REQUESTING THE NSF/NCAR GV FOR THE ECLIPSE 2017 MISSION Brigitte Baeuerle, EOL
Project Category “Small” Less than $1.25 Million in DP cost Domestic Involvement of single facility: NSF/NCAR GV “NCAR-led” Lead PI team from NCAR Majority of scientific work funded through NSF/UCAR Cooperative Agreement to NCAR
Documentation Requirements Science Proposal Needed to justify the use of an instrument or platform Will be send out for peer-review Proposal has to follow the NSF Grant Proposal Guide Facility Request Available online from EOL website Endorsement Letter Written by PIs Science Division Director or NCAR Associate Director Confirms financial and institutional support for proposed research Suggests a Science Division Director or designee as primarily NCAR Point of Contact for NSF and to answer all questions related to projects (not the PI) PandA Registration Register as unfunded collaboration Scientific Overview of Project Up to 5 presentation slides in electronic format
Deadlines PandA Registration15 Nov 2015 Deadline Facility Request1 Dec 2015 Deadline Science Slides1 Dec 2015 Deadline Science Proposal31 Jan 2016 OFAP ReviewMay 2016 NSF DecisionSummer 2016 Field CampaignAug 2017 Facility request and slides to B. Baeuerle Proposal to V. Grubisic
Review/Approval Process NCAR-led proposal review conducted by NCAR Management (usually EOL Director) Requires appointment of a NCAR Point of Contact (Associate Lab or Science Division Director) and NSF PoC for communications between NSF, EOL & NCAR Lab Science proposal send out for peer review by EOL NCAR Management will review evaluations and programmatic decision OFAP review of facility request NCAR recommendation to NSF Final decision by NSF Notification from EOL