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Biological Infrastructure (DBI)

DBI SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Programs and Funding Opportunities

Key: Crosscutting Crosscutting | NSF Wide Flag NSF-wide

Human Resources Cluster
bullet Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
bullet Research Experiences for Undergraduates  (REU) NSF Wide Flag
Research Resources Cluster
bullet Advances in Biological Informatics  (ABI)
bullet Collections in Support of Biological Research  (CSBR)
bullet Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories  (FSML) Crosscutting
bullet Instrument Development for Biological Research  (IDBR)
Directorate for Biological Sciences Centers Overview
bullet Bio/computational Evolution in Action CONsortium  (BEACON)
bullet Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology  (CEIN)
bullet iPlant
bullet National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
bullet National Evolutionary Synthesis Center  (NESCent)
bullet National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis  (NIMBioS)
bullet National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center  (SESYNC)
bullet Science and Technology Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education  (C-MORE)
Additional Funding Opportunities for the DBI Community
bullet Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections  (ADBC)
bullet Data Infrastructure Building Blocks  (DIBBs) Crosscutting
bullet Dimensions of Biodiversity FY2012
bullet Innovation Corps Program  (I-Corps) Crosscutting
bullet Plant Genome Research Program  (PGRP)
bullet Research Assistantships for High School Students  (RAHSS)
bullet Research Coordination Networks NSF Wide Flag
bullet Research Experiences for Teachers: Supplement Opportunity  (RET)
bullet Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment  (SEES) NSF Wide Flag Crosscutting
bullet Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation Crosscutting
Current Activities: no longer receiving proposals - DBI
bullet Assembling, Visualizing, and Analyzing the Tree of Life  (AVAToL)
bullet Innovations in Biological Imaging and Visualization  (IBIV)

Featured NSF-wide Programs

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program NSF Wide Flag

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program NSF Wide Flag

International Research Fellowship Program NSF Wide Flag

Major Research Instrumentation Program: NSF Wide Flag

Partnerships for International Research and Education NSF Wide Flag

Research in Undergraduate Institutions NSF Wide Flag

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Upcoming Due Dates See All

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.

Research Coordination Networks
(NSF  11-531) Full Proposal: June 15, 2012, RCN UBE and UBE Incubator Track

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
(NSF  12-516) Letter of Intent: June 29, 2012

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
(NSF  11-533) Full Proposal: July 2, 2012

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
(NSF  11-690) Full Proposal: July 23, 2012, BIO, CISE, EHR, OCI


News See All

biology graphic New Map of Life Project Aims to Show Distribution of All Animals, Plants on Planet
Released May 10, 2012
News From the Field
Photo of visitors peering at insects at the Hasbrouck Insect Collection at Arizona State University. NSF Awards Second Round of Grants to Advance Digitization of Biological Collections
Released May 1, 2012
Press Release
screen shot of a dinosaur skeleton Were Dinosaurs Undergoing Long-term Decline Before Mass Extinction?
Released May 1, 2012
News From the Field

Discoveries See All

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

A <em>Caenorhabditis elegans</em> "worm" tail belonging to a male, showing sensory rays. Worms Can Evolve to Survive Intersex Populations
Experimental evolution reveals a possible intermediate stage in the evolution of sex determination
Released  December 5, 2011


Events Calendar See All

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




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