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Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) grant opportunity titled "Ocean Acidification" (Funding Opportunity Number 12-600; NSF Publication 12-600) focuses on advancing basic research to better understand how a gradually acidifying ocean may affect marine environments and ecosystems. The program is framed around the growing national priority to anticipate and manage risks to ocean health and ocean-resource sustainability, a concern highlighted in the National Ocean Policy. NSF is seeking research that can clarify the nature, extent, and consequences of ocean acidification across time scales, including what has occurred in the past, what is happening now, and what is likely in the future.

A central aim of the opportunity is to improve scientific understanding of the underlying chemistry driving ocean acidification, especially the geochemical and biogeochemical processes that regulate seawater carbonate chemistry and pH. This includes work that helps explain how carbon moves through ocean systems, how buffering capacity varies across regions and depths, and how chemical conditions evolve as atmospheric carbon dioxide increases. Projects that connect chemical shifts to broader ocean processes are relevant, particularly those that can identify mechanisms and thresholds that matter for ocean functioning and for predicting future change.

The solicitation also emphasizes research on biological and ecosystem-level impacts, with an interest in how acidification interacts with chemical and physical conditions at the organismal level and then scales up to alter ecosystem structure and function. NSF highlights the importance of studying interactions across life histories (for example, sensitivity at larval versus adult stages), food webs, and biogeochemical cycling, as well as combined stressors that co-occur with acidification. Examples of these interacting changes include warming, altered stratification, and shifting circulation patterns, all of which can influence exposure, vulnerability, and ecological outcomes. In other words, the program is not limited to acidification in isolation; it explicitly encourages work that tackles the real-world complexity of multiple, overlapping ocean changes.

Another major theme is using Earth system history to inform present and future understanding. This points to research that leverages paleoclimate and paleoceanographic records, geological analogs, or other historical reconstructions to learn how marine systems responded to past carbon-cycle disruptions. By linking historical evidence with modern observations and predictive tools, NSF is encouraging proposals that strengthen confidence in projections and improve understanding of possible future states of the ocean under continued acidification.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant program in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category. NSF anticipated making about 15 awards, with an estimated total program funding level of $11,000,000 and an award ceiling of $2,500,000 per project. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity is broadly open in terms of eligibility (unrestricted, subject to any clarifications in the full announcement). The CFDA program areas tied to this funding include Geosciences (47.050), Biological Sciences (47.074), and Polar Programs (47.078), reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of ocean acidification research and NSF's interest in proposals that may span chemical, biological, physical, and polar contexts.

Key dates indicate the announcement was posted and created on August 16, 2012, with a full proposal deadline of December 4, 2012, and an archive date of January 4, 2013. For access or submission issues, the announcement directs applicants to NSF Grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov, and it notes that additional details are provided through the NSF Publication 12-600 link.

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