The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) offers the Integrated Earth Systems (IES) grant program to fund collaborative, multidisciplinary research. This grant aims to advance understanding of Earth system operations, dynamics, and complexity. The IES program specifically supports studies of continental, terrestrial, and deep Earth subsystems, from the core to the critical zone, across all scales. Providing mid-tier funding, this grant welcomes research on topics including continents, terrestrial and surficial systems (physical, chemical, biotic aspects), and linkages between tectonics, climate, landscape, topography, and geochemical cycles, including core and mantle processes.
Opportunity ID: 359525
General Information
Document Type: | Grants Notice |
Funding Opportunity Number: | 15-600 |
Funding Opportunity Title: | Frontier Research in Earth Sciences |
Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
Category Explanation: | – |
Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
Assistance Listings: | 47.050 — Geosciences |
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
Version: | Synopsis 1 |
Posted Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
Last Updated Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Opportunity is Archived |
Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Opportunity is Archived |
Archive Date: | Jun 07, 2025 |
Estimated Total Program Funding: | $9,000,000 |
Award Ceiling: | $3,000,000 |
Award Floor: | $1,000,000 |
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
Description: | Integrated Earth Systems (IES) is a program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) that focuses on the continental, terrestrial and deep Earth subsystems of the whole Earth system. The overall goal of the program is to provide opportunity for collaborative, multidisciplinary research into the operation, dynamics and complexity of Earth systems at a budgetary scale between that of a typical project in the EAR Division’s disciplinary programs and larger scale initiatives at the Directorate or Foundation level. Specifically, IES will provide research opportunities for the study of Earth systems that operate across components of the Earth encompassing the core of the Earth to the top of the critical zone with a specific focus on subsystems that include all or part of the continental, terrestrial and deep Earth subsystems at all temporal and spatial scales (NROES, 2012). IES will provide opportunities to focus on Earth systems connected to topics which include (but are not limited to) the continents; the terrestrial, surficial Earth systems including physical, chemical and biotic dimensions; linkages among tectonics, climate, landscape change, topography and geochemical cycles including core and mantle processes. |
Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 15-600 |
Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NSF grants.gov support
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email:grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
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