Earth and Environmental Systems Science in the Southeast U.S.
- Posted
- July 25, 2024
- Closed
- November 21, 2024
- Award ceiling
- $3,000,000
- Award floor
- $900,000
- Program funding
- $12,000,000
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 81.049
- Archives
- December 21, 2024
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 81.049 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.7B
- FY2025 obligated
- $1.4B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $994.7M
- Awards in window
- 6,130
Top recipients: Michigan State University, General Atomics, University of Wisconsin System, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Illinois
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The DOE SC program in Biological and Environmental Research (BER) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for collaborative research in the Southeast U.S. Starting in the fall of 2024, the third Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility in Bankhead National Forest in Alabama will initiate full operations to provide observations to improve process understanding and model representations of aerosol, cloud, and land-atmosphere interactions, together with key cross-coupling of those areas to quantify land-atmosphere feedbacks and aerosol-cloud interactions. This FOA will consider applications that address science challenges that are within scope of the Atmospheric System Research (ASR), Earth and Environmental System Modeling (EESM), and Environmental System Science (ESS) sub programs. Specifically, this FOA focuses on measurements, experiments, field data, modeling, analysis, and synthesis to provide improved understanding and representation of ecosystems, watersheds, atmospheric processes, and regional modeling in ways that advance the sophistication and capabilities of models that span from individual processes to Earth-system scales. This FOA will encompass four topics 1) vegetation and land-atmosphere interactions; 2) spatial heterogeneity and scaling; 3) convection, clouds, precipitation, and biogenic aerosols; and 4) extreme events and disturbance. Proposed research may integrate more than one topic. The inclusion of underrepresented, minority serving or emerging research institutions as part of research teams is encouraged.
Who can apply
- 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. Federally affiliated entities must adhere to the eligibility standards below: III.A.1. DOE/NNSA National Laboratories DOE/NNSA National Laboratories are not eligible to submit applications under this FOA but may be proposed as subrecipients under another organization’s application. If recommended for funding as a proposed subrecipient, the value of the proposed subaward will be removed from the prime applicant’s award and will be provided to the laboratory through the DOE Field-Work Proposal System and work will be conducted under the laboratory’s contract with DOE. No administrative provisions of this FOA will apply to the laboratory or any laboratory subcontractor. Additional instructions for securing authorization from the cognizant Contracting Officer are found in Section VIII of this FOA. III.A.2. Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are not eligible to submit applications under this FOA but may be proposed as subrecipients under another organization’s application. 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 interagency agreement 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 Agencies Other Federal Agencies 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 will be provided through an interagency agreement. If recommended for funding as a proposed subrecipient, the value of the proposed subaward may be removed from the prime applicant’s award…
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