NASA Announces Research Grants in Interdisciplinary Science

David E. Steitz/Etta Jane Pagani
Headquarters, Washington                   October 30, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1730/1034)

RELEASE: 03-348

NASA ANNOUNCES RESEARCH GRANTS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE

     NASA has awarded approximately $47.4 million in grants to 
researchers from 23 states conducting interdisciplinary 
scientific investigations. The research is expected to expand 
understanding of a variety of aspects of Earth system science.

Sponsored by NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Earth Observing 
System Interdisciplinary Science Program (EOS/IDS), the 
research will use the vast wealth of new data from Earth 
Observing Satellites. The topics span a range of innovative 
interdisciplinary research, with a focus in emerging 
scientific areas identified in the Strategic Plan of the U.S. 
Climate Change Science Program.

Broad thematic topics of the research projects include global 
ecosystems, climate trends and variation, consequences of 
climate and sea level changes. The researchers will examine 
effects of increased human activities on coastal regions as 
well. NASA also aims to expand knowledge of the carbon cycle 
on Earth through the use of new classes of models.

NASA received 348 proposals in response to the EOS/IDS 
research announcement. The proposals were peer-reviewed by 
scientific experts from academia and government. A list of the 
awardees, their institutions and research titles is available 
on the Internet at:

http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_y/nra/current/NRA-03-OES-
03/winners.html

For more information about NASA and agency research programs 
on the Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov 

For more information about NASA's Earth Science Enterprise 
research on the Internet, visit:

http://www.earth.nasa.gov   

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