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The National Science Foundation (NSF) EarthScope grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 13-562) supported research and education projects that use the EarthScope Facility to improve understanding of the North American continent in four dimensions (three-dimensional structure through time). The program is designed as an integrated framework for large, collaborative Earth science studies, bringing together geophysics, geology, geodesy, seismology, and related fields to address how the continent is built, how it deforms, and how deep Earth processes connect to hazards and surface evolution.

Scientifically, EarthScope emphasized broad questions that cut across disciplines and scales. Priority topics included the physical properties of faults and the mechanics of earthquakes; how strain accumulates and transfers through the lithosphere; the roles of magmatic systems and water-bearing (hydrous) fluids in the crust and mantle; plate boundary dynamics; patterns and drivers of large-scale continental deformation; the structure and long-term evolution of the continent; and the composition and architecture of the deep Earth beneath North America. In practical terms, proposals were expected to leverage EarthScope observations to test hypotheses, integrate multiple data types, and generate new insights into continental structure, tectonics, and geohazards.

A central feature of the opportunity was access to the EarthScope Facility, a coordinated set of major observing systems that significantly expanded monitoring and imaging capability across North America. The Facility included (1) the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), a geodetic network (notably GPS/GNSS and related instrumentation) that measures crustal deformation; (2) the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD), a deep drilling and monitoring effort focused on fault-zone processes; and (3) USArray, a large transportable and flexible seismic array used to image Earth structure and monitor seismicity. Proposals could use the instruments directly, propose work that depends on EarthScope-provided measurements, or focus on analysis and synthesis of the extensive EarthScope data holdings.

Beyond research, the solicitation explicitly welcomed education and outreach activities that advance EarthScope goals, including efforts that bring Earth science content to learners at all levels. It also highlighted the opportunity to develop and use cyberinfrastructure to integrate, distribute, and analyze diverse datasets, reflecting the program's emphasis on data-driven, community-serving science. In other words, strong projects could combine scientific discovery with workforce development, public understanding of hazards, classroom-ready materials, open data tools, or other activities that broaden EarthScope's educational impact.

Administratively, the opportunity was issued by NSF under the Geosciences CFDA listing (47.050) and used a cooperative agreement funding instrument, indicating substantial NSF involvement consistent with large, coordinated research activities. The solicitation anticipated about 25 awards with an estimated total program funding of $6,000,000, and it did not require cost sharing or matching. Eligibility was described as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any specific clarifications in the full solicitation text. The original proposal deadline was August 23, 2013, with annual deadlines noted thereafter, but the opportunity is now archived and was replaced by NSF 14-552.

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