Funding : Climate and Global Change Program 2006

<span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Funding : Climate and Global Change Program 2006</span><br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Climate and Global Change Program FY 2006 Federal Register Announcement includes a call for proposals under the new Sector Applications Research Program (SARP). The SARP objectives include:<br> <br> a) The provision of new or synthesized science-based knowledge that&nbsp; results in the identification and reduction of vulnerability to climate variability and change in key socio-economic sectors;<br> <br> b) The enhanced and increasingly sophisticated use of climate information, including forecasts, in decision making; and<br> <br> c) The development of a research and operations agenda that increasingly meets the need of the Nation and NOAA through an understanding by scientists and science managers of stakeholder requirements.<br> <br> Within this overall program framework, we have identified &quot;climate and coasts&quot; and &quot;climate and water resources&quot; as the key focal areas for&nbsp; the 2006 SARP FRN.&nbsp; From a programmatic perspective, each of these sector areas can be viewed as organizing/integrating systems that serve as a plane for understanding and addressing many complex socio-economic issues which are influenced by climate. We anticipate that proposals, then, could span a range of topics within each of the coastal and water resource sectors, including urban development,transboundary resources, ecosystems, natural hazards, transportation,etc.&nbsp; <br> <br> The formal process and deadlines associated with applying to the SARP can be found at <a href="http://www.ogp.noaa.gov">www.ogp.noaa.gov</a> (the first one is coming up on May 20).<br> </span>