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Opportunity Summary:

This National Science Foundation (NSF) funding opportunity, titled "Antarctic Research" (NSF Publication 11-532), supports scientific research in Antarctica along with the operational logistics needed to carry that research out. The core purpose is to deepen fundamental understanding of the Antarctic region, advance studies tied to major regional and global scientific questions, and use Antarctica as a unique natural laboratory and platform for research that cannot be replicated elsewhere. A central theme of the program is that Antarctic fieldwork is supported only when there is a strong, well-argued reason the work must be done in Antarctica, meaning the science is either only possible there or is clearly best conducted there due to unique environmental conditions, location, or access to Antarctic-specific systems.

The opportunity is a discretionary grant program in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category (CFDA 47.078, Polar Programs). NSF anticipates making around 50 awards under this solicitation, with an estimated total funding level of about $50,000,000. Individual awards are expected to fall between $150,000 and $300,000, reflecting typical project-scale budgets while also signaling that proposers should craft focused, well-justified scopes of work that align with program priorities and available resources. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which means applicants are not required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of receiving an award.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, indicating that proposals can be submitted by a wide range of applicant types, as long as they meet any specific eligibility clarifications described in the full solicitation text. In practical terms, this openness is meant to encourage broad participation from organizations capable of performing high-quality research, whether the work involves direct Antarctic field campaigns, supporting measurements and observations, or analytical and interpretive research based at the proposing institution.

The solicitation emphasizes that the U.S. Antarctic Program supports not only field-based projects but also Antarctic-related analytical research conducted at researchers' home organizations. This is important for projects where samples, datasets, or observations collected from Antarctica require extensive laboratory analysis, modeling, synthesis, or interpretation after the field season, and it recognizes that much of the scientific payoff from Antarctic fieldwork occurs during the subsequent analysis phase.

The proposal target date for full proposals is June 6, 2011, and NSF notes that submissions after the target date should be discussed in advance with the appropriate program director, signaling that timing is important and late submissions are not automatically acceptable without prior coordination. For access issues with the announcement through Grants.gov, the contact provided is NSF Grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov, and the opportunity includes a reference link to the full program document labeled "NSF Publication 11-532" for complete requirements, instructions, and any additional eligibility or submission details.

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