NSF hosted a webinar on Monday, February 12, 2024 about the recently updated solicitation of the Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP) program (24-531), a collaboration between the NSF and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. The webinar recording and transcript are available here. The PACSP program supports basic research that investigates organismal …
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RePost: Growing Convergence Research (GCR): A funding opportunity to support new forms of deep integration across disciplines
Reposted from BioBuzz An updated solicitation has been published for the NSF-wide Growing Convergence Research (GCR) program with a submission deadline of April 12, 2024 (NSF 24-527). What is “Convergence Research” in this context?GCR identifies Convergence Research as having two primary characteristics: Research driven by a specific and compelling problem. Convergence research is generally inspired by the …
Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) Updates are Available! Learn More!
Full Proposal Target Date: Mar 11, 2024 IOS and the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) have joined the Division of Mathematical Sciences in the Directorate for Mathematical and physical Sciences (MPS) on the latest solicitation of Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB), NSF 24-513. This program seeks to stimulate fundamental interdisciplinary and potentially transformative …
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RePost: AccelNet: International Network of Networks to address global challenges
Reposted from DEBrief AccelNet is a program in the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) that facilitates the coordination and planning of international research on a global challenge that requires coordinated international efforts. AccelNet projects may be from any scientific or engineering discipline that NSF funds and may take place in almost every country. AccelNet …
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Updates to the Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC) Solicitation
Solicitation updates are now available for Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC): Expanding Understanding and Improving Predictions of Life on a Warming Planet. Program Web Page: ORCC Program Solicitation: NSF 23-622 Full Proposal Deadline: Dec 13, 2023 The ORCC solicitation calls for proposals focused on understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of organismal response to climate change to improve …
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Have you seen the GRFP solicitation update?
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) has just released a solicitation update (NSF 23-605). Be sure to have a look at these updates as you advise students planning to apply to the GRFP or are thinking of applying yourself. In particular, portions of the eligibility criteria have been rewritten for clarity. Some important updates for …
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The IOS Competition for a new Synthesis Center for Organismal Resilience
NSF seeks to establish a new Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience (NSF 23-564). IOS program directors will hold informational webinars about this program solicitation on August 24, 2023 (register here) and November 16, 2023 (register here). In recent decades, the biological sciences have experienced an unprecedented growth in data collection as a result of …
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NSF announces solicitation for open-source ecosystems
Are you interested in developing a community to manage open-source products, such as software, hardware, models, specifications, programing languages or data platforms? If so, consider submitting a proposal to the Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program. This program aims to support new managing organizations to catalyze distributed, community-driven development and growth of new open-source ecosystems (OSEs). The expected …
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Is the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) program right for your research?
Full Proposal Deadline is November 16, 2022 IOS would like to bring your attention to the EEID program, which seeks to support highly integrative research that focuses on understanding disease transmission and the myriad factors that influence it. The solicitation, NSF 22-260, describes the details of how to apply to the program. This multi-agency program …
Learn more about the Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO) Program
Full Proposal Deadline is January 24, 2023 IOS would like to bring your attention to the IntBio program that supports collaborative research, training and education that spans subdisciplines to understand how biological systems function and interact across different scales of organization. The solicitation, 21-622, describes the details of how to apply to the program. The …
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