ClosedDeadline extended (was Jan 16, 2010)Research announcementOpportunity 09-560

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology

At a glance

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology is a closed federal grant opportunity from U.S. National Science Foundation. The application deadline was July 16, 2012. Individual awards are listed as $30K – $500K, with about 40 awards expected and $6M in total estimated funding. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing or matching is required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 47.050 (Geosciences).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

May 11, 2009Posted
Jul 16, 2012Application deadline

Posted: May 11, 2009
Close date: Jul 16, 2012
Award floor: $30,000
Award ceiling: $500,000
Est. total funding: $6,000,000
Original deadline (extended): Jan 16, 2010
Expected awards: 40
Cost sharing: Required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Unrestricted (any entity type)

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology supports studies of: (1) the changing aspects of life, ecology, environments, and biogeography in past geologic time based on fossil plants, animals, and microbes; (2) all aspects of the Earth's sedimentary carapace; insights into geological processes recorded in its historical records and rich organic and inorganic resources locked in rock sequences; (3) the science of dating and measuring the time sequence of events and rates of geological processes of the Earth's past sedimentary and biological (fossil) record; (4) the geologic record of the production, transportation, and deposition of physical and chemical sediments; and (5) understanding the complexities of Earth's deep time (pre-Holocene) climate systems. The Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Program especially encourages integrative studies at the national and international levels that seek to link subdisciplines, such as geochronology, paleoclimatology, paleogeography, paleoenvironments and paleoecology.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

47.050GeosciencesProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 47.050

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$1.01B

FY25

$1.01B

FY26

$374K est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 47.050. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 47.050

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 5,106 grant awards had funding actions under Geosciences, with 1,250 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$408M
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$355M
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$129M
EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM INC.$120M
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$105M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

National Science Foundation
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov
703-292-4261

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology”?

The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.

How much funding is available through “Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $30k – $500k, total estimated program funding is $6,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 40 awards.

How do I apply for “Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 09-560), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenResearchALN 47.050