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
• BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities
  • Serve at NSF as a temporary Program Officer
  • Serve as a reviewer on grant proposals

Programs and Funding Opportunities

Key:  Crosscutting |  NSF-wide

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)
	Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2008  (HSD)
	Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences  (UBM)
	Mathematical Sciences: Innovations at the Interface with Computer Sciences (MSPA-MCS)
	Microbial Genome Sequencing Program FY 2009
	Multi-scale Modeling  (MSM)
	Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)
	Research Initiation Grants to Broaden Participation in Biology  (RIG BP)
	Science, Technology, and Society  (STS)
Directorate for Biological Sciences Center Overview
	Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology  (CEIN)
	iPlant
	National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
	National Evolutionary Synthesis Center  (NESCent)
	National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis  (NIMBioS)
	Science and Technology Center for Behavioral Neuroscience  (CBN)
	Science and Technology Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education  (C-MORE)
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

Featured NSF-wide Programs

NSF Educational Opportunities by Audience

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For K-12 Educators

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