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Programs: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

This is a list of all the programs within the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO).

    Key:  Crosscutting |  NSF-wide

Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
Human Resources Cluster
Research Resources Cluster
BIO Centers, Facilities, and Additional Research Infrastructure Cluster (CFARI)
Additional Funding Opportunities for the DBI Community
Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (BoCP) Crosscutting
Current Activities: no longer receiving proposals - DBI
Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
Division of Environmental Biology (core programs) (DEB)
Additional Funding Opportunities for the DEB Community
Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (BoCP) Crosscutting
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) Crosscutting
Current Activities: no longer receiving proposals - DEB
NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research Crosscutting
NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) Crosscutting
Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC)
Division of Emerging Frontiers (EF)
EF Active Solicitations
Current Activities: no longer receiving proposals - EF
Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs (IOS)
IOS Cluster Descriptions
Plant Biotic Interactions
Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE)
Additional Funding Opportunities for the IOS Community
2022 Signals in the Soil Crosscutting
Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (BoCP) Crosscutting
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) Crosscutting
Current Activities: no longer receiving proposals - IOS
NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research Crosscutting
NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) Crosscutting
Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC)
Reproducible Cells and Organoids via Directed-Differentiation Encoding (RECODE)
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator-initiated research projects (MCB)
Transitions to Excellence in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research (Transitions)
Designing Synthetic Cells Beyond the Bounds of Evolution (Designer Cells)
Reproducible Cells and Organoids via Directed-Differentiation Encoding (RECODE)
Additional Funding Opportunities for the MCB Community
Accelerating Innovations in Biomanufacturing Approaches through Collaboration Between NSF and the DOE BETO funded Agile BioFoundry (NSF-DOE/ABF Collaboration)
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) Crosscutting
Current Activities: no longer receiving proposals - MCB
Molecular Foundations for Biotechnology (MFB) Crosscutting
NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research Crosscutting
NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) Crosscutting
Semiconductor Synthetic Biology Circuits and Communications for Information Storage (SemiSynBio-III)
Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) NSF-wide
Additional Funding Opportunities for the DBI Community
Additional Funding Opportunities for the DEB Community
Additional Funding Opportunities for the IOS Community
Additional Funding Opportunities for the MCB Community
ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) NSF-wide
Bio/computational Evolution in Action CONsortium (BEACON)
Capacity: Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML) Crosscutting
Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) Crosscutting
Dark Dimensions of the RNA Regulome (D2R2)
Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) NSF-wide
Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) Crosscutting
Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: NSF-wide
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) NSF-wide
Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science Research Coordination Networks (FAIROS RCN) NSF-wide Crosscutting
Future Manufacturing (FM) Crosscutting
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) NSF-wide
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) NSF-wide
Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps (DSC) NSF-wide
Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering NSF-wide Crosscutting
Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Ideas Labs (I-DIRSE-IL) NSF-wide
Harnessing the Data Revolution: Coordination Hub (HDR Central) NSF-wide
Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) NSF-wide
Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) (NSF INCLUDES) NSF-wide
Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems (NCS)
IOS Cluster Descriptions
Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI) NSF-wide
National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) NSF-wide
National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program NSF-wide
NSF Participation in the ERA-Net in Synthetic Biology (ERASynBio)
NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research Crosscutting
Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC)
Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE)
Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) NSF-wide
Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) NSF-wide
Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase I: Development Grants (PIPP Phase I) Crosscutting
Research Coordination Networks: Fostering and Nurturing a Diverse Community of CI Professionals (RCN:CIP) Crosscutting
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) NSF-wide
Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships NSF-wide
Spectrum Innovation Initiative: National Radio Dynamic Zones (SII-NRDZ) Crosscutting
Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI) Crosscutting
Understanding the Rules of Life: Emergent Networks (URoL:EN) NSF-wide