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NSF announces solicitation for open-source ecosystems 

Are you interested in developing a community to manage open-source products, such as software, hardware, models, specifications, programing languages or data platforms?  If so, consider submitting a proposal to the Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program.   This program aims to support new managing organizations to catalyze distributed, community-driven development and growth of new open-source ecosystems (OSEs). The expected …

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RePost: Can People at Other Agencies Submit to NSF Programs?

RePost from BioBuzz Can researchers at USDA, a National Lab, the Smithsonian, or those in other federal positions be funded? If so, how? Are you a federal employee whose work might fit an NSF program? Perhaps you are a scientist at a college or university looking to work with a federal employee on an NSF …

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Did you miss it? January 2023 Virtual Office Hours Recap: Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) 

The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) held a Virtual Office Hour on January 19, 2023 providing information on current solicitations and Dear Colleague Letters of potential interest to the community. This overview was followed by our topic of the month, the Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE; 21-546) funding opportunity.    General information about the EDGE …

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Guidelines for Revising and Resubmitting your Proposal 

Receiving a notice that your proposal has been declined is discouraging for all principal investigators. At the bottom of this page is NSF’s official guidance on resubmission, but we first provide some information to help you evaluate whether to resubmit a revised proposal.  Suggestions before considering resubmission   Take time to read and digest the results …

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IOS Bids Farewell to Evan Balaban 

For the past seven years, Evan Balaban has been a Program Director in the IOS Neural Systems Cluster working with the Organization and Activation Programs. Evan will be starting a position as a Distinguished Researcher/Full Professor at the Universidad Carlos III Madrid (UC3M) in Spain, where he will be guiding the development of their new Neuroscience …

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Upcoming 2023 Solicitation Due Dates 

Although the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) core programs solicitations are accepted anytime, there are other BIO and NSF-wide funding opportunities that have due dates. Below is a list of some solicitations relevant to the IOS community with upcoming deadlines and due date windows. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list as new …

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What are “Cognizant Program Officer Comments” and where can you find them at Research.gov?   

What are “Cognizant Program Officer Comments”?    When a proposal decision has been made, the PI(s) can view the following information at Research.gov:  Proposal status (such as awarded or declined)  De-identified copies of all reviews  A panel summary (if the proposal was reviewed by a panel)  Cognizant Program Officer Comments (if written)  The Cognizant Program Officer …

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Reminder: January 27, 2023 is the Last Day New Proposals and Supplemental Funding Requests Can Be Submitted in FastLane

Moving forward, new proposals to NSF must be prepared and submitted in Research.gov or Grants.gov, and all supplemental funding requests must be submitted in Research.gov. The last day that new proposals can be submitted via FastLane is Friday, January 27, 2023 (5:00pm submitter’s local time). Any in-progress proposals currently in FastLane must either be submitted …

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Don’t miss it! Virtual Office Hour featuring PAPPG Changes  Thursday Jan. 19, 2023 

As many of you have already heard the NSF has published a new Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1).  This new Guide features several changes which take effect as of Jan 30, 2023 and are summarized here.  For now, we want to focus on changes to the formatting of BioSketches and …

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