Amendment 34: Delay of Due Date for A.28 IDS

Program Element A.28 Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science (IDS) seeks interdisciplinary research investigations that meet the following criteria: a) offer a fundamental advance to our understanding of the Earth system; b) be based on remote sensing data, especially satellite observations, but including suborbital sensors, as appropriate; c) go beyond correlation of data sets and seek to understand the underlying causality of change through determination of the specific physical, chemical, and/or biological processes involved; d) be truly interdisciplinary in scope by involving traditionally disparate disciplines of the Earth sciences; and e) address at least one of the five specific themes listed in this solicitation:

· Understanding the Global Sources and Sinks of Methane

· Ecology at Land/Water Interfaces – Human and Environmental Interfaces

· Understanding the Linkages Among Fluvial and Solid Earth Hazards

· Life in a Moving Ocean

· Partitioning of Carbon Between the Atmosphere and Biosphere

Because the NSPIRES proposal submission system will be briefly unavailable on the evening of September 29, 2016, the due date for proposals has been delayed. Proposals are now due September 30, 2016.

General questions about the IDS Program should be directed to Jack Kaye at Jack.A.Kaye@nasa.gov. Questions about specific subelements should be directed to those listed below.