Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | NSF - National Science Foundation

Cells undergoing mitosis

Cellular Dynamics and Function Cluster

CDF seeks theory-driven predictive investigations of diverse cellular and subcellular systems

Male germ lines stained with DNA dye

Genetic Mechanisms Cluster

GM supports inventive studies seeking to address the fundamental questions of how genes work, how genes are maintained and inherited, and how genes and genomes change

Genetic circuits linked within single cells

Systems and Synthetic Biology Cluster

SSB supports projects to generate understanding of emergent properties of biological systems through integrated theoretical frameworks guided by the laws of physics, mathematics, chemistry, and principles of engineering and computer science

Molecular Biophysics Cluster

MB supports fundamental biophysical and biochemical research projects that address the relationships between structure, dynamics and function in studies of biomolecules and their interactions

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Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
(NSF 22-521) Posted October 22, 2021
Navigating the New Arctic
(NSF 22-520) Posted October 22, 2021
National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
(NSF 22-502) Posted October 6, 2021

Upcoming Due Dates

ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (NSF 20-554) Full Proposal: November 3, 2021, Partnership and Adaptation full proposal deadline - if you submitted a letter of intent then you can submit the full proposal. Work on the full proposal should have started well before the letter of intent deadline.
Reproducible Cells and Organoids via Directed-Differentiation Encoding (NSF 21-608) Preliminary Proposal: November 22, 2021
NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NSF 21-607) Preliminary Proposal: December 1, 2021

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