UK IODP
Announcement of opportunity for UK-IODP grants
Ice sheets and sea level reconstructions and sensitivity
Closing date: 27 October 2009
To support UK membership in the international Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), NERC runs a UK research programme to enable:
- UK scientists to ensure that IODP carries out the best and highest priority science,
- UK scientists to participate in and obtain material from drilling expeditions, and
- UK scientists to capitalise on the results of IODP drilling and UK technologies, allowing them to benefit from technological advances in deep sea drilling.
The new phase of NERC's UK-IODP science support started in September 2008 (the new programme runs from 2008 to 2013) and part of this funding is directed to support research grants with the objective of forwarding IODP-related research in the UK. This second phase of UK-IODP is funded through the research programme funding stream, thus all projects funded within the programme will be 'directed research'. The UK-IODP Science Advisory Panel will therefore provide guidance on the research themes for each of the funding rounds based on their importance to achieving balanced research outputs from UK-IODP given the UK-IODP Science Plan and to fit with NERC Strategy and research themes.
IODP-related research can also be, and is encouraged to be applied for via the Responsive Mode research funding stream in NERC.
The second funding round under UK-IODP Phase 2 will have a closing date of 27 October 2009 and will be directed to topics related to 'Ice sheets and sea level reconstruction and sensitivity'. This area includes both research on the short and longer-term records of sea level change as well as on the climatic and solid Earth processes that cause changes in sea level, with the requirement that the research takes advantage of past scientific ocean drilling or will make important contributions to likely future IODP drilling expeditions. Detail on potential science to be funded under this call can be found on page 5 of the Earth systems science theme report.
There is approximately £300k available in this grant round. Proposals are invited for small and standard grants addressing IODP aims and objectives. Any proposed project will be expected to build on existing research efforts within IODP and expected outputs should include high profile scientific paper(s) and/or further drilling proposals.
Essential information for applicants is available within the research grants section. All normal small and standard grant rules and guidelines apply regarding page limits, eligibility, etc. Proposals will be reviewed by external referees and assessed by a tailored moderating panel in March 2010.
The closing date for full proposals is 16:00 on Tuesday 27 October 2009.
For further information please contact:
Amy Vitale
Tel: 01793 442594