Climate and Earth System Modeling: SciDAC and Climate Variability and Change

Post Date

November 20th 2013

Application Due Date

March 3rd 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

DE-FOA-0001036

CFDA Number(s)

81.049

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

All types of applicants are eligible to apply, except nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $8000000

• Award Range:

  $150000 - $500000

Grant Description

Climate and Earth System Modeling is part of the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD) of the U.S. Department of Energy?s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER). The Climate and Earth System Modeling programs seek to develop and analyze high fidelity community models representing Earth and climate system variability and change, with a significant focus on the response of systems to natural and anthropogenic forcing. As the first of two programs in Climate and Earth System Modeling that participate in this FOA, the Earth System Modeling (ESM) Program seeks to advance computational, dynamical, and biogeophysical representations of the Earth system and its components, and to calibrate, test and assess predictive capabilities using uncertainty quantification methodologies. The second program participating in this FOA, the Regional and Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) Program, seeks to enhance the predictive understanding of the Earth system by analyzing the natural and anthropogenic components of global and regional Earth system models. The use of model simulations in combination with observations enables a deeper understanding of climate variability and change. The ESM and RGCM programs are thus complementary, with ESM focused mainly on climate model development, and RGCM focused mainly on climate system analysis. Both modeling programs collaborate and coordinate with the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) programs, by utilizing TES and ASR process research activities to inform model development, and by using model simulations to identify where further process research is required in atmospheric and terrestrial systems.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Energy - Office of Science

• Office:

  Office of Science

• Agency Contact:

  Kimberlie J. Laing, Grant Specialist, 301-903-3026
  kim.laing@science.doe.gov
  Dorothy M. Koch, Program Manager, 301-903-0105
  dorothy.koch@science.doe.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  kim.laing@science.doe.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  kim.laing@science.doe.gov

• More Information:

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