Solar Radiation Management

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Elizabeth Roy

Senior Manager for Programs and Administration

mps@simonsfoundation.org

212-524-6966

The Simons Foundation has launched an international collaborative research program designed to fill fundamental scientific knowledge gaps relevant to Solar Radiation Management. SRM is an emerging collection of proposed approaches, including stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), marine cloud brightening (MCB) and cirrus cloud thinning (CCT), designed to modify the Earth’s radiative balance and cool the planet. Although reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations is the only long-term strategy to mitigate climate change and other impacts, SRM might be able to ameliorate some of the negative impacts this century. However, SRM also may pose significant environmental and societal risks, including stratospheric warming, ozone depletion and changes in rainfall, thereby affecting water resources and agriculture. At present, not enough is known about SRM systems and their potential impacts to allow informed decisions by policymakers. This program aims to help fill key fundamental knowledge gaps in the science of SRM.

Projects funded by this program involve passive observations of the existing atmosphere, computer modeling and small-scale experiments confined to labs. None involve in-atmosphere alterations or testing.

Priority areas include: Environmentally benign materials discovery for SAI and CCT Laboratory physicochemical characterization of SAI and CCT materials and their interactions with light, clouds, atmospheric trace gases and with themselves or ambient aerosols, with the aim to improve microphysical inputs to existing climate models Assessments of approaches to minimize cirrus cloud formation, including from aircraft emissions Study of near-field (<100 km) atmospheric turbulence and its impact on SAI and CCT interventions, primarily through modeling Integration of improved representations of aerosols and turbulence into global-scale modeling, and characterization of global and regional impacts of novel materials for SAI and CCT Program or Administrative Questions:

Elizabeth Roy

Senior Manager for Programs and Administration

mps@simonsfoundation.org

212-524-6966

The deadline to submit LOI applications is September 30, 2024, at 12 p.m. (noon) EDT. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted via the Simons Award Manager (SAM), https://sam.simonsfoundation.org/. Please click on the Funding Opportunities icon. Applications should be started and submitted under the applicant’s own account in the Simons Award Manager (SAM). For the _Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Solar Radiation Management_ application, please click on Create Application and then on Begin Application. After creating an application, navigate to the Applications in Progress section on your homepage to access the in-progress application.

Informational videos on submitting applications in SAM can be found here.

LOI and proposal attachments…

Topic areas: Energy and Environment, Circular Economy and Sustainability, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Physical Sciences.

Funding amount

This grant provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Not specified by the program.

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

Solar Radiation Management is administered by Simons Foundation (Simons), listed via Simons Foundation.