NSF Opportunities for Research and Education in the Critical-Zone (ORE-CZ2)
Posted December 20, 2023
Discipline(s): Equity for Excellence in STEM (EDU/EES); STEM Education (EDU); Earth Sciences (GEO/EAR); Geosciences (GEO)
With this Dear Colleague Letter, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) within the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) together with the Division of Equity for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (EDU/EES) in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) continue to further expand the diversity of investigators exploring the dynamics and processes within Earth's Critical Zone (CZ), the region that ranges from the weathered bedrock beneath the soil profile up to the top of the vegetation canopy. This opportunity is a further development of the ORE-CZ competition (NSF 22-025) that added several additional projects to the Critical-Zone research effort.
Proposals submitted in response to this DCL should be prepared in accordance with the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and submitted to one of the Disciplinary Programs in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR). Please contact a NSF Program Officer to identify the program(s) most germane to the proposed topics. Proposal titles should begin with "ORE-CZ:" followed by an appropriate descriptor; proposal budgets are limited to no more than $250,000.
EAR disciplinary programs have no deadlines and proposals may be submitted at any time, but proposals for this special opportunity must be submitted no later than March 1, 2024
To read the full DCL, click here.