• New We call your attention to an additional mechanism to support collaborations aimed at injecting new ideas and approaches into undergraduate biology curricula. See RCN-UBE Dear Colleague Letter for further details.
• New Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) Program Announcement now available
• NSF Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009  
• NSF guidance for postdoctoral mentoring plans --  see Summary of Significant Changes to the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf09_29/gpg_sigchanges.jsp
• Dear Colleague Letter: Multi-scale Modeling (MSM)
• Dear Colleague Letter: Update - Emerging Topics in Biogeochemical Cycles (ETBC)
• Life in Transition (LiT) Dear Colleague Letter
• Microbial Systems in the Biosphere (MSB) Dear Colleague Letter
• BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities 

Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development
(NSF  09-566) Posted June 10, 2009

Population and Community Ecology
(PD  09-1128) Posted May 11, 2009

Evolutionary Processes
(PD  09-1127) Posted May 11, 2009

Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-Rē)
(NSF  09-562) Posted May 11, 2009

Major Research Instrumentation Program
(NSF  09-561) Posted May 11, 2009

Urban Long-Term Research Area (ULTRA) Exploratory Awards
(NSF  09-551) Full Proposal: July 7, 2009

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

Evolutionary Processes
(PD  09-1127) Full Proposal: July 9, 2009

Long Term Research in Environmental Biology
(NSF  07-588) Full Proposal: July 9, 2009

Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis
(NSF  08-559) Full Proposal: July 9, 2009

September 1, 2009  - September 2, 2009
Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF)
Committee of visitors

October 5, 2009  - October 6, 2009
NSF Regional Grants Conference - Jackson, MS
Outreach

October 21, 2009  - October 23, 2009
2009 ATE PI Conference
PI Meeting