Blog of the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) at the National Science Foundation
The Directorate for Biological Sciences released a new Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) Rules of life (RoL): Forecasting and Emergence in Living Systems (FELS) that will solicit research proposals that can forecast the direction and dynamics of change in living systems. The DCL describes the opportunity to identify areas where such rules may exist, to catalyze …
Continue reading Rules of Life: Dear Colleague Letter: Deadlines Announced
The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) in the Directorate for Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation will host a live webinar to talk about the Enabling Discovery Through Genomic Tools (EDGE) program and answer questions from participants on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 3:30 PM Eastern Time. A standalone solicitation for EDGE (NSF 18-506) …
Release of EDGE solicitation NSF18-506
IOS core programs will move to no deadline submission in 2018
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 …
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 NSF IOS and USDA-NIFA Announce FY17 Plant Biotic Interactions Awards
The Simons Foundation and NSF join forces to fund up to 3 new math-bio research centers.
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 EDGE Program Announces Its First Ten Awards!
Proposal submission - any day, any time As you may have heard, IOS recently made some changes to the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP). The new PGRP solicitation (NSF 16-614) was released on 28 September, 2016. You will find it includes a few changes, as well as some familiar opportunities and some new offerings. The changes include relaxed submission …
Dear Researcher, We are writing today to alert you that you may soon receive an invitation by e-mail to participate in a short survey conducted by Abt Associates on behalf of the US National Science Foundation (NSF). This is a legitimate request and we invite you to participate. This survey is part of an independent …
Continue reading Preliminary Proposal Evaluation Update for DEB and IOS: Surveys Arriving Soon
