Catalytic processes in the atmosphere controlling global change of ozone; development of laser systems from stratospheric and troposheric studies; development of high-altitude, long-duration unmanned aircraft for studies of global climate change

Psychosocial influences on health outcomes; understanding social inequalities in health related to socioeconomic status; biological and ecological factors in epidemiology

Understanding mechanisms of protection against tuberculosis; nanoparticle technology

Labor economics, health, demography, and the environment; the linkages between health status, population change and economic growth

Responses to inhaled gases, particulates and microbes; prevention and pathogenesis of environmental lung disease as well as respiratory infection

Changes in demographic patterns, disease burdens, and health policies

Molecular epidemiology; methods for assessing health effects after pollutant exposure; international occupational and environmental health

Health effects of air pollution exposures; the chemical and physical characteristics of those particles responsible for the observed adverse health effects

Energy, air pollution, and health in developing countries; major health risk factors and their role in current and future disease burden globally or in specific countries and regions

Dynamic meteorology; large scale atmospheric and climate dynamics; stability and predictability of dynamical systems

Management of long-term environmental issues with important scientific uncertainties, such as global climate change and stratospheric-ozone depletion; characterization of social preferences over health and environmental risks

Evolution of morphology; developmental biology; systematics, taxonomy and conservation biology; biodiversity informatics

Tectonic and sedimentary field geology; Proterozoic paleoceanography, plate tectonics, carbonates and chemostratigraphy; Snowball Earth phenomena

Long distance transport physiology in plants; root physiology; biomechanics of growth and development

Glacial cycles; past atmospheric conditions; past ocean circulation; climate change

Air pollution, atmospheric transport, regional and global atmospheric chemistry, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, climate change

Human exposure measurement techniques; sources, transport, and fate of air pollutants

Tropical convection and large scale atmosphere-ocean dynamics; global chemistry

Problems of international human rights and humanitarian law, humanitarian crises, and medical ethics in practical settings of disasters and emergencies

Development of models to quantitatively assess the environmental and health impacts of air pollution from local to national scales, with a focus on urban environments

Effects of boreal fires on atmospheric composition and air quality in a future climate; analysis of MISR data for injection heights of fire plumes; trends in ozone

Maintenance of biodiversity; behavioral and evolutionary ecology; lizards

Atmospheric particles, cloud formation, and climate change; energy, pollution, and climate; mineral origins of life; energy technology; biosphere-atmosphere feedback.

Marine nitrogen cycling; coastal and offshore plankton productivity; biological-physical interactions in the sea; effects of climate change on marine systems

Chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans, including interactions with the biosphere; evolution of planetary atmospheres; global carbon cycle

Ecological dynamics of terrestrial plant communities and ecosystems; biosphere-atmosphere interactions; mechanistic models of animal movement

Long-term measurements of net carbon exchange, canopy-atmosphere exchange of selected trace gases, and regional atmospheric chemistry

Earthquake source processes; fault and crack dynamics; lithospheric stressing and seismicity; hydrologic and surficial processes; pore fluid interaction with earth materials; landslides; episodic glacial motions

Geochemical oceanography; stable isotope geochemistry; paleoclimatology; climate change; carbon sequestration; energy technology

Health effects of lead and air pollutants and ozone exposure; cost-benefit analysis in environmental decision making

Pollutants/contaminants in indoor and outdoor environments; improving air quality for the design of healthier housing

Developing and applying quantitative methods for risk assessment and risk management, especially relating to children's risks and the environment

El Niño's dynamics; large-scale oceanic circulation; past climate dynamics

Chemistry of the atmosphere on global and regional scales, including stratospheric and tropospheric chemistry