Blog of the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) at the National Science Foundation
While collaboration is key to innovation, most scientists receive little or no formal training in how to work together. Instead, many of us rely on interpersonal intuition to build a lab team. Conferences extend the reach of the lab, and, if one can meet and connect with the right people, then labs can work together. …
Continue reading Building Intentionally Diverse Teams via RCN
The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) held a Virtual Office Hour on January 20, 2022 providing information on the Organismal Response to Climate Change solicitation (ORCC; 22-513). The slides are available HERE The ORCC opportunity encourages integrative, cross-disciplinary research that examines the organismal mechanisms that underlie adaptive or maladaptive responses to environmental factors associated …
There are funding opportunities offered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for those individuals who are entrepreneurial inclined! If you have an idea that needs seed funding for early-stage product development, NSF’s America’s Seed Fund can assist with that. This Fund – which seeks to foster innovation and to help create businesses and jobs – …
Interested in BIO programs? Not sure what it takes to submit a proposal? Have questions? Teams representing the Biology Integration Institutes (BII) program, Enabling Discovery through Genomics (EDGE) program, and the Arctic Research Program all have upcoming Webinars that may be of interest to you! Scroll down for more info on each program and how …
Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO) The slides are available HERE. The IOS Virtual Office Hour for October 2021 focused on the Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO, 21-622) solicitation. We were joined by program directors who work directly on this funding opportunity. The IntBIO solicitation replaced the Rules of Life Track formerly featured in the core …
Continue reading Did you miss it? October Virtual Office Hours Recap
Proposal Budget Form 1030Download Critical to receiving the funds you need for your proposed project is a well justified budget. Here we’re sharing some best practices and advice for communicating that justification effectively. Starting with a cumulative budget form (link above), the goal is to provide a detailed breakdown of the funds requested (the actual …
Repost from our colleagues in the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB). Project titles matter because they partially determine who will end up reviewing your proposals. Unlike the situation with journals, where an editor can share the abstract of a manuscript with a potential reviewer, all NSF can share is the title. This comes into play …
Continue reading Repost: Your Project Titles Matter, Choose Wisely
Repost from our colleagues in the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB). Please join NSF Program Officers from the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) on Wednesday August 11th anytime from 11 am to 2 pm Eastern time for an informal question and answer session. Be sure and register in advance …
Continue reading Repost: BIO Virtual Drop-In Session for ESA
The BIORETS solicitation (NSF 21-584) seeks proposals that provide research experiences for groups of teachers in fields supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). The research experiences are intended to be translated into curricular changes that have long-term impact on science education and encourage students to enter STEM-related professions. A BIORETS project should provide …
Continue reading Research Experiences for Teachers Sites in Biological Sciences (BIORETS)
Repost from our colleagues in the Directorate for Biological Sciences. Predicting and preventing pandemics that have not yet happened is the focus of a new funding opportunity from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Researchers from a broad range of scientific disciplines — including those across the biological sciences — are invited to submit proposals to develop multidisciplinary research centers that can address the complex challenges involved in forecasting and avoiding future pandemic-scale outbreaks. The Predictive Intelligence …
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