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Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) grant opportunity titled Oceanographic Centers and Facilities (Funding Opportunity Number PD 98-5410) is a discretionary research and development grant program under the Geosciences CFDA listing 47.050. Its purpose is to support major shared-use oceanographic infrastructure that is too expensive or complex for individual research projects or single institutions to build and run on their own, but that is essential for NSF-funded ocean science and for training the next generation of oceanographers. Rather than focusing on a single research study, the program is centered on enabling capabilities: it funds the construction, conversion, acquisition, and operation of large-scale facilities that many investigators can use to collect, process, and analyze ocean data.

A key feature of the program is that these shared assets are coordinated through the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), which is responsible for scheduling the use of supported facilities and expeditionary programs. In practice, that means NSF is investing in national or community-scale resources that can be allocated across institutions and research teams, helping ensure broad access and efficient use. The types of facilities referenced include major oceanographic research vessels, submersibles, large shipboard systems, and other shared-use instruments and platforms used to gather observations and measurements at sea and to support the analysis of oceanographic data.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning proposals may be submitted by any type of entity as allowed by the solicitation and any additional eligibility notes contained in the full program text. The opportunity indicates no cost sharing or matching requirement, although NSF explicitly encourages voluntary local contributions from nonfederal sources. In other words, applicants may strengthen a proposal by bringing institutional, state, philanthropic, or other nonfederal support to the table, but there is no fixed or mandatory percentage contribution stated in the summarized notice.

The posting information reflects an older NSF listing (posted August 17, 2006; creation date August 5, 2013) with proposals historically accepted on an ongoing basis, and a listed current closing date of August 15, 2013, with the caveat to consult the full proposal information for complete and controlling details. Notably, the synopsis also lists expected awards and estimated total funding as 0, which typically signals that those fields are not specified in the summary record and that applicants should rely on the official program description and solicitation language for current funding availability, decision timelines, and award expectations.

For applicant support, NSF points users who have trouble accessing the announcement electronically to Grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov, and it references an additional link to the NSF Program Description (98-5410) for the full details.

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