On Wednesday, May 15, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science will open a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to accept applications for Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) grants for research in support of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Green Ocean Amazon (GOAmazon)<http://campaign.arm.gov/goamazon2014/> field campaign taking place from 2014-2015 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Under this FOA, the DOE Atmospheric System Research (ASR), Regional and Global Climate Modeling (RGCM), and Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) programs will support research using data collected as part of GOAmazon to evaluate and improve the representation of these coupled processes in the climate models. The FOA will be listed as DE-FOA-0000919 on the DOE Office of Science announcements (http://science.doe.gov/grants/announcements.asp).
In view of the mutual interest in the GOAmazon science goals of both U.S. and Brazilian science agencies, this FOA is coordinated with announcements issued from the Brazilian state research funding agencies FAPEAM (Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas, or Amazonas Research Foundation) and FAPESP (Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado do São Paulo, or São Paulo Research Foundation). As described in the FOA, applications submitted in response to this FOA must be collaborative with a Brazilian research scientist employed by an institution qualified to submit proposals and receive funding from either FAPEAM or FAPESP. Applications must be truly collaborative in the conduct of research, including definition of goals, approach, and work plan; separate budgets must be submitted in which the DOE is clearly distinguished from the Brazilian component. This call is coordinated with corresponding calls for proposals on the FAPEAM and FAPESP websites, and the joint collaborative applications must be submitted both to DOE and the applicable Brazilian Foundation(s). In order to plan for reviews and potential reviewers, a Letter of Intent (LOI) identifying applicants and Brazilian collaborators is requested and highly recommended. The LOI should be submitted by 5:00 PM Eastern time, June 17, 2013. Potential TES applicants are highly encouraged to establish teams in collaboration with interested Brazilian investigators eligible for funding from either of the Brazilian foundations. If you have any questions, please contact Dan Stover (daniel.sto...@science.doe.gov<mailto:daniel.sto...@science.doe.gov>). __________________________________________ Daniel B. Stover, PhD Program Manager, Terrestrial Ecosystem Sciences Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Office of Biological and Environmental Research SC-23.1 / Germantown Building U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20585 tel. 301-903-0289 fax. 301-903-8519 email: daniel.sto...@science.doe.gov<mailto:gerald.geerna...@science.doe.gov> http://www.sc.doe.gov/ober/CESD_top.html BER advances world-class biological and environmental research programs and scientific facilities for DOE missions in energy, environment, and basic research.
