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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development
(NSF  10-589) Posted July 22, 2010

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
(NSF  10-587) Posted July 19, 2010

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-1
(NSF  10-582) Posted July 1, 2010

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry
(NSF  10-580) Posted June 29, 2010

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program Centers
(NSF  10-569) Posted June 8, 2010

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Science of Learning Centers
(PD  07-7278) Full Proposal: August 2, 2010

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program Centers
(NSF  10-569) Letter of Intent: August 4, 2010

Research Coordination Networks
(NSF  10-566) Full Proposal: August 18, 2010

Advances in Biological Informatics
(NSF  10-567) Full Proposal: August 23, 2010

Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF  09-598) Full Proposal: August 25, 2010

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News See All
Cover of the July 30, 2010, issue of Science magazine. From the Heart: How Cells Divide to Form Different but Related Muscle Groups
Released July 29, 2010
Press Release
Photo of a silkworm cocoon spun in a lab at Tufts University. If Spiders and Worms Can Do It, Why Can't We?
Released July 29, 2010
Press Release
Chickpea and root nodule, an organ in legumes associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program
Released May 12, 2010
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Photo showing a petri dish swabbed with a culture of bioluminiscent marine bacteria. Scientists Eavesdrop on Bacteria Conversation
The discovery of how bacteria communicate may lead to new types of antibiotics and ways of improving actions of good bacteria
Released  June 30, 2010

Photo of researchers collecting a sediment core from Silver Lake, Ohio. Mass Animal Extinctions, Not Climate Change, Caused Major Shifts in Plant Communities
NSF-supported researchers investigate a connection between the disappearance of certain plant communities and the late-Pleistocene extinction of large mammal species in North America
Released  May 26, 2010

Photo of Ben Levinson watching Rama Balasubramanian adjust the levels of gases in a fermenter. Good Bacteria Eat Bad Greenhouse Gas
With NSF support, Amy Rosenzweig's group seeks to understand the cellular machinery that enable certain bacteria to leech copper out of the environment and metabolize methane
Released  May 7, 2010

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September 8, 2010  - September 9, 2010
Fall Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education
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September 21, 2010
NSF Day at the University of Toledo
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October 5, 2010
NSF Day at the University of Kansas
Outreach

October 6, 2010  - October 7, 2010
Advisory Committee for Geosciences
Advisory Committee Meeting

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