Simons Foundation: Solar Radiation Management (SRM)- LOI

Aims to fill fundamental scientific knowledge gaps relevant to SRM. 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 / Approaches to minimize cirrus cloud formation, including from aircraft emissions / Assessments 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.

Funding: up to $500K/ year, for 3 years.

www.simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-physical-sciences/funding/request-for-applications