Emerging Frontiers (EF)

EF Special Announcement

• NEW  Call for Participants - Dear Colleague Letter for Joint NSF/EPSRC "Sandpit" on Synthetic Biology  
• Life in Transition (LiT) Dear Colleague Letter
• Microbial Systems in the Biosphere (MSB) Dear Colleague Letter
• Job announcement now posted for Permanent Program Director for the Biological Informatics Program
• BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities
  • Serve at NSF as a temporary Program Officer
  • Serve as a reviewer on grant proposals

Programs and Funding Opportunities

Key:  Crosscutting |  NSF-wide

Emerging Frontiers
	Advancing Theory in Biology  (ATB)
	Assembling the Tree of Life  (ATOL)
	Cyberinfrastructure for the Biological Sciences: Plant Science Cyberinfrastructure Collaborative  (PSCIC)
	Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems  (CNH)
	Ecology of Infectious Diseases  (EID)
	Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2008  (HSD)
	Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences  (UBM)
	Mathematical Sciences: Innovations at the Interface with Computer Sciences (MSPA-MCS)
	Microbial Genome Sequencing Program FY 2008
	Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)
	Research Initiation Grants to Broaden Participation in Biology  (RIG BP)
	Science, Technology, and Society  (STS)
Center for Research at the Interface of the Mathematical and Biological Sciences (CIMBS)
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)

Featured NSF-wide Programs

Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM)

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NSF Educational Opportunities by Audience

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News		See All
Key to Function of Dinosaur Crests Found in Brain Structure Released October 16, 2008 Press Release NSF Awards 10 Grants for Studies of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Released October 3, 2008 Press Release NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Disease Grants Released September 18, 2008 Press Release

Discoveries		See All
'Gone Bats' Over Aeroecology New scientific discipline studies bats, birds and other animals in atmosphere closest to Earth's surface Released  October 28, 2008 Methane Formation in the Oceans: New Pathway Discovered Significant importance for study of greenhouse gas production on Earth Released  July 10, 2008 Environmental Programs in China Successful, Study Finds Key reforms could turn them into world models Released  July 10, 2008 Microbes to People: Without Us, You're Nothing! How tiny microbes run the world Released  April 21, 2008 The World's Smallest Whistle-Blowers: Microbes Microbes warn of ecological damage Released  April 21, 2008