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Opportunity Summary:

The Atmospheric System Research Program (ASR) funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0000885) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science grant solicitation managed within the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), specifically the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD). Its purpose is to support science and technology research that improves understanding of atmospheric processes central to climate prediction, with an emphasis on work that can ultimately improve the accuracy of regional and global climate models. In practical terms, the program is looking for research that reduces key uncertainties in how clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and radiative transfer behave and interact, because those components strongly influence Earths energy balance and remain a major source of uncertainty in climate simulations.

ASR is particularly interested in grant applications that use observations and related products from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and other ASR-supported efforts. The solicitation emphasizes studies that are observational, data-analysis based, modeling focused, or that combine these approaches. Priority scientific topics highlighted in the announcement include boundary layer cloud properties, mixed-phase cloud processes (clouds containing both liquid water and ice), ice nucleation mechanisms, and aerosol processes. Applications are encouraged to take advantage of new ARM field campaign datasets, especially when those measurements can be used to directly address ASR science goals. The opportunity also explicitly welcomes projects that create value-added, integrated datasets or develop new algorithms derived from ARM observations, as long as those products are designed to help answer ASR-relevant scientific questions and can support broader community use in process studies and model evaluation.

From a funding and award structure standpoint, the opportunity is a discretionary grant program within the DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The estimated total funding available under this call is about $6,000,000, with an expectation of roughly 30 awards. Individual award sizes are expected to fall between $50,000 (floor) and $300,000 (ceiling). Cost sharing is not required, which generally means applicants are not expected to provide matching funds as a condition of receiving an award.

Eligibility is broadly open, described as unrestricted, meaning most entity types may apply. However, the solicitation includes important exclusions: Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) contractors are not eligible to apply, and certain nonprofit organizations classified under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995 are also excluded. Aside from those limitations, the call is meant to be accessible to a wide range of research performers.

Key administrative dates listed in the announcement show the opportunity was posted on March 15, 2013, with an application deadline (closing date) of May 29, 2013. The archive date is June 17, 2013, indicating it is no longer an active competition, but the content still provides a clear picture of the kinds of research ASR seeks to fund. For applicants needing assistance or clarification, the announcement provides points of contact: Kimberlie J. Laing (Grant Specialist) at 301-903-3026, kim.laing@science.doe.gov, and Ashley D. Williamson (Program Manager) at 301-903-3120, ashley.williamson@science.doe.gov.

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