Solar Radiation Management

The Simons Foundation is launching an international collaborative research program designed to fill fundamental scientific knowledge gaps relevant to Solar Radiation Management. SRM is an emerging collection of 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. This call aims to help fill key fundamental knowledge gaps in the science of SRM.

Proposals can be from individual investigators or small teams; the latter are not required to be from the same institution.

It is expected that the program will fund around 20 proposals. 

Funding: $500,000 per year 

Duration: 3 years

Research Authority due date: 24.5.23

LOI (required) due date: 31.5.23

Full proposal due date: 3.10.23