Dear Colleagues,

Each year, CARB initiates the annual research planning process by collecting research comments and concepts from the public. The concepts and ideas that are submitted help to inform CARB's priorities for supporting future research.

Community and academic researchers are invited to submit detailed research concepts on the various topics that the CARB Research Program focuses on. This is a great opportunity to provide input on next year's research priorities. If your submitted concept is approved for funding, research staff will reach out to you directly to determine if you can do the proposed work.

After the comment/concept collection period concludes, CARB will review all research concepts to inform the projects that CARB will fund in fiscal year 2023-2024. Note that the CARB Research Program funding is limited and only a small subset of projects are funded each year. Project comments/concepts that align with the Triennial Strategic Research Plan for fiscal years 2021-2024 are more likely to be developed into full projects.  Researchers may review the Triennial Plan to gain a better understanding of our program goals and priorities.

Research concepts are requested by June 15, 2022 to be considered for FY 2023-2024.  To access the survey, please follow the link below or access it through the research concept collection portal: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7qrlnYh3sUCkOMDMyYyHzI0S4tIjZqtKq5vwTynQJfBUNzBaUVExTU5YUEZQMTVIUlFXNzRFMVBTVy4u

Please consider signing up for the program's listserv to stay up to date on CARB research planning activities. Choose the “Research Activities” option at the following link: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/CARB/subscriber/new.

Thank you.

Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)