Date

Funding Opportunity Announcement
2012 Antarctic Solicitation
Antarctic Science Division
Office of Polar Programs
National Science Foundation

Full proposal deadline: 31 May 2012

For additional information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5519&org=ANT&from=home


The Office of Polar Programs (OPP), National Science Foundation (NSF),
has released the 2012 Antarctic Solicitation (NSF 12-539) for support of
projects in Antarctica during the 2013-2014 field season or projects in
the United States beginning in early 2013.

Scientific research and operational support of that research are the
principal activities supported by the U.S. Government in Antarctica. The
goals are to expand fundamental knowledge of the region, to foster
research on global and regional problems of current scientific
importance, and to use Antarctica as a platform from which to support
research. The U.S. Antarctic Program provides support for field work
only when a compelling justification exists for doing the work in
Antarctica (i.e., the work can only be done or is best done in
Antarctica). The program also supports Antarctic-related analytical
research performed at home organizations.

In response to recommendations by the recent Antarctic Science Committee
of Visitors regarding the need to assess field support requirements in
an accurate and timely way, and with the goal of streamlining decisions
for award or decline, changes have been made to the way that field
support information is gathered and the way that some items are
budgeted. See the field support section of this solicitation for
important information about requesting support. Planners at the support
contractor are available to assist investigators with questions about
field or logistical support.

Some support information previously included in the solicitation has
been moved to a page on the Antarctic Sciences Division's web site. This
information is available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ant/solicitation_resources/prop_prep_info.jsp.
Other important support information can be found on the U.S. Antarctic
Program portal (the Information for Proposers page) at:
http://www.usap.gov/usapgov/proposalInformation/.

Full proposal deadline: 31 May 2012.

For additional information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5519&org=ANT&from=home.


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