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Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)

IOS Special Announcements

BREAD Ideas Challenge announced:  See Dear Colleague Letter at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13035 for details about the fourth competition.  

IOS has updated the solicitation and frequently asked questions for the core programs' regular research submissions which follow a single annual cycle of preliminary and full proposals. The updated solicitation NSF 13-506 can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503623&org=IOS&from=home. A link to the frequently asked questions, can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13009/nsf13009.jsp?.  August 2, 2013 is the next deadline (by Invitation Only) for full proposals.

BIO's New Guidance on Data Management Plans (posted 2/20/13) required for all full proposals submitted to NSF.

BIO Dear Colleague Letters 

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.

BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities

NOTE: March 1 annually (or next business day if that is a weekend or holiday) is the target date for most IOS programs for REU, RET, RAHSS, and ROA supplements as well as proposals for Conferences, Symposia and Workshops (Meetings). Guidance for IOS PIs preparing supplemental requests is posted at:  http://www.nsf.gov/bio/ios/suppopp.jsp  For Guidance on preparing Proposals for Conferences, Symposia and Workshops (Meetings) visit http://www.nsf.gov/bio/ios/confworkshopguidance.jsp

Please be sure to check the Division of Emerging Frontiers (EF) for additional grant competitions.

Programs and Funding Opportunities

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Division of Integrative Organismal Systems
International Collaborations in Organismal Biology Between US and Israeli Investigators (ICOB)
Nitrogen: Improving on Nature (NITROGEN)
IOS Cluster Descriptions
bullet Behavioral Systems
bullet Developmental Systems
bullet Neural Systems
bullet Physiological and Structural Systems
Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
bullet Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development  (BREAD)
bullet Developing Country Collaborations in Plant Genome Research (DCC-PGR)
bullet Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
Additional Funding Opportunities for the IOS Community
bullet Catalyzing New International Collaborations  (CNIC) NSF Wide Flag
bullet Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience  (CRCNS) Crosscutting
bullet Data Infrastructure Building Blocks  (DIBBs) Crosscutting
bullet Innovation Corps Teams Program  (I-Corps Teams) NSF Wide Flag
bullet Long Term Research in Environmental Biology  (LTREB)
bullet MacroSystems Biology:
bullet Ocean Acidification  (OA)
bullet Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
bullet Research Assistantships for High School Students  (RAHSS)
bullet Research Coordination Networks Crosscutting
bullet Research Experiences for Teachers: Supplement Opportunity  (RET)
bullet Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment  (SEES) NSF Wide Flag Crosscutting
bullet Science, Technology, and Society  (STS)
Current Activities: no longer receiving proposals - IOS
bullet Metabolomics for a Low Carbon Society  (METABOLOMICS)
bullet Surpassing Evolution: Transformative Approaches to Enhance the Efficiency of Photosynthesis

Featured NSF-wide Programs

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program NSF Wide Flag

International Research Fellowship Program NSF Wide Flag

Research in Undergraduate Institutions NSF Wide Flag

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Upcoming Due Dates See All

Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF  13-542) Full Proposal: May 24, 2013, Deadline for REU Site proposals requiring access to Antarctica. All other REU Site proposals must be submitted to the August REU deadline.

Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(NSF  13-518) Full Proposal: May 29, 2013, Director's INSPIRE Awards Full Proposals

Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(NSF  13-518) Full Proposal: May 29, 2013, INSPIRE Track 1 Full Proposals

Innovation Corps Teams Program
(NSF  12-602) Full Proposal: June 17, 2013

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
(NSF  12-516) Letter of Intent: June 28, 2013


News See All

image of a tadpoles face in siblings stomach Cannibal Tadpoles Key to Understanding Digestive Evolution
Released May 8, 2013
News From the Field
Jonathan Sylvester examines a group of fishes Competing Pathways Affect Early Differentiation of Higher Brain Structures
Released April 26, 2013
News From the Field
Sathya Puthanveettil Scientists Create Novel Approach to Find RNAs Involved in Long-term Memory Storage
Released April 25, 2013
News From the Field

Discoveries See All

Cartoon showing a threatening wave scaring blue mussels Blue Mussels "Hang On" Along Rocky Shores: For How Long?
Mussels' anchors--byssal threads--weakened by ocean acidification
Released  March 21, 2013

Photo of Raphael Perea delivering a presentation. Native Americans Trained to Address Environmental Problems on Their Lands
NSF-funded program at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute teaches Native Americans about geospatial data
Released  March 20, 2013

collage image showing penguins, swans, sea horses Animal Attraction: The Many Forms of Monogamy in the Animal Kingdom
A Valentine's Day special on the science of monogamy
Released  February 13, 2013


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