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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

John Wingfield shares his goals for BIO in an online conversation.

BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities - The Directorate is seeking candidates for permanent Program Directors within the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB). See Job Announcement for details.  NOTE: vacancy announcement closes March 15, 2012

See "Additional BIO Resources" on tool bar on the right for other items of interest.

See NSF-11-545 (MCB), NSF 11-572 (IOS) and  NSF 11-573 (DEB) for details about new procedures for the submission and review of regular research proposals to the core programs in those Divisions.
Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
 (NSF  12-535) Posted January 25, 2012

MacroSystems Biology:
 (NSF  12-532) Posted January 20, 2012

Dimensions of Biodiversity FY2012
 (NSF  12-528) Posted January 12, 2012

Long-Term Ecological Research
 (NSF  12-524) Posted December 23, 2011

Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) Program, Phase II
 (NSF  12-523) Posted December 23, 2011

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Research Coordination Networks
 (NSF  11-531) Full Proposal: February 3, 2012, RCN SEES Track

Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
 (NSF  11-522) Full Proposal: February 3, 2012

Science of Learning Centers
 (PD  07-7278) Full Proposal: February 6, 2012, Spring Target Date

Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
 (NSF  11-514) Full Proposal: March 1, 2012

Plant Genome Research Program
 (NSF  12-517) Full Proposal: March 5, 2012

Funding Rates


FY 2011 BIO Funding Rate for Research Grants
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News See All
Photo of Griesbach Creek in the Arctic. Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt
Released February 3, 2012
Press Release
Photo of a mountain lion taken by a motion-activated camera. Domestic Cats, and Wild Bobcats and Pumas, Living in Same Area Have Same Diseases
Released February 3, 2012
Press Release
A male brown anole lizard. Castaway Lizards Offer New Look at Evolutionary Processes
Released February 2, 2012
Press Release
Discoveries See All
Photo of a Cape sugarbird resting on a protea flower. Biodiversity of Earth's Richest Plant Kingdom Under Fire
In response to climate change, will a postage-sized-domain move uphill--and ultimately out of room?
Released  January 27, 2012

Photo of a teacher with two students carrying out a science experiment. "Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology" Initiative Charts New Path for College-level Biology
Meeting the needs of the 21st Century
Released  January 24, 2012

Silouette of a howling wolf with a full moon in the background. By the Light of January's Wolf Moon
On the hunt, is bigger better for predators like wolves?
Released  January 10, 2012

Events Calendar See All

February 15, 2012
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Proposal Webinar
Workshop

February 16, 2012
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Proposal Webinar
Workshop

February 21, 2012
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Proposal Workshop
Workshop

February 23, 2012  - February 25, 2012
8th Annual Symposium
Symposia

March 19, 2012
Landscapes and Beyond: From Physics and Protein Folding to Modeling Active Biological Matter
Lecture

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