NSF Funding opportunities for coordinated research groups

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NSF Funding opportunities for coordinated
research groups

• Rachael Craig
• Program Director
• Carbon Cycle and Biogeosciences
• Directorate for Geosciences
• National Science Foundation

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Goal of the RCN Program
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Foster communication and promote collaboration
among groups of investigators across
disciplinary, geographical, organizational, or
other boundaries
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Organizational Theme for an RCN
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• Research question
• Group of organisms
• Specific technology or approach

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Examples of RCN Awards
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www.nsf.gov/bio/pubs/awards/rcnactive.htm
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Biosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network
(BASIN) PI Jim Ehleringer, University of
Utah ARIDnet for the Americas A Research Network
for Testing New Paradigms of Global
Desertification PI Jim Reynolds, Duke
University Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to
Atmospheric and Climatic Change PI Lindsey
Rustad, University of Maine
N

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RCN Activities
C

• Meetings, workshops
• Training, coursework
• Laboratory exchanges
• Web sites, databases
• Community resources

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RCN Program Features
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Submission Annually, last Friday in
June Review Existing programs/panels
Awards 50,000 to 100,000 per year Duration
Up to 5 years

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rontiers in
ntegrative
iological
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The goal of the FIBR Program is to support
research that
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• Identifies a major, unanswered or understudied
  question in biology
• Engages integrative researchers utilizing an
  effective range of concepts and tools from all
  areas of science and engineering
• Is not limited by conceptual, disciplinary or
  organizational boundaries
• Integrates education and research, providing
  young scientists with training in a strong,
  interdisciplinary environment
• Involves effective partnering with minority
  serving and primarily undergraduate
  institutions

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B
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Areas of research represented among the FY2003/4
proposals
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• Speciation
• Molecular evolution
• Signal transduction
• Microbial ecology
• Host/parasite interactions
• Stress response
• Neural plasticity
• Sensory systems
• Evolution of development
• Multivariate functions
• Atmospheric chemistry

• Biostatistics
• Carbon cycling
• Marine microbiology
• Transcription control
• Behavioral genetics
• Molecular phylogenetics
• Ageing
• Molecular motors
• Ecosystems modeling
• Population dynamics
• Meiosis recombination

• Statistics
• Thermodynamics
• Urban ecology
• Functional genomics
• Proteomics
• Marine geochemistry
• Circadian control
• Bioinformatics
• Dynamic systems
• Biomechanics
• Developmental control

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Examples of FIBR Awards
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http//www.nsf.gov/bio/pubs/awards/fibrfullfy03.ht
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Do Species Matter in Microbial Communities? PI
David Ward, Montana State University Integrative
Studies of Wolbachia-Eukaryotic Interactions
Genomes to Communities and Back PI John Werren,
University of Rochester The Evolution of
Biological Social Systems PI David Queller,
William Marsh Rice University
B

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Examples of FIBR Planning Grants
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http//www.nsf.gov/bio/pubs/awards/fibrpgfy03.html
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Planning a Study of Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Function in Livestock Wildlife Dominated
Savannas of East Africa - Uniting Genomic,
Molecular, Species and Ecosystem Approaches PI
Mike Coughenour, Colorado State
University Planning the Development of a Model
Host System to Study Symbioses between Plants and
Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacteria PI Jeffrey Elhai,
Virginia Commonwealth University A Systems
Approach to Study Redox Regulation of Functions
of Photosynthetic Organisms PI Himadri Pakrasi,
University of Maryland - College Park
B

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FIBR Review Criteria
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Standard NSF Review Criteria
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• Intellectual merit
• Broader impact

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Additional Review Criteria

• Impact of the research on biology
• Integrative nature of the research plan
• Novelty of the proposed approaches
• Effectiveness in broadening participation
• Robustness of the management plan

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FIBR Full Proposal Review Cycle
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Pre- Proposals (Early Oct)
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B
Pre-Proposal Panel (Nov)
Panel review only
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Full Proposals (Feb)
Encourage/ Discourage
Full Proposal Panel (May)
Panel and ad hoc review
Awards (July)
FIBR working group
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Timeline for FY2005 FIBR Proposals
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Oct. 4, 2004 Pre-Proposals Due Planning
Grant Proposals Due Nov. 2004 Pre-Proposal
Panel Meeting Jan. 2005 Planning Grant
Awards Feb., 2005 Full Proposals Due May 2005
Full Proposal Panel Meeting July 2005 Full
Proposal Awards
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FIBR Funding Mechanisms
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Full Research Grants (Pre-proposals
required) Duration Maximum of 5 years
Budget Maximum of 5,000,000
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Contacts/Information
FIBR biofibr_at_nsf.gov

RCN biorcn_at_nsf.gov
BIO awards information www.nsf.gov/bio/award.htm
BIO funding opportunities www.nsf.gov/home/progr
ams/bio.cfm
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Cross-cutting Programs

• Biocomplexity CBC
• 04 and 05 combined
• 06 and 07 likely
• Topics and organization under discussion
• Biocomplexity CNH
• Biocomplexity MUSES
• CLEANER
• Complex Environmental Systems
• Freshwater

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Geosciences Core Programs

• Atmospheric Sciences
• Atmospheric Chemistry, Chris Cantrell
• Earth Sciences
• Hydrologic Science, Doug James
• Environmental Geochemistry, Enriqueta Barrera
• Ocean Sciences
• Biological Oceanography, Don Rice
• Chemical Oceanography, Phil Taylor