CEDAR email: Instrument Operation Proposals - NSF 22-575

[Huang, Tai-Yin]

Dear Colleagues,

There have been questions from our communities about if there is support for small instrument operations.  Since NSF has invested money in these instruments and these instruments produce data products that are of value to the communities, it would be sensible to keep some of the instruments in operation to ensure that the science objectives be sustained.

The Aeronomy community has diverse ground-based small instruments for scientific research.  Some have a long legacy and proven record of scientific value for a broad range of scientific problems.  However, there is a lack of mechanisms to support the sustained operation of such small instruments.

The NSF Aeronomy program is interested in supporting the continuing operation of small instruments beyond its award cycle through a competitive proposal review process.  These proposals are expected to have a strong component of instrument operation and broader impacts through data sharing, in addition to addressing science questions with the proposed instrument operation.  A competitive proposal should demonstrate strong broader impacts.  The proposals should be focusing on excellence in the following areas:

  1.  Proven scientific values to the aeronomy community and a wide range of scientific problems (evidenced by past publications)
  2.  Reliable operation with minimal O&M cost and repairs.
  3.  Providing training opportunities for students and early career scientists on instrumentation
  4.  Making data readily available to the community with minimal delay and no embargo period.
  5.  Comprehensive documentation for easy user access.
  6.  Being responsive to additional user needs for special data processing.

People who are interested in this funding opportunity should submit their instrument operation proposals to the CEDAR solicitation, NSF 22-575, Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) | NSF - National Science Foundation<https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/coupling-energetics-dynamics-atmospheric-regions>.  The target date for this year's CEDAR solicitation is May 5.  Regular research proposals suitable for the CEDAR program should continue to be submitted to NSF 22-575.

Questions can be directed to Tai-Yin Huang (thuang at nsf.gov<mailto:thuang at nsf.gov>) or Alan Liu (zhualiu at nsf.gov<mailto:zhualiu at nsf.gov>)
Best,

Tai-Yin



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Tai-Yin Huang, PhD
Program Director, Geospace Section
Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
National Science Foundation
(703) 292-4943 | thuang at nsf.gov<mailto:thuang at nsf.gov>


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