Repost from our colleagues in the Division of Biological Infrastructure On Tuesday, December 8, 2020 the Directorate of Biological Sciences (BIO) will host a webinar with information regarding the Biology Integration Institutes (BII) funding opportunity (NSF 20-601). We will begin at 1:00 PM EST with a presentation followed by a Q&A session. To participate, Save …
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BIO/IOS Thanksgiving message
This year has taken each of us by surprise and possibly out of our comfort zones. We have had to rebalance our lives personally and professionally during this global pandemic, but the NSF mission never stopped. Some of us had to pause and learn new things while others have faced unexpected hurdles to operate in …
IOS Virtual Office Hours October 2020 Edition: Biology Integration Institutes
The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) held a Virtual Office Hour on October 15, 2020 focused on the Biology Integration Institutes (BII; NSF 20-601) solicitation. Many excellent questions were asked, and they are summarized here: Is there an expectation that a BII proposal be multi-institutional as well as multi-disciplinary? - There is no expectation …
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Demo Site for Research.gov Proposal Preparation Now Available
We are pleased to announce that NSF has launched the Research.gov proposal preparation demonstration site. The new demo site provides an opportunity for Principal Investigators (PI) to create Research.gov proposals prior to submitting proposals for review in the Proposal Submission System. Research.gov demo site features: Initiating Research proposals (other proposal types will be added to …
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REPOST: Webinar Announced for Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-1 Program
Repost from our colleagues in the Division of Biological Infrastructure On Wednesday, November 4, 2020 and Thursday, November 5, 2020, NSF will host outreach webinars with information about the Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure (Mid-scale RI)-1 funding opportunity (NSF 21-505). The Mid-scale RI Big Idea is intended to provides an agile, Foundation-wide process to fund experimental research …
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Two Solicitations of Interest to the IOS Community
Two solicitations have been issued by NSF recently that are relevant to members of our IOS community. Read more about them below. Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Program Update For investigators who are at, or who have a collaborator at, a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) please be aware that the HSI program has updated their solicitation …
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Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program – Competition 2021
The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program calls for proposals to the 2021 competition. AccelNet supports linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad focused on grand research challenges that require significant international coordination. Awards support coordination activities to promote synergy of efforts across networks and professional development activities to prepare the …
Recent Dear Colleague Letters of Interest to the IOS Community
We’d like to bring your attention to two different Dear Colleague Letters* (DCL) that were issued recently by NSF. The first DCL focuses on Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN). This supplemental funding opportunity provides training opportunities to graduate students already supported by NSF grants to “develop skills that prepare them to be successful …
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IOS Virtual Office Hours September 2020 Edition: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) held a Virtual Office Hour on September 17, 2020 focused on the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB; NSF 20-602) program. The PRFB program has three competitive areas: Area 1: Broadening Participation of Groups Underrepresented in Biology; Area 2: Integrative Research Investigating the Rules of Life Governing Interactions Between …
Farewell to Rosetta Rhine IOS Program Support Manager* and Farewell to rotating** Program Director, Clifford Weil!
IOS would like to take this opportunity to thank Rosetta Rhine for her 11-year service and to bid her farewell. Rosetta has been a valued member of the IOS team as the Program Support Manager, supervisor of the IOS support team. Rosetta was appreciated in the division for her leadership abilities and for doing a …
