funding opportunities at nsf mark courtney program director division of environmental biology

Funding Opportunitiesat NSF

Mark CourtneyProgram Director

Division of Environmental Biology

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• ORGANIZATION• FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

– Core Activities (ongoing)– Emerging Frontiers– Developing Expertise– Increasing Diversity– Instrumentation Resources– New & Upcoming

Opportunities

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- supplies most of the Federal support for basic research in "non-medical biological sciences" at U.S. academic institutions (ca. same for "environmental biology")

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– Core Activities (ongoing)– Emerging Frontiers– Developing Expertise– Increasing Diversity– Instrumentation Resources– New & Upcoming Opportunities

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Proposal Policy Changes

• NSF’s new Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide is now in use

• Minimum font size: 10 pt• Required fonts:

• Arial• Helvetica• Palatino• Computer Modern• Georgia Publication Number: NSF 07-140

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Opportunities

Population & Evolutionary Processes

Population & Evolutionary Processes

Directorate for Biological Sciences

Directorate for Biological Sciences

Div. of Environmental

Biology(DEB)

Div. of Environmental

Biology(DEB)

Ecological BiologyEcological Biology

EcosystemScience

EcosystemScience

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Systems(IOS)

Div. of Integrative Organismal

Systems(IOS)

BehavioralSystems

BehavioralSystems

Developmental Systems

Developmental Systems

Neural SystemsNeural Systems

ResearchResources

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HumanResources

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Infrastructure(DBI)

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Infrastructure(DBI)

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Biosciences(MCB)

Div. of Molecular & Cellular

Biosciences(MCB)

BiomolecularSystems

BiomolecularSystems

Cellular SystemsCellular Systems

Genes and GenomeSystems

Genes and GenomeSystems

As of February 2007

Emerging Frontiers (EF)

Plant GenomeResearch Program

Plant GenomeResearch Program

Systematic Biology &Biodiversity Inventories

Systematic Biology &Biodiversity Inventories

Physiological & Functional

Systems

Physiological & Functional

Systems

BIO Target dates for unsolicited proposals

January 9 or 12July 9 or 12

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Opportunities

Announcement: NSF 06-567

Proposal Target Date: Last Monday in June, annuallyContact: Gerald Wilkinson, [email protected]

Research Coordination Networks (RCN)

• Encourage and foster interactions among scientists

• Create new research directions or advance a field

• Support communication and coordination across disciplinary, organizational, institutional, and geographical boundaries

• $50,000-100,000 per year for up to 5 years

Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID)

Joint NSF and NIH initiative

Supports the development of predictive models and the discovery of principles governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents.


Deadline: 2nd Wed in December annually Contact: Sam Scheiner, [email protected]

Award Web Page: http://nsf.gov/bio/pubs/awards/eid.htm


Assembling theTree of Life Project (AToL)

Constructing a universal Tree of Life for all 1.7 million named species of organisms on earth

Capitalizes on new computational and genomic technologies

Encompasses all microbes, fungi, protists, animals and plants

Contact: AToL Working Group, [email protected]

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Contact: [email protected]

The 2010 Project To determine the function of all genes in

Arabidopsis thaliana

• Determine the function of all genes in Arabidopsis thaliana by the year 2010

• Conduct creative and innovative research in order to determine the function of a network of genes

• Development of critical research tools for Arabidopsis functional genomics

Contact: Patrick Dennis, [email protected]


Microbial Genome Sequencing

• Support high-throughput sequencing of the genomes of microorganisms (including viruses, bacteria, archaea, fungi, oomycetes and protists)

• In collaboration with the USDA

• Emphasis on: novel biological functions, ecosystem roles, environmental effects, and genome evolution

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Deadline: October 8, 2007Contact: Matt Kane, [email protected]

Microbial Observatories and Microbial Interactions and Processes

(MOMIP)• Develop a network of sites in different habitats

to study and understand microbial diversity over time and across environmental gradients.

• Establish or participate in an internet-accessible knowledge network to disseminate the information.

• Now supports research projects that need not be site-based, and that are smaller and/or shorter in duration than MO projects.

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Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH)

• Joint program of three directorates: Biological Sciences, Geosciences, and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

• Focuses on complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales

• Topics are inherently interdisciplinary


Deadline: see announcementContact: Saran Twombly, [email protected]

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)

• Foster greater conceptual synthesis in biological evolution

• Bring together researchers and educators, extant data and information technology resources.

• Develop new tools and cross-disciplinary standards for management of biological information, support data analysis capabilities, and host and curate databases.

• Workshops, sabbaticals, postdoctorals

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Opportunities


Deadline: July 17, 2007Contact: Mark Courtney, [email protected]

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


Deadline: see announcementContact: Edward Murdy, [email protected]

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)

• Developed to meet the challenges of educating future Ph.D. scientists and engineers

• Emphasizes international training

• Multi-institutional award

• $2 million over 5 years

Contact: Juan Carlos Morales, [email protected]

Partnerships for EnhancingExpertise in Taxonomy (PEET)

• Training new generations of taxonomists

• Translate current expertise into electronic databases

• Monographic research and computer infrastructure

• Next competition, 2007• Please see the announcement for

more details


Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (DDIG)

• Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)

• Must pass candidacy by the deadline • Funds research-related costs only• Recent changes:

• increased upper limit to $12,000 • allow travel to meetings


Deadline: 3rd Friday in November, annuallyContact: Mark Courtney, [email protected]



Graduate Research Fellowships

• Awarded for graduate study leading to research-based masters or doctoral degrees

• Science, mathematics, and engineering

• Intended for students at or near the beginning of their graduate study

• Handled through the Div. of Graduate Education (Education Directorate)

• $30,000 / yr for 3 years


DEB Supplement Deadline: February 1st, annuallyContact: Main award’s NSF Program Director

Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REU)

• REU Sites or REU supplements to PIs with existing awards

• Intended to attract and retain undergraduates in mathematics, science and engineering

• Incorporates active research experience


Target Date: Same as core programs’Contact: Michael Mishkind, [email protected]

Research in Undergraduate Institutions

(RUI)

• Support high quality research by faculty with active involvement of undergraduate students

• Strengthen the research environment in academic departments that are oriented primarily toward undergraduate instruction

Research Opportunity Award (ROA)

• Supplementary funding through ongoing NSF research grants

• Allows faculty at predominantly undergraduate institutions to participate in research activities under the aegis of NSF-supported investigators


Deadline: Proposals accepted anytimeContact: Main award’s NSF Program Director


Research Experiencesfor Teachers (RET)

• Supplements to current NSF Awards

• Helps build long term collaborative relationships between K-12 teachers of science and mathematics and the NSF research community

• Encourages researchers to form partnerships with teachers


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Opportunities


Contact: Carter Kimsey, [email protected]

Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships & Supporting

Activities • Supports training and research in the areas of

biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences

• Offers travel grants for graduate students to visit prospective sponsors

• Provides starter research grants for Fellows

• NSF hosts an annual meeting of Fellows and their mentors

Undergraduate Research & Mentoring

in the Biological Sciences (URM)

• Research Mentoring Awards – proposals should emphasize ways of enabling students from under-represented groups to enter and remain in environmental biology

• Travel Awards - awards to professional societies to enable undergraduates from under-represented groups to attend meetings


Preliminary proposal deadline: 3rd Tues in SepContact: [email protected]



Research Assistantships for High School Students

(RAHSS) • Supplements current NSF awards

• Fosters high school students’ interest in pursuing the biological sciences

• Broadens participation

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– Core Activities (ongoing)– Emerging Frontiers– Developing Expertise– Increasing Diversity– Instrumentation Resources– New & Upcoming Opportunities

Deadline: 3rd Thursday in January, annuallyContact: Joan Frye, [email protected]


Major Research Instrumentation Program

(MRI)• Designed to improve the condition of

scientific and engineering equipment and facilities for research and research training

• Awards for instrumentation will range from $100,000 to $2 million

• Cost sharing at a level of 30% of total eligible costs is required


Improvements in Facilities, Communications, & Equipment for

Research at Biological Field Stations & Marine Laboratories (FSML)

• Off-campus facilities for R&E

• Preserving access to study areas & organisms

• Provide facilities & equipment in close proximity to study areas

Deadline: March 7, 2008Contact: Kandace Binkley, [email protected]

Deadline: Phase 2 & 3: January 10, 2008 Contact: Terry Woodin, [email protected]


Course, Curriculum, & Laboratory Improvement

(CCLI)• Division of Undergraduate Education

• Changed substantially in FY 2006Phase 1, Exploratory Projects - up to $150,000 ($200,000

when 4-year and 2-year institutions collaborate) for 1 to 3 years;

Phase 2, Expansion Projects - up to $500,000 for 2 to 4 years;

Phase 3, Comprehensive Projects - up to $2,000,000 for 3 to 5 years.

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• ORGANIZATION• FUNDING

OPPORTUNITIES– Core Activities (ongoing)– Emerging Frontiers– Developing Expertise– Increasing Diversity– Instrumentation Resources– New & Upcoming Opportunities


Deadline: 2nd Monday in January, annuallyContact: W. Carl Taylor, [email protected]

Research Initiation Grants (RIG) & Career Advancement Awards (CAA)

to Broaden Participation in the Biological Sciences• Increase the number and competitiveness of

underrepresented groups in biology and scientists at minority-serving institutions.

• For faculty at any college or university.

• Proposed activities must facilitate broadening participation by underrepresented groups in biology.

• RIG - beginning investigators - for activities (e.g. preliminary data or developing collaborations), in order to formulate competitive grant applications.

• CAA – established scientists – to enhance career development and competitiveness (e.g., acquiring new tools, skills).

Human & Social Dynamics (HSD)

• Multidisciplinary research teams

• Focuses on understanding the drivers and consequences of organizational, cultural, and societal change

• FY 2008 emphasis areas not yet announced


Contact: Rita Teutonico, [email protected]

Contact: Sam Scheiner, [email protected]

Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM)

• Enhance undergraduate training at the intersection of the biological and mathematical sciences

• Involve interdisciplinary teams of undergraduates in genuine research projects

• Strengthen research and education capacity, infrastructure, and culture of the institution


Science and Society (S&S)Impacts of Biology on Society

Examine the relationships among science, engineering, technology, and society.– Ethics and Values– History and Philosophy – Social Studies – Policy Studies

Announcement: NSF 06-039 Impacts of Bio on SocietyNSF 05-588 Science & Society

Proposal Target Dates: February 1 and August 1, annuallyContact: Frederick Kronz, [email protected]

• Encourage and provide the means to produce integrated analysis and interpretation of a body of research by an individual or team of investigators.

• Provide an account that chronicles how stages of research led to cohesive understanding.

• Generate insight that points to new directions in research.

• 6.5 mths salary and fringe benefits for primary PI; up to $25,000 non-PI salary costs, over 2 years.

Deadlines: January 9 and July 9, annuallyContact: Mark Courtney, [email protected]

OPUSOPUS


Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through

Synthesis (OPUS)



Environmental Genomics (EnGen)

• To enhance the development of fundamental knowledge and strengthen the capacity to apply genomics-enabled methods in research on organisms in their natural environments.

• Research foci should be appropriate to the themes of interest or purviews of the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Geosciences (GEO).

• If related to polar species or polar ecosystems, proposals should be responsive to the themes and goals of the International Polar Year (IPY), and submitted to the NSF IPY solicitation

Contact: Office of Polar Programs


International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008

• An intense scientific campaign to explore new frontiers in polar science, improve our understanding of the critical role of the polar regions in global processes, and educate the public about the polar regions

Planetary Biodiversity Inventories (PBI)

• To accelerate the discovery & study of the world’ biodiversity.

• World wide, species-level systematic inventory of a major group of organisms.


Deadline: January 12, 2008Contact:Patrick Herendeen, [email protected]

Plant ScienceCyberinfrastructure

(PSCIC)• New program

• Create a cyberinfrastructure collaborative for plant science that will enable new conceptual advances through integrative, computational thinking

• Scientists from various disciplines will work collaboratively on teams


Contact: Christopher Greer, [email protected]

Advancing Theory in Biology (ATB)

• Develop new conceptualizations and theoretical approaches to identify fundamental principles that traverse levels of biological complexity

• Awards up to $250,000 per year for 3 years


Proposal Deadline: July 3, 2007Contact: Saran Twombly, [email protected]

National Ecological Observatory Network

(NEON)• A major research infrastructure activity

• Continent-wide network of observatories

• State-of-the-art infrastructure will support interdisciplinary, integrated research

• Award announcement is forthcoming

Contact: Elizabeth Blood, [email protected]

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