Field Site Coordination

NEON can facilitate Field Site Coordination (FSC) with NEON site hosts/landowners for researchers wanting to work within or adjacent to NEON sites, and does not anticipate using any NEON resources, infrastructure, or personnel. Field site coordination consists of ongoing communications with domain staff and limited interaction in the field as needed. We ask that researchers review and meet the standards outlined in the NEON Site Research Coordination Guidelines. NEON support is subject to availability of resources and alignment of the proposed activities with NEON's mission.

Close coordination between NEON, site hosts, and research investigators may be necessary to ensure research success. The intent of the form below is to evaluate proposed field activities to ensure the integrity of NEON's research sites, instrumentation, measurements, observational sampling, data products, and site host relationships.

NEON does not own the property on which NEON infrastructure and observational plots are located, therefore NEON cannot issue permits, land use permissions, or site access. It is the responsibility of the researcher to gain access permission, and all required local, state, and federal permits. More information about individual site permits and access can be found on the NEON Permits and Permissions page.

Is this the correct form for me?

If your request does not anticipate using any NEON resources, infrastructure, or personnel, you have or will obtain your research permit from the site host/landowner, and you are not proposing to work within NEON sampling or measurement plots, fill out the webform below.
If you would like to request or anticipate NEON field staff support to conduct field work or field sampling, or are proposing to conduct work within our NEON sampling measurement plots, please complete and submit the more detailed NEON Assignable Asset Observational Sampling Infrastructure (OSI) Request Form.
If you are requesting access or use of NEON infrastructure (installation of instruments on the tower, instrument hut, or are requesting power or network access), please complete and submit the more detailed NEON Assignable Asset Sensor Infrastructure (SI) Request Form.
If you seek additional information on Research Support or the NEON Assignable Assets Program, including the type of research that can be done at NEON sites and on NEON infrastructure, please refer to the NEON Assignable Assets website, or the NEON Assignable Assets FAQ. You can also contact the NEON Assignable Assets Program via email at AssignableAssetRequests@BattelleEcology.org or through the Contact Us form.

Request Field Site Coordination (FSC)

Requestor's Name

First and Last Name

Requestor's Institutional Affiliation

Requestor's Email Address

Confirm Requestor's Email Address

Requestor's Phone Number

The Requestor is the same as the Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator's Name (add Dr., Ms., etc)

Principal Investigator's Title

Principal Investigator's Institutional Affiliation

Principal Investigator's Email Address

Confirm Principal Investigator's Email Address

Is this project currently funded or are you seeking funding

Funding Agency

Funding Program

Provide Funding Solicitation Number

URL for solicitation website

Must start with format "https://..." to be accepted.

What is the expected funding notification date if submitting a proposal?

What date do you need a response from NEON by?

Please allow a minimum of 2 weeks to process your request.

Project Name or Title

Provide a quick overview of the overall proposed research project and its objectives (up to one paragraph)

Provide a quick overview of the field activities that you are proposing to occur at the NEON site(s)?

Please list the four-letter site IDs or site names

Site IDs and names can be found here.

When is field work anticipated to begin at the selected NEON sites?

When do you anticipate field work to end at the selected NEON sites?

Briefly describe where research is expected to occur at the site or any relation it will have to established NEON measurements, sampling, or infrastructure

You can provide general areas, distances from plots or infrastructure, GPS coordinates, or upload an image or map (see below for uploading of files). You can zoom in to our field site layouts on the Explore Field Sites map.

At what frequency will the site be visited?

Have you contacted the site host(s) for the necessary permits/permissions?

The NEON Assignable Asset Site Access Information spreadsheet, available on this page, provides information about which field sites are open to additional non-NEON research activities.

If you need or would like to include any supporting materials, please combine into a single document and upload here.

One file only.
200 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, xml, avi, mov, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, bz2, dmg, gz, jar, rar, sit, svg, tar, zip.

Please enter the name(s) of any NEON scientists or staff that you have been working with regarding this request.