The National Institute for Climatic Change Research (NICCR) is sponsored by
the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Biological and Environmental
Research (BER). The goal of NICCR is to mobilize university researchers, from
all regions of the country, in the support of the climatic change research objectives
of BER.
Request for Proposals
The 2008 RFP is now available for downloading (external link) 
Full proposals are due Aug 15, 2008. Proposals will be accepted only from those whose preproposals have been selected to go to full proposals.
Full proposals will only be accepted from applicants who: (1) submit a compliant preproposal on time and (2) are informed by NICCR that their preproposal was selected to be developed into a full proposal.
The National Institute for Climatic Change Research (NICCR) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), which is part of the DOE's Office of Science. The goal of NICCR is to mobilize university researchers, from all regions of the country, in support of the climatic change research objectives of DOE/BER.
The NICCR is managed and coordinated through five Regional Centers, hosted by Pennsylvania State University, Duke University, Michigan Technological University, Northern Arizona University, and Tulane University.
Research topics will include:
For inland terrestrial ecosystems, the main climatic changes of interest are changes in temperature and precipitation. Research should: (1) reduce scientific uncertainty about potential effects of climatic change on the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems; (2) evaluate or improve the understanding and prediction of potential effects of climatic change on the future geographic distribution of terrestrial ecosystems at the regional scale; (3) use measurements of contemporary exchanges of mass and energy between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems to reduce scientific uncertainty about possible effects of an altered terrestrial carbon cycle and/or surface energy exchange on global and/or regional climate; or (4) use synthesis of existing experimental or observational data, or modeling, to better understand or forecast potential effects of climatic change on ecological systems and/or feedbacks from terrestrial ecosystems to climate at the regional scale.
For coastal ecosystems, the climatic changes of interest are sea-level rise and the possibility of increased frequency and/or intensity of storms (including hurricanes) directly affecting coastal ecosystems. Ecosystems to be studied will be the terrestrial ecosystems (including wetland and freshwater ecosystems, but not marine or estuarine ecosystems) that could be directly and significantly altered by sea-level rise or increased frequency or intensity of coastal storms. The ecological endpoints of interest are ecosystem or species migrations, changes in biodiversity, changes in primary production, or alterations in goods and services uniquely supplied by coastal terrestrial ecosystems.
Regional Centers
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the
DOE National Institute
for Climatic Change Research.
