We’d like to call your attention to a new Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 24-054) supported by a collaboration between the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Government of India. This DCL encourages proposals that form collaborations between U.S. and Indian research communities. Specifically, proposals submitted through this DCL address …
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RePost: New DCL: Leveraging Innovations From Evolution (LIFE)
Reposted from BIOBuzz Across millennia, life on Earth has solved challenges to innumerable biotic and abiotic pressures. In some cases, similar adaptations and innovations have arisen independently in separate lineages (i.e., convergent evolution). However, despite the remarkable proliferation of genomic resources, organismal and phylogenetic knowledge, and computational capabilities, most of life’s functional solutions remain poorly understood …
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Announcing a new Dear Colleague Letter: Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE)
We’d like to call your attention to a new Dear Colleague Letter: Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE) (NSF 24-044) supported by a collaboration between the Kavli Institute and the U.S. National Science Foundation. This Dear Colleague Letter encourages proposals focused on fundamental research topics in cell and circuit-based approaches to understanding neurobiology in changing ecosystems, …
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IOS Participating in NSF/Switzerland International Collaboration MOU
All core programs in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems have signed on to participate in the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Research Cooperation. This MOU, described in Dear Colleague Letter NSF 23-049, provides a framework to encourage collaboration between U.S. and Swiss research …
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New Opportunities for Bioinspired Design
NSF released two new Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs) focused on bio-inspired design and prioritizing interdisciplinary collaborations: Bioinspired Design Collaborations to Accelerate the Discovery-Translation Process (BioDesign) Announcement of 2023 Convergence Accelerator Track M: Bio-Inspired Design Innovations BioDesign DCL Through the new BioDesign DCL, the IOS Core Programs and Plant Genome Research Program aim to facilitate the translation …
RePost — Recording Available: Inclusive Wildland Fire Science Planning Proposals Webinar 2
RePost from DEBrief -- NSF held its final webinar on the Inclusive Wildland Fire Science Planning Proposals Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) on Wednesday, November 30th. The webinar provided information about NSF Dear Colleague Letter 22-122 as well as a Question-and-Answer Session. A recording of the webinar is now available here with a transcript available here. Please note that the webinar starts …
What is an NSF Dear Colleague Letter (DCL)?
Did you just receive another announcement of a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) from the NSF? Are you wondering what it really means? DCLs provide a means for rapid communication from the agency and are also used to highlight specific areas of research we’d like to see represented in our submissions. DCLs vs. SolicitationsThe DCL is …
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RePost: DCL: Planning Proposals to Catalyze Innovative and Inclusive Wildland Fire Science through Diverse Collaborations
RePost from DEBrief To begin to address the complex issues posed by wildland fires, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently published a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL). This DCL calls for proposals that engage diverse stakeholders and rights holders in innovative and inclusive wildland fire science. A planning proposal is a type of proposal used to …
Did you know? There are new opportunities to support U.S. – U.K. collaborations!
NSF has released a new Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) on Research Collaborations between U.S. NSF and the U.K. Research and Innovation (UKRI). The DCL, NSF 22-107, details how the NSF and the UKRI have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to encourage collaboration between U.S. and U.K. researchers. This DCL provides information, including topic …
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Meet TIP, the newest NSF Directorate!
In March, NSF announced the first new directorate in decades, the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships or TIP. TIP will serve to advance use-inspired and translational research in all fields of science and engineering with the intention of accelerating breakthroughs in critical and emerging technologies and giving rise to new industries which will help …
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