKG00061451 | Jun 23, 2011 | Oct 19, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
100076 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
100076 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
100076 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf
100076 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
100076 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf
100076 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
100076 NSF_CoverPage_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
100076 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
100076 NSF_DeviationAuthorization-1.1.pdf
100076 NSF_SuggestedReviewers-1.1.pdf
100076 NSF_Registration_1_3-1.3.pdf
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