Atmospheric System Research

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	Federal Grant Title:	Atmospheric System Research
	CFDA Number:	81.049
	CFDA Description:	Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Chicago Service Center
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DE-FOA-0000291
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 08, 2010
	Creation Date:	Mar 08, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 01, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 01, 2010
	Archive Date:	Jun 08, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	40
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$7,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$200,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$50,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: All types of entities are eligible to apply as the lead institution, except Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Contractors and nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995.
Grant Description: The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications to develop innovative laboratory and observational data analyses and to utilize the resulting knowledge from such analyses to improve cloud and aerosol formulations in global climate models. The intent is to improve the understanding and modeling of cloud and aerosol properties and processes and their impact on the atmospheric radiation balance. The research areas of interest include the development or improvement of algorithms for retrieving the required atmospheric parameters from Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) instruments; alternatively, developing instrument simulators to facilitate more accurate intercomparison of measurements with modeling data; studies utilizing ARM data and Atmospheric Science Program (ASP) measurements to improve the understanding of c loud, aerosol, and radiation physical processes; and, the translation of process study results to improve or develop formulations for the respective processes to improve climate model simulations. If the application is successful, the research would be part of the Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Program in the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD). The ASR Program was established in FY2010 by merger of the former ARM Science Program and the ASP; it is one of several DOE programs in the interagency U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The mission of ASR http://asr.science.energy.gov/, in partnership with the ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF), is to quantify the interactions among aerosols, clouds, precipitation, radiation, dynamics, and thermodynamics to improve fundamental process-level understanding, with the ultimate goal to reduce the uncertainty in global climate simulations and projections.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: https://www.fedconnect.net
Grant Announcement Contact: Kimberlie J. Laing, Grants Analyst, 301-903-3026kim.laing@science.doe.govKirankumar V. Alapaty, Program Manager, 301-903-3175kiran.alapaty@science.doe.gov
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