Funding Opportunities
Please check the calendar for specific upcoming funding targets and deadlines. Below is a continually updated list of OCB-relevant federal agency funding opportunities.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)
Division of Ocean Sciences
- Chemical Oceanography
- Biological Oceanography
- Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination
- Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (OCE-PRF)
Office of Polar Programs
- Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems
- Antarctic Integrated System Science
- Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
NSF Interdisciplinary and Cross-Directorate Opportunities
Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES)
SEES is a portfolio of activities that highlights NSF's unique role in helping society address the challenge(s) of achieving sustainability. The mission of SEES is to advance science, engineering, and education to inform the societal actions needed for environmental and economic sustainability and sustainable human well-being. The SEES portfolio of interdisciplinary programs includes the following:
- Arctic SEES (ArcSEES)
- Coastal SEES
- Ocean Acidification
- Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
- Research Coordination Networks (RCN)
- Cooperative research opportunities with the European Commission and European scientists
- Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)
- SEES fellowship program
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
ROSES 2012
- A.31 Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science (IDS) Proposals due 04/01/2013
ROSES 2013
- A.6 Biodiversity (w/NSF) – 05/06/2013 proposals
- A.33 NASA Data for Operation and Assessment - 05/15/2013 proposals
- A.28 The Science of Terra and Aqua - 05/20/2013 proposals
- A.3 Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry - 03/29/2013 NOIs and 05/30/2013 proposals
- A.5 Carbon cycle science - 05/01/2013 (Step 1 proposals) and 07/31/2013 (Step 2 proposals) with USDA, NOAA, DOE (2011 U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan)
- A.34 New (Early Career) Investigator Program in Earth Science - 06/28/2013 NOIs and 08/30/2013 proposals
- A.7 Carbon Monitoring System: Continuing Prototype Product Development, Research, and Scoping - TBD*
- A.25 Pre-Aerosol, Clouds, and Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission Science Team - TBD*
- A.29 Suomi NPP Science Team For Climate Data Records - TBD*
- A.30 Earth Venture Suborbital-2 - TBD*
- A.40 Instrument Incubator Program - TBD*
*TBD will have amendments some time this year, which will be announced via the NSPIRES email list
Rolling Submissions
A.24 Rapid response and novel research in earth science Rolling Submissions through 03/31/2014
E.2 Topical Workshops, Symposia, and Conferences Rolling Submissions through 03/31/2014
NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA)
PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES
- Paul G. Allen Family Foundation - Ocean Challenge - Mitigating acidification impacts (concept proposals due July 31, 2013)