New NSF Solicitation:
The Future of Thwaites Glacier and its Contribution to Sea-level Rise

National Science Foundation
Division of Polar Programs
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230

Posted October 21, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have announced that they will jointly fund as much as $25 million in research, and make available additional funding for associated logistical support, to understand a massive Antarctic glacier whose collapse could significantly affect global sea level.

NSF and NERC issued a solicitation for proposals to support fieldwork and modeling in the vicinity of West Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier and the adjacent Amundsen Sea. View the solicitation (NSF 17-505) on the NSF web site.

The full NSF press release can also be found on the NSF web site:
NSF, U.K. Jointly Support Research Into Fate of Massive Antarctic Glacier

The Full Proposal Deadline date is March 01, 2017.

General inquiries regarding this program should be made to:

• Paul Cutler
  telephone: (703) 292-4961
  email: pcutler@nsf.gov
• Jessica Surma
  telephone: +44(0)1793411600
  email: jetc@nerc.ac.uk