National Science Foundation Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change Program
The National Science Foundation’s Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change program utilizes key geological, chemical, and biological records of climate system variability to provide insight rates of change that characterized Earth’s historical climate variability, the responses of key Earth system components, and the sensitivity of Earth’s climate system to forcing changes. The scientific objectives of this program are to 1) provide comprehensive paleoclimate data sets that can serve as model test data sets analogous to instrumental observations; and 2) enable transformative syntheses of paleoclimate data and modeling outcomes to understand the response of the long-term variability of Earth’s climate system. The foundation expects to award 35 grants, with a typical award duration of three years. Approximately $11 million is expected to be available each year, pending funding availability.