Solar, Heliospheric, and INterplanetary Environment | 22 570

Opportunity Information: Apply for 22 570

The Solar, Heliospheric, and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE) grant opportunity is a National Science Foundation (NSF) research funding program focused on improving scientific understanding and predictive capability for how the Sun generates energy and how that energy moves through space to influence the near-Earth environment. In practical terms, the program targets the physics of magnetic fields and energetic particles: how they are created at the Sun, how particles are accelerated in interplanetary space, and how both fields and particles are transported through the inner heliosphere on their way to Earth. The emphasis is not just on describing these processes, but on building the kind of knowledge and modeling capability that can support prediction of solar and heliospheric conditions relevant to Earth.

A central feature of SHINE is its community-driven structure. It is described as a broad-based, grass-roots research effort that organizes scientific priorities through community workshops. Rather than being narrowly defined around a single mission or instrument, SHINE encourages proposals that connect directly to topics actively being discussed and developed within the SHINE workshop framework. The solicitation highlights that proposals should be aligned with the focused topic areas identified in the SHINE program description and discussed at SHINE-organized workshops. Applicants are also directed to the SHINE community website (http://www.shinecon.org) for current activities and topical focus, which signals that the program’s near-term priorities are shaped by ongoing community coordination.

From an administrative standpoint, this is an NSF discretionary grant opportunity in the category of Science and Technology and other Research and Development, with CFDA listing 47.050. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is broadly open to any type of applicant organization, assuming no limiting conditions are stated elsewhere in the full solicitation under the eligibility section. The funding opportunity number is 22-570. The posting indicates an award ceiling of $200,000 and an expectation of roughly 15 awards, suggesting a program scale that supports a cohort of competitively selected research projects rather than a small number of large centers. The opportunity was created on February 11, 2022, with an original closing date of May 11, 2022, placing it in a standard NSF proposal window for that cycle.

Overall, SHINE is aimed at researchers working on solar and heliospheric science, especially projects that help explain and predict the chain of processes linking solar magnetic activity and particle acceleration to their propagation through the heliosphere and eventual impacts at Earth. Competitive projects under this opportunity would typically be those that clearly map their objectives to SHINE’s actively discussed science questions, demonstrate relevance to the community’s focused topic areas, and contribute to the broader goal of improving predictive understanding of the Sun-to-Earth system.

• The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Solar, Heliospheric, and INterplanetary Environment" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.050.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 11, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 11, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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