National Science Foundation Contribution to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response (Invited)
Abstract
Within one week after the collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, scientists from the US academic community began approaching NSF requesting funds to support rapid-response research. NSF staff moved quickly to identify those researchers whose ideas fell within NSF’s specific mandate to support basic scientific research and who were well poised logistically and experientially to contribute significantly to the overall national response to the oil spill. Those researchers were encouraged to submit proposals through NSF’s RAPID program so that awards could be made quickly - typically from less than 24 hours to several days after receipt of the RAPID proposal. This presentation will summarize the mechanics and effectiveness of the NSF RAPID response, the topical breadth of research supported, and our current view of how this approach to research funding may better serve science in the national interest in future years.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010AGUFM.U14A..04K
- Keywords:
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- 4894 OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL / Instruments;
- sensors;
- and techniques;
- 6699 PUBLIC ISSUES / General or miscellaneous