National Science Foundation
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): Development of NEON
Coordinating Consortium (NCC) and Project Office
Program Solicitation and Principal Investigator Meeting
Program Solicitation Deadlines:
Letter of Intent (required) - Monday, 8 March 2004
Full Proposal - Monday, 26 April 2004 (due by 5 p.m. proposer's time)
Principal Investigator Meeting
Friday, 27 February 2004
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Elizabeth Blood (eblood [at] nsf.gov)
or go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04549
The National Science Foundation has released a solicitation for the
Coordination Consortium and Project Office for the National Ecological
Observatory Network (NEON). In addition, NSF will be holding a
prospective Principal Investigator meeting on Friday, 27 February 2004
at NSF in Arlington, Virginia to discuss this solicitation. The National
Ecological Observatory Network, NSF's Facilities Management and
Oversight Guide, and Large Facilities Project Management will be
discussed at this meeting as well.
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): Development of NEON
Coordinating Consortium (NCC) and Project Office
Synopsis of Program:
The most pressing challenges facing the nation's biosphere result from
complex interactions between human, natural and physical systems, which
operate over large spatial and temporal scales and transcend all levels
of biological organization. To better understand these interactions
requires a new tool to investigate the structure, dynamics, and
evolution of ecosystems in the United States and to forecast biological
change. Through a series of workshops, reports, and planning activities
the research community determined that the National Ecological
Observatory Network (NEON) should be the new tool: a continent-wide
research platform, composed of networked state-of-the-art analytical and
communication technologies. NEON will create new collaborative
environments, support multi-and inter-disciplinary research, stimulate
innovative approaches to information management, develop human capital,
and facilitate the integration of research and education across a wide
range of the biological, geophysical, engineering, and social sciences.
In response, the Directorate for Biological Sciences of the National
Science Foundation announces its intention to support the establishment
of a NEON Coordinating Consortium (NCC), which will provide the
scientific leadership, administration, community participation, and
overall governance of NEON and include a NEON Project Office. The latter
will initially plan and coordinate activities for NEON, while,
ultimately, it will be responsible for the construction and daily
management of NEON.
Program Solicitation Deadlines:
Letter of Intent (required) - Monday, 8 March 2004
Full Proposal - Monday, 26 April 2004 (due by 5 p.m. proposer's time)
Principal Investigator Meeting
Friday, 27 February 2004
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Elizabeth Blood
Program Director
Directorate for Biological Sciences
Division of Biological Infrastructure
National Science Foundation
703/292-8470
(eblood [at] nsf.gov)