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Biological Infrastructure (DBI)

DBI SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

New A Dear Colleague Letter for BRAIN EAGERs to Enable Innovative Neurotechnologies to Reveal the Functional and Emergent Properties of Neural Circuits Underlying Behavior and Cognition has been posted. Click here for details regarding this funding opportunity (March, 2014).

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.

See additional items of interest below:
New Over the past several years, a number of reports on cyberinfrastructure particularly relevant to biological research and biological infrastructure have been issued. Many of these were supported by the National Science Foundation; others have been supported by other organizations. As an aid to the biological research community, we have compiled a listing of these reports. See http://www.nsf.gov/bio/pubs/bio_ci_workshops.htm for a compendium posted 6/25/13.
BIO Dear Colleague Letters - updated 3/4/13
BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities
BIO's Guidance on Data Management Plans (posted 2/20/13) required for all full proposals submitted to NSF.
February 1, 2014 is the next deadline for REU, RET, RAHSS, and ROA supplements in DBI.
Be sure to check the Division of Emerging Frontiers (EF) for additional grant competitions

Programs and Funding Opportunities

Key: Crosscutting | NSF-wide


Human Resources Cluster
	Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
	Research Coordination Networks
	Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Research Resources Cluster
	Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI)
	Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR)
	Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML)
	Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR)

Directorate for Biological Sciences Centers Overview
	Bio/computational Evolution in Action CONsortium (BEACON)
	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)
	National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
	Science and Technology Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education (C-MORE)

Additional Funding Opportunities for the DBI Community
	Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)
	Catalyzing New International Collaborations (CNIC)
	Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs)
	Dimensions of Biodiversity FY2014
	Innovation Corps Teams Program (I-Corps Teams)
	Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
	Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS)
	Research Coordination Networks
	Research Experiences for Teachers: Supplement Opportunity (RET)
	Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES)
	Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - SSE & SSI (SI2-SSE&SSI)

Current Activities: no longer receiving proposals - DBI
	Innovations in Biological Imaging and Visualization (IBIV)

Genealogy of Life (GoLife)

Featured NSF-wide Programs

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Graduate Research Fellowship Program

International Research Fellowship Program

Research in Undergraduate Institutions

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Upcoming Due Dates

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Innovation Corps Teams Program
(NSF 12-602) Full Proposal: March 17, 2014

Genealogy of Life
(NSF 14-527) Full Proposal: March 26, 2014

Catalyzing New International Collaborations
(NSF 13-605) Full Proposal: April 22, 2014

Sustainability Research Networks Competition
(NSF 14-534) Full Proposal: April 29, 2014

Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF 13-542) Full Proposal: May 23, 2014, Deadline for REU Site proposals requiring access to Antarctica. All other REU Site proposals must be submitted to the August REU deadline.

News

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		A new laser for a faster Internet Released February 19, 2014 News From the Field
		Superbright and fast X-rays image single layer of proteins Released February 13, 2014 News From the Field
		Ancestor of snakes, lizards likely gave birth to live young Released December 17, 2013 News From the Field

Discoveries

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		Computational science takes the Nobel stage 2013 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry continue to develop important high performance computing methods Released February 11, 2014
		Fish aglow: Hidden colors in the sea "There's a whole light show going on down there, and people never see it." Released January 9, 2014

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June 23, 2014 - June 24, 2014 NSF Grants Conference - Denver, CO Outreach

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