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    Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry
     (NSF  09-516) Posted November 24, 2008

    2010 Project
     (NSF  09-514) Posted November 20, 2008

    Partnerships for International Research and Education
     (NSF  09-505) Posted November 10, 2008

    ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
     (NSF  09-504) Posted November 10, 2008

    Major Research Instrumentation Program
     (NSF  09-502) Posted October 24, 2008

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    Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation
     (NSF  08-604) Preliminary Proposal: December 8, 2008

    Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation
     (NSF  08-604) Preliminary Proposal: December 9, 2008

    Ecology of Infectious Diseases
     (NSF  08-601) Full Proposal: December 10, 2008

    Ecological Biology
     (PD  04-1128) Full Proposal: January 9, 2009

    Ecosystem Science
     (PD  04-7381) Full Proposal: January 9, 2009

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    News thumbnail of robo-lizard and real lizard Robo-lizards Help Prove Long-standing Signaling Theory
    Released November 24, 2008
    News From the Field
    arabidopsis plant Plants Grow Bigger and More Vigorously Through Changes in Their Internal Clocks
    Released November 24, 2008
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    arabidopsis flower Key Link in How Plants Adapt to Climate Discovered by Stanford Researchers
    Released November 24, 2008
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    Photo of Daniel Bond holding Geobacter microbes. Batteries Made of Bacteria?
    Researchers believe the energy produced by <em>Geobacter</em> microbes can be harnessed for electrical power, environmental remediation and biosensors
    Released  November 19, 2008

    Photo of Duke University Lemur Center director Anne D. Yoder with a Coquerel's Sifaka. Islands: Exquisite Labs of Evolution
    Anne Yoder, director of the Duke University Lemur Center, and colleagues are using genetic and genomic approaches to unravel the history of lemurs and the primate family tree
    Released  November 14, 2008

    Thermal infrared image of Brazilian free-tailed bats in Texas. 'Gone Bats' Over Aeroecology
    New scientific discipline studies bats, birds and other animals in atmosphere closest to Earth's surface
    Released  October 28, 2008

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    December 4, 2008
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