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National Science Foundation - Biological Sciences (BIO)

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

New BIO's Guidance on Data Management Plans (DMP document required for all proposals) updated 2/20/13

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.

BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities

See "Additional BIO Resources" on tool bar on the right for other items of interest.

Recently Announced Funding Opportunities

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Instrument Development for Biological Research
(NSF 13-561) Posted May 1, 2013

Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
(NSF 13-558) Posted April 17, 2013

Collections in Support of Biological Research
(NSF 13-557) Posted April 16, 2013

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1:
(NSF 13-549) Posted March 27, 2013

Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF 13-542) Posted February 22, 2013

Upcoming Due Dates

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Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF 13-542) Full Proposal: May 24, 2013, Deadline for REU Site proposals requiring access to Antarctica. All other REU Site proposals must be submitted to the August REU deadline.

Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(NSF 13-518) Full Proposal: May 29, 2013, Director's INSPIRE Awards Full Proposals

Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(NSF 13-518) Full Proposal: May 29, 2013, INSPIRE Track 1 Full Proposals

Research Coordination Networks
(NSF 13-520) Full Proposal: June 14, 2013, RCN UBE & UBE incubator Track

Innovation Corps Teams Program
(NSF 12-602) Full Proposal: June 17, 2013

Funding Rates

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Overall BIO funding rate: 21%

Division Funding Rate Actions Awards
DBI 30% 515 155
DEB 18% 1534 277
EF 32% 158 50
IOS 21% 1181 246
MCB 21% 939 193

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News

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viSNE reveals the progression of cancer Computational Tool Translates Complex Data Into Simplified 2-Dimensional Images
Released May 20, 2013
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the U.S. Arctic LTER greenhouse in peak autumn Research into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight into Ecosystem Resiliency
Released May 16, 2013
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