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RePost: Learn about the new tracks in NSF’s Convergence Accelerator

Reposted from BioBuzz The NSF Convergence Accelerator has issued a new funding opportunity for three new research track topics: Equitable Water Solutions, Real-World Chemical Sensing Applications, and Bio-Inspired Design Innovations. Researchers and innovators have two submission pathways to submit their proposals: Solicitation, NSF-23-590, and Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), NSFBAA-CA23-01. Required letters of intent are due by July …

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RePost: The Postdoctoral mentoring plan

Reposted from NSF 101 The postdoctoral mentoring plan has been an NSF requirement since 2007, recognizing the important role that mentorship plays in the postdoctoral experience and their future career paths. While you will find many templates online, NSF does not endorse a prescriptive format and encourages researchers to lead the way in creating unique …

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RePost: New Global Centers Program Aims to Address Challenges in Climate Change and Clean Energy

RePost from BioBuzz NSF has announced a new Global Centers (GC) program, an ambitious effort to fund international, interdisciplinary collaborative research centers that will apply best practices of broadening participation and community engagement to develop use-inspired research on climate change and clean energy. Centers are also expected to create and promote opportunities for students and early career researchers …

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RePost: Second Virtual Office Hour on New Requirement for Safe and Inclusive Work Environments Plan

RePost from BioBuzz As was noted previously in this blog, several solicitations from the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Geological Sciences (GEO) will soon require the submission of a Safe and Inclusive Work Environments Plan (list of those solicitations below) that will be considered as part of the Broader Impacts criteria during the review process. A …

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RePost: GRANTED – Funding for conferences, symposia, and workshops

RePost from DEBrief Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity – GRANTED is a new initiative at NSF that seeks to fund conferences, symposia, and workshops around one or more of three primary themes: enhancing practices and processes within the research enterprise, strengthening the research enterprise workforce, and partnering with national and regional professional societies …

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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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RePost: Upcoming Biology Integration Institutes (BII) Webinar

RePost from DBInfo. Please join the Biology Integration Institutes (BII) program for a webinar on December 13, 2022 from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST. There will be a short presentation, followed by an open Q&A session with cognizant Program Officers. The BII Program supports diverse, collaborative teams that perform research, education and training on critical questions that …

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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 …

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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 …

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RePost: MCB announces a funding opportunity for building synthetic microbial communities for biology

We wanted to make sure you didn't miss this news from MCB... also announced on the DEB blog. In recent years, researchers have assembled synthetic microbial communities that have novel compositions, genetics, and phenotypes, and they have used these communities to address both fundamental biological questions and a range of societal problems. To support such …

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