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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation
(NSF  10-551) Posted March 16, 2010

Computing in the Cloud
(NSF  10-550) Posted March 15, 2010

Dimensions of Biodiversity
(NSF  10-548) Posted March 10, 2010

Ethics in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Online Resource Center
(NSF  10-547) Posted March 5, 2010

Climate Change Education (CCE): Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) Program, Phase I
(NSF  10-542) Posted February 19, 2010

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
(NSF  10-517) Full Proposal: March 19, 2010

Assembling the Tree of Life
(NSF  10-513) Full Proposal: March 22, 2010

Environmental Synthesis Center
(NSF  10-521) Preliminary Proposal: March 23, 2010

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
(NSF  10-523) Preliminary Proposal: March 29, 2010

Ocean Acidification
(NSF  10-530) Letter of Intent: March 29, 2010

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News See All
photo of a dog Dogs Likely Originated in the Middle East, New Genetic Data Indicate
Released March 17, 2010
News From the Field
Typhochactas mitchelli Phylogenetic Analysis of Mexican Cave Scorpions Suggests Adaptation to Caves is Reversible
Released March 15, 2010
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biology graphic More Maize Ethanol May Boost Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Released March 11, 2010
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Photo of worker termites protected by a soldier. Termite Battles May Explain Evolution of Social Insects
Research on why early termite offspring remained home with their parents, instead of leaving to create their own colonies, could provide a missing link to the evolution of sterility among social insects
Released  February 17, 2010

Video showing gecko feet. Following in the Footsteps of Nature
Researchers move one step closer to nature with the development of polymers and directional adhesion that follow the workings of a gecko's foot
Released  February 9, 2010

Image of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito. Why Human Blood Drives Mosquitoes Wild
UC Davis chemical ecologist Walter Leal identifies the chemical source of an annoying attraction
Released  February 8, 2010

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March 18, 2010  - March 19, 2010
Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education
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March 22, 2010  - March 23, 2010
NSF Regional Grants Conference - Cleveland, OH
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March 22, 2010
Communicating Science: Tools for Scientists and Engineers
Workshop

March 22, 2010
Information Partners Workshop
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April 2, 2010
NSF Day at Northern Arizona University
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