Closed · DE-FOA-0002392 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary

Environmental System Science

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$100K-$1M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 4, 2021
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Environmental System Science is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $100,000 -- $1,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.

$100K-$1M
award range
Closed
application status
81.049
CFDA program
414
other opportunities from Office of Science

Archived opportunity record

Environmental System Science is closed (last close March 4, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 81.049 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Office of Science still indexes 414 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed March 4, 2021

Posted Nov 19 Closes Mar 4

Est. Total Funding

$8,000,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

The DOE SC program in Biological and Environmental Research (BER) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research in Environmental System Science (ESS). The goal of the ESS program in BER is to advance an integrated, robust, and scale-aware predictive understanding of terrestrial systems and their interdependent biological, chemical, ecological, hydrological and physical processes. The program seeks to develop an integrated framework using a systems approach to unravel the complex processes and controls on the structure, function, feedbacks, and dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems, spanning from the bedrock through the rhizosphere and vegetation to the atmospheric surface layer. The scope includes watersheds and coastal zones, terrestrial-aquatic interfaces, and understudied ecosystems that represent a significant knowledge gap in local and regional process models and predictive Earth system models. This FOA will consider applications that focus on measurements, experiments, field data, and modeling to provide improved understanding and representation of ecosystems and watersheds in ways that advance the sophistication and capabilities of models that span from individual processes to Earth system scales. This FOA will encompass three Science Research Areas: 1) Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces (TAI), specifically seeking research exploring ecological and environmental dynamics that in turn influence hydro-biogeochemical processes in zones with wide-ranging cyclic soil saturation states; 2) Perturbations and Disturbances, specifically studying watershed and ecosystem responses, feedbacks, and recovery from extremes events and chronic compounding perturbations and environmental shifts; and 3) Novel Methods for Capturing "Hot Spots" and "Hot Moments" of Biogeochemical Activity, to develop and demonstrate methodologies suitable for precisely measuring the occurrence and quantifying the magnitude of "hot spots" and/or "hot moments" in ways that are extensible to different types of watersheds, ecosystems or regions.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002392

Grants.gov marks Environmental System Science with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 72 other Office of Science listings share this eligibility-code string (17% of 415).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 81.049

Basic Energy Sciences

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

Jennifer.arrigo@science.doe.gov

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What to do next

Environmental System Science is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 81.049 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
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