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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you're a new visitor to the Directorate for Biological Sciences website or just want a quick visual and textual summary of our areas of support, please visit the "About BIO" web page where we have added a new interactive organization chart.

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

BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities 

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 procedures for the submission and review of regular research proposals to the core programs in those Divisions.
Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program-CIF21 Track
(NSF  12-555) Posted April 20, 2012

Arctic SEES
(NSF  12-553) Posted April 18, 2012

International Research Experiences for Students
(NSF  12-551) Posted April 5, 2012

Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering
(NSF  12-499) Posted March 29, 2012

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

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator-initiated research projects
(NSF  11-545) Full Proposal: May 21, 2012

Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF  09-598) Full Proposal: June 1, 2012, Deadline for REU Site proposals requiring access to Antarctica. All other REU Site proposals must be submitted to the August REU deadline.

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program-CIF21 Track
(NSF  12-555) Letter of Intent: June 4, 2012, IGERT-CIF21 Letter of Intent

Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering
(NSF  12-499) Full Proposal: June 13, 2012, Mid-Scale Projects

Innovation Corps Program
(NSF  11-560) Full Proposal: June 15, 2012

Funding Rates


FY 2011 BIO Funding Rate for Research Grants

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News See All
Photo showing plants in the South African fynbos. Dead Ahead: Less Rainfall for Drought-Sensitive Southern Hemisphere Regions?
Released May 18, 2012
Press Release
Heliconius melpomene aglaope Colorful butterflies Increase Their Odds of Survival by Sharing Traits
Released May 16, 2012
News From the Field
Photo of a loggerhead hatchling. Questions About Incredible Sea Turtle Migration Answered by Scientists
Released May 14, 2012
Press Release
Discoveries See All
Image of a Queen of Spades card. Queen of Spades Key to New Evolutionary Hypothesis
Microscopic ocean plankton mimic card also known as the Black Queen
Released  May 10, 2012

Photo of Lucille Tower examining a vine maple. Nature Observation Database Receives One-Millionth Entry
Key database monitoring climate change received its one-millionth report from a network of "citizen scientists"
Released  May 3, 2012

Photo of vessels and platforms responding to the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010. Gulf Oil Spill: Scientists Develop New Model for Deep-water Oil Spills
Call for a "whole new type" of marine ecology
Released  April 20, 2012

Events Calendar See All

May 21, 2012
Creating Economic Value From University Science: What is the Role of Faculty?
Lecture

May 29, 2012
FICR Meeting 2012
Partnership Meeting

June 5, 2012
Science: Becoming the Messenger
Workshop

June 5, 2012
Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure
Advisory Committee Meeting

June 25, 2012
Bringing Chemistry to Life: Bioorthogonal Chemistries for Glycoprofiling and Beyond
Lecture

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Featured Programs
Innovation Corps Program
Plant Genome Research Program
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FY 2013 BIO Budget Excerpts
BIO's Guidance on Data Management Plans
Dear Colleague Letters: BIO and Foundation-wide
Supplements & Other Opportunities
Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI)
Creative Research Awards for Transformative Interdisciplinary Ventures (CREATIV)
NSF's Career-Life Balance Initiative
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Interdisciplinary Research
NSF Strategic Plan: 2011-2016
NSF Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
BIO Reports
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Merit Review Broader Impacts Criterion: Representative Activities
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