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Directorate for Biological Sciences. Todd A. Crowl , Program Director Division of Environmental Biology. Vermont EPSCoR Water Dynamics Workshop November 2008. Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). Division of Environmental Biology (DEB). Division of Integrative Organismal Systems - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Directorate for Biological Sciences
Todd A. Crowl , Program DirectorDivision of Environmental Biology
Vermont EPSCoR Water Dynamics WorkshopNovember 2008
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Effective April, 2008
Division of Environmental Biology
(DEB)
Division of Environmental Biology
(DEB)
Ecological BiologyEcological Biology
Ecosystem ScienceEcosystem Science
Division of Integrative Organismal
Systems(IOS)
Division of Integrative Organismal
Systems(IOS)
Research ResourcesResearch Resources
Human ResourcesHuman Resources
Division ofBiological Infrastructure
(DBI)
Division ofBiological Infrastructure
(DBI)
Division of Molecular and Cellular
Biosciences(MCB)
Division of Molecular and Cellular
Biosciences(MCB)
Biomolecular SystemsBiomolecular Systems
Cellular SystemsCellular Systems
Genes and Genome SystemsGenes and Genome Systems
Emerging Frontiers (EF)
Plant Genome ResearchProgram
Plant Genome ResearchProgram
Population and EvolutionaryProcesses
Population and EvolutionaryProcesses
Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories
Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories
Behavioral SystemsBehavioral Systems
Developmental SystemsDevelopmental Systems
Neural SystemsNeural Systems
Physiological and StructuralSystems
Physiological and StructuralSystems
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
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BIO Core Areas - MCB
• Genes and Genome Systems
• Biomolecular Systems
• Cellular Systems
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
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BIO Core Areas - IOS
• Behavioral Systems
• Developmental Systems
• Physiological and Structural Systems
• Neural Systems
Integrative Organismal Biology
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BIO Core Areas - DBI
Biological Infrastructure• Research Resources
– Field Stations & Marine Labs
– Instrument Development
– Biological Databases & Informatics
– Living Stock Collections
– Biological Research Collections
• Human Resources– Postdoctoral Fellowships
– Research Experiences for Undergraduates - Sites
– Undergraduate Research and Mentoring
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• Ecosystem Science
• Long-term Ecological Research Network
• Ecological Biology
• Population & Evolutionary Processes
• Systematic Biology & Biodiversity Inventories
BIO Core Areas - DEB
Environmental Biology
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• Microbial Systems in the Biosphere
• Ecology of Infectious Diseases
• Assembling the Tree of Life
• Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Some Funding Opportunities
• Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation
• Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
• Planetary Biodiversity Inventories
• Partnerships for International Research and Education
• Long-term research in Environmental Biology
• Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
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New theory or significant extension of existing theory
Explanatory framework for common themes that cross levels of biological organization
Theory should cut across established disciplines 17 Feb 09 deadline
Advancing Theory in Biology
to further our understanding of general biological principles,
to integrate phenomena under these principles,
to guide model construction and experimentation, and
to identify new organizing principles.
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Announcement: NSF 05-579
Deadline: Third week in July, annually
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
• Supports teacher-scholars• Supports plans that effectively integrate research and
education• BIO minimum of $500,000 for 5 years • Check eligibility criteria
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Support investigators to synthesize the body of their research: career production of important papers
Not for production of new data or for synthesizing other investigators’ research
Mid-to-late career stages (but not always) 9 Jan 09 deadline
Opportunities for Promoting Understanding
and Synthesis(OPUS)
Ecological Biology, Ecosystem Science, and Population and Evolutionary Processes Clusters
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To foster communication and collaboration across disciplinary, geographical and organizational boundaries
To move a field forward or to create new research directions or opportunities
Facilitate open exchange of information Nurture a sense of community among young scientists
Last Monday in June deadline Contact [email protected]
Research Coordination Networks (RCN)
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (DDIG)
• Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and the Behavioral Systems program in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
• Must pass candidacy by the deadline
• Funds research-related costs only
• Recent changes:
• increased upper limit to $15,000 [NEW!]
• allow travel to meetings
Announcement: NSF 08-564
Deadline: 3rd Friday in November, annuallyContact: [email protected]
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Undergraduate Research & Mentoring
Year-round support for undergraduate students
Any area of biology except biomedicine Projects must include a strong mentoring
component and emphasize strategies that encourage and enable members of underrepresented groups
Build skills needed for full participation in graduate research
First Tuesday in March deadline
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Jointly-conducted long-term research experiences for interdisciplinary balanced teams
Focus on research at the intersection of the mathematical and biological sciences
Involve students from both areas in collaboration Joint mentorship by faculty in both fields 12 Feb 09 deadline
Undergraduate BIO-Math
Projects should provide students exposure to contemporary mathematics and biology, addressed with modern research tools and methods.
That is, projects must be genuine research experiences rather than rehearsals of research methods.
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BIO 2009-2010 Priorities
• Life in Transition (LIT) – Strengthening Core Programs– Origins – Energy– Adaptation
• Dynamics of Water Processes in the Environment• NEON
– STREON– GLEON
See recent Dear Colleague letter
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Origins: How, where and when did life on Earth begin?
How did the biological complexity of life emerge from pre-biotic chemistry and geochemistry?
Self-contained – The Cell
Self-sustaining - Energy
Self-replicating – RNA, DNA
Evolving - Biodiversity
Open system chemistry
Self-sustaining biochemistry
Basic elements
DNA WorldRNA World
H2 + CO2 => [ HCO ]n
Self-replication
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Chloroplasts
How is energy obtained and used by living systems to sustain life?
Understanding natural energy transduction systems will inspire the development of biology-based technologies capable of delivering sustainable, renewable, efficient energy.
Assemble the basics
PS IAu Ag
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photon
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Applied
Photosynthesis
Barry Bruce (UTN), NSF/EF
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Diverse Chemical Sources of Diverse Chemical Sources of Energy for Living Systems:Energy for Living Systems:
Microbial Research to Enhance Our Understanding of Novel Energy Systems
Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Portand State Univ.Everett Schock, Washington Univ. St. Louis
Arsenate (AsO43-)
Iron (Fe3+)Manganese (Mn4+)Nitrate (NO3-)Selenate (SeO4
3-)Sulfate (SO4
2-)Uranyl oxide (UO2
2+)
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Adaptation Transformations and Transitions in the Story of Life
Understanding life’s resilience and adaptation will reduce uncertainty about the future of life on Earth in response to global climate change:
Adaptive Systems TechnologyDynamics of Water Processes
in the EnvironmentNEON
Changes
Diversity
What will survive, and how?
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GOAL: Support research on the resilience that is conferred by the presence of living organisms in freshwater ecological systems.
Dynamics of Water Processes in the Environment
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NEONBiosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere
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• Answering continental-scale questions: e.g. Will changing climate increase or decrease the biological carbon uptake or emission of the US and by how much?
• Requires measuring the drivers (climate, biological processes, land use change) and the phenomena (CO2 uptake or emission) over regional to continental scales over long time periods
• As well as conducting controlled experiments to understand the mechanisms involved in observed changes
• And
• Existing infrastructure is neither optimally configured geographically nor operationally standardized to do this
Why NEON ?
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Divisions
Featured Programs
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What is changing in Biology?
Lines of Inquiry becoming Planes of Inquiry
SCOPE Site-specific Transferable
SUBJECT Disciplinary Interdisciplinary
SCALE Restricted Comprehensive
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New technologiesNew Approaches
Connectivity
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Data volume
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“The difference between a great research project and a great research project that receives funding is usually found in the broader impacts”
Firth, 2000
Famous Quotes:
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