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A -- NASA/NSF/DOE/USDA/NOAA JOINT PROGRAM ON TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY AND GLOBAL CHANGE (TECO) SOL NRA-97-MTPE-15 DUE 022098 POC Dr. Diane E. Wickland, Manager, Terrestrial Ecology Program, Phone (202) 358-0245, Fax (202) 358-2771, Email dwicklan@mail.hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#NRA-97-MTPE-15. E-MAIL: Dr. Diane E. Wickland, dwicklan@mail.hq.nasa.gov. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce their interest in receiving proposals for research on terrestrial ecology as it relates to global environmental changes. This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) encourages multi-disciplinary applications involving companion experimental/manipulative and modeling efforts to provide critically needed data and information for improved predictions of global change phenomena in three equally important areas: (1) the interactions and feedback between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere, and among linked ecosystems at watershed and landscape scales, (2) the role of terrestrial ecosystems as a source or sink of carbon dioxide and other trace gases, and (3) the consequences of global-scale environmental changes on terrestrial ecosystems, including plant and animal populations. Research proposed for this competition is encouraged to take advantage of existing programs, research sites and facilities, or data sets of other agencies with multi-disciplinary efforts. One-year scoping proposals also are solicited that involve developing and demonstrating the feasibility of new experimental approaches and/or facilities for field studies to investigate the responses and/or feedback effects of terrestrial ecosystems to global environmental changes. Participation in TECO is open to all institutions eligible to receive support from NASA, NSF, DOE, USDA, or NOAA. This solicitation will be available electronically on the release date via the Internet at the Mission to Planet Earth Home Page: "http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/" under "MTPE Research Announcements" or via anonymous ftp at: ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/mtpe. Paper copies of the announcement will be available to those who do not have access to Internet by calling (202) 358-3552 and leaving a voice-mail message. Please leave your full name and address, including zip code, and your telephone number, including area code. The NRA will be posted in full on the release date of December 15, 1997. This announcement will be open for the period from December 15, 1997, through February 20, 1998, and proposals may be submitted to NASA at any time throughout that period. (0328)

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