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- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.050 Geosciences.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 21, 2013 and posted on Jan 11, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 16, 2014 Full Proposal Deadline(s) July 16, Annually January 16, Annually. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $3,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics grant opportunity is a National Science Foundation (NSF) research program focused on advancing scientific understanding of how landscapes are formed, altered, and maintained across a wide range of spatial scales (from small landforms to entire regions) and time scales (from short-term events to long-term evolution). The central emphasis is on innovative, quantitative research that can explain the processes driving landscape change, including how different processes interact with each other and produce feedbacks. In practice, this means proposals are expected to move beyond describing landscape patterns and instead measure, model, or otherwise quantify process rates, link mechanisms to outcomes, and clarify the relative importance of competing drivers of change.
A key theme of the opportunity is coupling among geomorphic processes and land use dynamics. The program is especially interested in work that examines how processes such as erosion, sediment transport, hillslope and river dynamics, mass wasting, soil formation, and related landscape-shaping mechanisms influence each other, and how those interactions differ under varying climatic and tectonic conditions. Applicants are encouraged to investigate how differences in climate regimes (for example, precipitation intensity, drought frequency, freeze-thaw cycles, or storm patterns) and tectonic settings (such as uplift rates or seismicity) alter process rates and landscape responses. Another major priority is understanding landscapes in the context of human impacts, including how land use change, infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, urbanization, mining, water management, and other human activities modify geomorphic processes and their feedbacks, potentially reshaping landforms and changing hazard profiles over time.
Administratively, this is a discretionary NSF grant program within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category, listed under CFDA 47.050 (Geosciences). The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity anticipates making roughly 25 awards with an estimated total program funding level of about $3,000,000. Individual award sizes are expected to fall within a stated range, with a floor of $100,000 and a ceiling of $500,000. The opportunity includes a cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning proposers should be prepared to meet NSF requirements in this area as specified in the full solicitation and related NSF policy guidance.
The opportunity uses recurring annual full proposal deadlines, listed as January 16 and July 16 each year. The source information indicates the original closing date was July 16, 2011, with a current closing date shown as January 16, 2014 in the provided record, reflecting that it operated on a repeating cycle during that period. Prospective applicants should rely on the official NSF publication and the most current program solicitation for the definitive schedule and requirements. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, open to any type of entity, subject to any clarifications in the official announcement under the eligibility section.
For further details, the funding announcement points to NSF Publication 09-537 as the primary reference. For technical issues accessing the announcement through Grants.gov, applicants are directed to contact NSF Grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov, and there is an additional note indicating help is available for problems linking to the funding announcement.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics (NSF)
What is the Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics grant opportunity?
This is a National Science Foundation (NSF) research program that supports work aimed at improving scientific understanding of how landscapes are formed, altered, and maintained over a wide range of spatial scales (from small landforms to entire regions) and time scales (from short-term events to long-term landscape evolution).
What kinds of research does the program emphasize?
The program emphasizes innovative, quantitative research that explains the processes driving landscape change. Proposals are expected to go beyond describing landscape patterns and instead quantify processes by measuring rates, modeling mechanisms, linking processes to outcomes, and clarifying the relative importance of competing drivers of change.
What does NSF mean by "innovative, quantitative research" in this program?
Based on the program description, "innovative, quantitative research" refers to studies that explicitly quantify geomorphic and land-use-related processes and feedbacks. This can include measuring or estimating process rates, using models to test mechanisms, or otherwise providing quantitative evidence that connects physical processes to observed landscape change.
Is this program focused on describing landscapes or explaining how they change?
The focus is on explaining how landscapes change. The opportunity notes that proposals should move beyond descriptive pattern documentation and instead quantify process rates, evaluate mechanisms, and assess how different drivers interact and matter relative to one another.
What are the main scientific themes highlighted in the opportunity?
A central theme is coupling among geomorphic processes and land use dynamics. The program is especially interested in how landscape-shaping processes influence each other, produce feedbacks, and behave differently across climatic and tectonic conditions, including in the presence of human impacts and land use change.
What kinds of geomorphic processes are specifically mentioned?
The opportunity explicitly references processes such as erosion, sediment transport, hillslope dynamics, river dynamics, mass wasting, and soil formation, along with related mechanisms that shape landscapes.
What does "coupling among processes" mean in the context of this program?
In the way the opportunity describes it, coupling refers to interactions among processes (for example, how erosion and sediment transport interact with hillslope or river dynamics) and the feedbacks that those interactions create, ultimately influencing how landscapes evolve.
How does climate factor into the research priorities?
Applicants are encouraged to study how different climate regimes affect process rates and landscape responses. The opportunity gives examples such as precipitation intensity, drought frequency, freeze-thaw cycles, and storm patterns as climate-related factors that may alter geomorphic behavior.
How does tectonic setting factor into the research priorities?
The program encourages investigation of how tectonic conditions influence process rates and landscape response. Examples mentioned include uplift rates and seismicity.
How important are human impacts and land use change to this program?
They are a major priority area. The opportunity highlights the need to understand landscapes in the context of human impacts, including how land use change and human activities modify geomorphic processes and their feedbacks, potentially reshaping landforms and changing hazard profiles over time.
What kinds of human activities are explicitly called out?
The program description mentions land use change, infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, urbanization, mining, and water management as examples of human activities that can modify geomorphic processes and feedbacks.
What is the funding instrument for this opportunity?
The funding instrument is a grant.
Which agency and category is this opportunity associated with?
It is an NSF discretionary program within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category. It is listed under CFDA 47.050 (Geosciences).
How much funding is available overall and how many awards are expected?
The opportunity anticipates making roughly 25 awards, with an estimated total program funding level of about $3,000,000.
What is the expected award size range?
Individual awards are expected to fall within a stated range of $100,000 to $500,000.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
Yes. The opportunity includes a cost sharing or matching requirement, and proposers should be prepared to meet NSF requirements as described in the full solicitation and related NSF policy guidance.
When are proposals due?
The opportunity uses recurring annual full proposal deadlines listed as January 16 and July 16 each year.
The record shows older closing dates. Should applicants rely on those dates?
No. The provided record indicates the opportunity operated on a repeating cycle during the period shown (including dates such as July 16, 2011 and January 16, 2014), but applicants are advised to rely on the official NSF publication and the most current program solicitation for the definitive schedule and requirements.
Is eligibility limited to certain organization types?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, open to any type of entity, subject to any clarifications in the official announcement under the eligibility section.
Where can applicants find the primary reference document for program details?
The funding announcement points to NSF Publication 09-537 as the primary reference.
Who should be contacted for technical issues accessing the announcement through Grants.gov?
For technical issues accessing the announcement through Grants.gov, applicants are directed to contact NSF Grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.
What if there are problems linking to the funding announcement?
The opportunity notes that help is available for problems linking to the funding announcement, and it also provides the NSF Grants.gov support contact (grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov) for access-related technical issues.
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