[margins-list] Special Emphasis for Upcoming MARGINS Proposal Deadline

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MARGINS Program
Full Proposal Deadline Date: July 1, 2009
For more information: 
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13516&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund 
<http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13516&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund>

Reminder:  The deadline for submitting proposals to the MARGINS 
solicitation, including post-doctoral fellowship proposals, is July 1, 
2009.  The guidelines follow the MARGINS Solicitation 07-546 (see link 
above); however, the July 1 2009 deadline will have somewhat different 
emphasis than in the past.  This difference is important, emphasizing 
integration and synthesis activities, and will likely affect funding 
priorities. 

The Preface from NSF's MARGINS web site (above) explains the new 
emphasis:  "July 1, 2009 is a deadline for submittal of MARGINS 
proposals for FY 2010 (which starts in October 2009). FY2010 is a period 
of transition for the MARGINS Program, while decision is being made for 
the continuation of a successor program. During this transition, for the 
next proposal submittal deadline (July 1, 2009) MARGINS program at NSF 
encourages the community to submit proposals for integrative/synthesis 
activities under the current MARGINS Program. Proposals for new data 
collection efforts should be limited to short-duration efforts for 
filling important gaps critical to the completion of such integration 
and synthesis goals."

Several useful documents provide more details, both on the FY2010 
proposal round and on the MARGINS Review context.  They may be helpful 
in preparing proposals, and include:

  A Feb. 2009 Letter from Program Manager Bilal Haq, addressing the 
FY2010 proposals: 
/http://www.nsf-margins.org/index_News%20from%20NSF2009.pdf/

  The documentation prepared for the Decadal Review, the Review 
Committee Report, and responses by the MARGINS Steering Committee and by 
NSF Program Managers:  /http://www.nsf-margins.org/Review2009/

  And, as always, a variety of other material on the MARGINS web page  
/http://www.nsf-margins.org/

NSF Program Managers for MARGINS come from Ocean Sciences/MGG, Earth 
Sciences, and Ocean Sciences/ODP:

Bilal U. Haq   bhaq at nsf.gov   (703) 292-8581
William Leeman  wleeman at nsf.gov  (703) 292-7411
Deborah Smith   dksmith at nsf.gov   (703) 292-7478