This synopsis is for the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) part of the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) ROSES-2011 NNH11ZDA001N-LCLUC. This NRA offered opportunities for research to develop and use NASA remote sensing technologies to improve understanding of human interaction with the environment, and thus provide a scientific foundation for understanding the sustainability, vulnerability and resilience of landcover and land-use systems. NASA LCLUC research contributes toward the goals of the U.S. Global Climate Research Program (USGCRP) by providing critical scientific information about LCLUC-climate interactions and the consequences of land-cover and land-use change on environmental goods and services, the carbon and water cycles and the management of natural resources. This particular solicitation was directed at early career scientists, with their Ph.D. degree not earlier than 2005 and aimed to stimulate more interdisciplinary research proposals that are commonly funded by the NASA New Investigator Program (NIP). All the topics on LCLUC were welcome. However, of special interest for this solicitation was the topic of differences in land cover and land use across political borders, explaining and attributing these differences to their primary causes. Social science component in proposals was considered a requirement for a proposal to be selected. NASA received 26 Step-2 proposals and selected 10 proposals for funding. More details are available at: http://nspires.nasaprs.com
