Title : NSF91148--Arctic Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (LAII) Type : Program Guideline NSF Contact : GEO Date : January 7, 1992 PROGRAM SOLICITATION ARCTIC LAND-ATMOSPHERE-ICE INTERACTIONS (LAII) A COMPONENT OF THE NSF ARCTIC SYSTEM SCIENCE PROGRAM The National Science Foundation invites scientists from U.S. institutions to submit proposals to perform research on environmental processes and interactions of the arctic terrestrial environment. This research will contribute to NSF's Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program, a component of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The ARCSS Program is described in the context of NSF's Global Change Research Program: a component of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (NSF program announcement NSF 91- 33). Arctic Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions is one of three components of the NSF ARCSS Program. Other components include Arctic Paleoenvironmental Studies and Arctic Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions. Paleoenvironmental Studies were initiated in FY 1989 with the second Greenland Ice Sheet Program (GISP 2) to evaluate arctic climatic fluctuations during the past 120,000 years, and a smaller program initiated in FY 1990 to study Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries (PALE) which will evaluate environmental responses to changing climate over the past 25,000 years. The Arctic Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions component was initiated in FY 1991. The ARCSS program goals are: i. to understand the physical, chemical, biological, and social processes of the arctic system that interact with the total earth system and thus contribute to or are influenced by global change, in order ii. to advance the scientific basis for predicting environmental change on a decade to centuries time scale and for formulating policy options in response to the anticipated impacts on humans and societal support systems. This FY 1992 ARCSS competition for Arctic LAII studies is responsive to the NSF-sponsored workshop entitled Arctic "Arctic System Science:Land/Atmosphere/Ice Interactions" held at the University of Colorado, 26 February - 3 March 1990, and to subsequent science community planning efforts. Achieving the goals of the ARCSS LAII component will require participation of the multidisciplinary arctic research community as well as of scientists not traditionally focused on the Arctic. Both individuals and teams are expected to participate in the ARCSS LAII competition and research. All proposals must clearly set forth the contributions of their proposed research to answering the four questions posed in the science objectives section (refer to Table 5 "Research Priorities" in the LAII workshop report). Proposals and research from team efforts should include most of the aspects of the major approaches in the program such as data collection, experimentation, scaling, and modeling. All research efforts need to be interdisciplinary and to extrapolate plot or local understanding and measurements to regional scales. Because it is the goal of the program to start by funding several individual and team projects, the scope of each project should also be modest at the start and increase over time. All funded projects will be expected to adhere to a data management protocol (to be developed in detail by a science steering committee) in the spirit of sharing information throughout the ARCSS Program. Proposals responsive to these priority areas should be postmarked no later than March 15, 1992 for the ARCSS deadline. Proposals will be evaluated through both ad hoc and panel review. Investigators should read the LAII workshop report (ARCTIC SYSTEM SCIENCE - Land/Atmosphere/Ice Interactions: A Plan for Action), and associated science plan prior to proposal preparation and include a statement describing how the proposed research will contribute to the ARCSS Program. Copies of the report, science plan, a brochure describing the overall ARCSS Program, and related documents can be obtained from the NSF ARCSS Program Office. Proposers are encouraged to discuss their proposed research and budgets with the ARCSS Program Director in advance of submission. Proposers are encouraged to be aware of, and, if possible, coordinate with other Federal agency projects and international scientific efforts. Proposals should cross reference ongoing research by other funded programs related to their proposed research, and, if appropriate, discuss coordination of data sets. Proposals should be submitted directly to the NSF Proposal Processing Unit - Room 223, (Attn: Arctic System Science Program) National Science Foundation, 1800 G St., NW. Washington, D.C. 20550. Fifteen copies of proposals are required. Proposals should be prepared in accordance with instructions in the brochure, Grants for Research and Education in Science and Engineering (NSF 90-77). This brochure includes application forms. It can be obtained from your institution's research office or from the NSF Forms and Publications Office, (202) 357-7861. Ordering by Electronic Mail If you are a user of electronic mail and have access to either BITNET or INTERNET, you may prefer to order publications electronically. BITNET users should address requests to pubs@nsf. Internet users should send requests to pubs@nsf.gov. In your request, include the NSF publication number and title, number of copies, your name, and a complete mailing address. Publications will be mailed within 2 days of receipt of request. Electronic Dissemination You can get information fast through STIS (Science and Technology Information System), NSF's on-line publishing system, described in NSF 91-10, the "STIS flyer." To get a paper copy of the flyer, call the NSF Publications Section at 202/357-7861. For an electronic copy, send an E-mail message to stisfly@nsf.gov (Internet) or STISFLY@NSF (Bitnet). Please direct inquiries about the ARCSS Program to Dr. Ted E. DeLaca, Director, Arctic System Science, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. 20550; phone 202/357-7766; email T.DELACA/OMNET; FAX 202/357-9422. The National Science Foundation (NSF) provides awards for research in the sciences and engineering. The awardee is wholly responsible for the conduct of such research and preparation of the results for publication. The Foundation, therefore, does not assume responsibility for such findings or their interpretation. The Foundation welcomes proposals on behalf of all qualified scientists and engineers and strongly encourages women, minorities, and persons with disabilities to compete fully in any of the research and research-related programs described in this document. 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