EF Special Announcement

• Updated BIO Dear Colleague Letters
• NSF Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009  
• NSF guidance for postdoctoral mentoring plans --  see Summary of Significant Changes to the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf09_29/gpg_sigchanges.jsp
• Information about Centers supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences is now posted on the Division of Biological Infrastructure web page.

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Emerging Frontiers
	Advancing Theory in Biology  (ATB)
	Assembling the Tree of Life  (ATOL)
	Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems  (CNH)
	Ecology of Infectious Diseases  (EID)
	Emerging Topics in Biogeochemical Cycles  (ETBC)
	Multi-scale Modeling  (MSM)
	Science, Technology, and Society  (STS)
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

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