Overall, PGRP found that the total number of submissions decreased and that the proposal quality increased. Continue reading
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We’re Moving!
As you may have heard, the lease on NSF’s building in Ballston was up and the General Services Administration negotiated a lease on a brand-new building in Alexandria not far from Old Town. The new building located at the Eisenhower metro stop will be even closer to Regan National Airport and have two floors for … Continue reading
External Report from Abt on Preliminary Proposals
In 2012, IOS and DEB (the Division of Environmental Biology) instituted major changes to the proposal submission process, piloting a program now well known as the preliminary proposal system. DEB and IOS switched to an annual submission deadline, capped the number of proposals a PI can submit at two, and required a four-page preliminary proposal be … Continue reading
IOS is looking for a new Division Director
Dr. Heinz Gert de Couet, the current Division Director for IOS, is ending his rotation and returning to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in August. IOS is grateful for his leadership and he will be missed. Due to his departure, IOS is searching for its next Division Director. In the Directorate for … Continue reading
NSF IOS and USDA-NIFA Announce FY17 Plant Biotic Interactions Awards
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) have issued 27 research project awards, totaling more than $18 million, to support research into the relationships between plants, microbes, and other organisms in their environment. This new inter-agency collaboration … Continue reading
New Opportunity: NSF-Simons Research Centers for Mathematics of Complex Biological Systems (MathBioSys) NSF17-560
The Simons Foundation and NSF join forces to fund up to 3 new math-bio research centers. Continue reading
EDGE Program Announces Its First Ten Awards!
IOS’s new program Enabling Discovery Through Genomic Tools (EDGE) has announced its first 10 awards totaling $14 million in 2017. These projects span a variety of non-model animals and plants with the goal of developing and rapidly disseminating genomic tools for researchers to use to understand how gene function creates the functional and physical characteristics of … Continue reading
Tips for preparing your CAREER proposal
The deadline for CAREER (NSF17-537) proposal submission, 19 July, 2017, is fast approaching. Below we are reposting tips for CAREER submission from an earlier blog. You will also want to consult the current Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG NSF 17-1). You may also want to check out our prior postings on full proposal submission … Continue reading
PGRP-funded Investigators Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Their Fields
The Integrative Organismal Systems Division’s (IOS) Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) wishes to congratulate these investigators who recently were recognized for their scientific achievements. Dr. Edward S. Buckler (Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS and Adjunct Professor, Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University) was awarded the 2017 NAS Prize in Food and … Continue reading
Share Your Ideas on Cyberinfrastructure
A new NSF Dear Colleague Letter (DCL; NSF 17-031) has been posted: Request for Information on Future Needs for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure to Support Science and Engineering Research (NSF CI 2030). From the DCL: “NSF Directorates and Offices are jointly requesting input from the research community on science challenges and associated cyberinfrastructure needs over the next … Continue reading
