Tectonics

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Tectonics: The Tectonics Program supports a broad range of field, laboratory, computational, and theoretical investigations aimed at understanding the deformation of the terrestrial continental lithosphere (i.e. above the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary). The Program focuses on deformation processes and their tectonic drivers that operate at any depth within the continental lithosphere, on time-scales of decades/centuries (e.g. active tectonics) and longer, and at micro- to plate boundary/orogenic belt length-scales.
Federal Grant Title: Tectonics
Federal Agency Name: National Science Foundation
Grant Categories: Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: 16-556
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 320547, 320569
CFDA Descriptions: Geosciences
Current Application Deadline: Jul 8, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Jul 8, 2016
Posted Date: Apr 1, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 1, 2016
Archive Date: Feb 12, 2017
Total Program Funding: $9,250,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $30,000
Expected Number of Awards: 50
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
-Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities.
-Universities and Colleges - Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in, the US acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions.
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NSF Publication 16-556
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