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NSF. NSF - Biological Sciences. Muriel Poston, Ph.D. mposton@nsf.gov National Science Foundation 2005. Independent Agency Supports basic research & education Uses grant mechanism Low overhead; highly automated. Discipline-based structure Cross-disciplinary mechanisms

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  1. NSF

  2. NSF - Biological Sciences Muriel Poston, Ph.D. mposton@nsf.gov National Science Foundation 2005

  3. Independent Agency Supports basic research & education Uses grant mechanism Low overhead; highly automated Discipline-based structure Cross-disciplinary mechanisms Use of Rotators/IPAs National Science Board NSF IN A NUTSHELL

  4. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Director Deputy Director National Science Board Staff Offices Inspector General Computer, Information Science & Engineering Mathematical & Physical Sciences Biological Sciences Engineering Geosciences Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Budget, Finance & Award Management Information Resource Management Education & Human Resources

  5. OTHER NSF OFFICES • Legislative & Public Affairs • Multidisciplinary Activities • Overseas (Paris/Tokyo) • Polar Programs • SBIR/STTR • EPSCoR • Equal Opportunity • General Council • Integrative Affairs • International S&E

  6. NSF’s ORIGIN, MISSION & GOAL • Established in 1950 by NSF Act • Only Agency Authorized to Provide Funding for Research Across All S&E Disciplines • “To Promote Progress of Science” and “Advance National Health, Prosperity & Welfare by Supporting Research & Education in S&E”

  7. NSF STRATEGIC INVESTMENT GOALS • People - Developing “a diverse, internationally competitive and globally engaged workforce of scientists, engineers, and well-prepared citizens.” • Ideas - Enabling “discoveries across the frontier of science and engineering, connected to learning, innovation, and service to society.” • Tools - Providing “broadly accessible, state-of-the-art shared research and education tools.” • Organizational Excellence – Operating an agile, innovative organization with leadership and sound business practices

  8. Fiscal 2006 Appropriations Status

  9. Research Projects 52% Administration & Management 5% Education & Training 18% Research Centers 6% Research Facilities 19% NSF PROJECT FUNDING PROFILE

  10. NSF RESEARCHGRANT PROFILE (FY 2004) • Competitive awards reviewed: 43,851 • Competitive awards funded: 10,380 • Average annual award: $139,522 • Average duration: 2.96 years NSF-10

  11. NSF FY 2005 BUDGET REQUEST PRIORITY AREAS(Dollars in Millions)

  12. Biological Sciences Home Page

  13. BIO Mission • To support the vitality of the biological sciences at US colleges and universities, especially in those areas where NSF has major responsibilities.

  14. Major BIO Responsibilities • Long-Term Ecological Research • Systematic Biology (Biodiversity) • Evolutionary Biology • Environmental Biology • Plant Biology • Bioinformatics • Non-medical Microbial Biology

  15. Current Issues and Challenges • Implement 21st Century Biology • Multidimensional • Multidisciplinary • Data driven • Educationally oriented • Internationally engaged

  16. Current Issues and Challenges • Development of the next generation of scientists • Broadening Participation • Infrastructure • Enhance Federal Investment • Internationalization of science

  17. NSF-wide Priority Areas Nanoscale Science and Engineering Mathematical Sciences Human and Social Dynamics Biocomplexity in the Environment BIO Emphasis Areas 21st Century Biology Plant genomics Arabidopsis 2010 Project Microbial biology Broadening participation Major Research Equipment and Facilities National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) BIO Areas of EmphasisFY2006 Budget Request

  18. Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Mary Clutter, Assistant Director Joann Roskoski, Executive Officer Information and Automation Resources Unit (IAR) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) Machi Dilworth, Division Director Muriel Poston, Deputy Director Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Mike Willig, Division Director Penny Firth, Deputy Director Division of Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB) Tom Brady, Division Director Judy Verbeke, Deputy Director Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Maryanna Henkart, Division Director Jerry Cohen, Deputy Director HumanResources Ecological Biology BehavioralSystems Biomolecular Systems Developmental Systems Ecosystem Science Research Resources Cellular Systems Population & Evolutionary Processes Genes and Genome Systems Environmental &Structural Systems Plant Genome Research Program Systematic Biology &Biodiversity Inventories Functional & Regulatory Systems Emerging Frontiers (EF)

  19. Emerging Frontiers Virtual Division An incubator for 21st century biology • Multidisciplinary research and networking activities • Synergy between disciplines • New initiatives for later integration into core programs Currently includes: • All NSF-wide Priority Areas • Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research • Tree of Life • Microbial Genome Sequencing Project • Ecology of Infectious Diseases • Research Collaboration Networks

  20. Mycoplasmal Conjunctivitis Bovine Tuberculosis Chronic Wasting Disease Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID) • a joint NIH and NSF initiative • to understand the underlying ecological and biological mechanisms that govern relationships between human-induced environmental changes and the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases • program continuing through 2006 Deadline: 2nd Friday in February, annually Contact Sam Scheiner (BIO/DEB) for details. sscheine@nsf.gov

  21. Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences • Foster communication and promote collaboration among scientists with common interests from broad backgrounds and across geographically, disciplinary, and organizational boundaries • Create new research directions Program Announcement: NSF-05-569 Deadline: June 26, 2006

  22. Funding Opportunities for Plant Research • Core programs in the BIO Directorate • DBI • DEB • IBN • MCB • Cross-cutting programs • The 2010 Project • Assembling the Tree of Life (AToL) • Research Coordination Networks (RCN) • Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (FIBR) • Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)

  23. Plant Genome Research Program Overall Program Goals • Support research on the structure, organization and function of plant genomes, elucidate fundamental biological processes • Accelerate the acquisition and utilization of new knowledge and innovative technologies • Focus is on plants of economic importance and plant processes of potential economic value. FY’05-’06 Program (NSF 05-603) • Virtual Center Awards in Plant Genome Research • Individual and Small Group Awards in Plant Genome Research

  24. Plant Genome Research Program Three kinds of activities will be supported in FY2006: • Research to tackle unanswered questions in plant biology on a genome-wide scale • Translational research to move findings from model systems into plants of economic importance • Tools and resource building

  25. Arabidopsis Barley Brassica Cotton Grape Lettuce Maize Rice Soybean Sorghum Tobacco Tomato Wheat Funded Plants • Medicago • Oat • Pepper • Pine • Poplar • Potato

  26. Plant Genome Educational Resources • All NSF PGRP projects have training and outreach components • Many other projects have developed educational resources • A collection of these resources can be accessed at the Plant Genome Research Outreach Portal (PGROP): http://www.plantgdb.org/pgrop/pgrop.php

  27. Division of Biological Infrastructure Examples of Research Areas Supported Under DBI • Postdoctoral Fellowships Program • Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites • Undergraduate Mentorship in Environmental Biology • Collaborative Research at Undergraduate Institutions • Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories • Instrument Development for Biological Research • Multi-user Biological Equipment and Instrumentation • Biological Databases and Informatics • Living Stock Collections • Biological Research Collections

  28. Major Research Instrumentation Program • NSF wide program, BIO managed review • Designed to improve the condition of scientific and engineering equipment and facilities for research and research training • Awards for instrumentation will range from $100,000 to $2 million. Deadline: 3rd Thursday in January, annually Program Announcement: NSF-05-515

  29. Multi-User Biological Equipment and Instrumentation Resources (MUE) • provides support for the purchase of major items • requests can be from $40,000 to $400,000. • single items of biological equipment or several pieces of equipment with a related purpose • must be shared by 3 to 7 investigators with actively-funded NSF research projects. SUSPENDED Program Announcement: NSF 05-534 Deadline: 1st Wednesday in July, annually

  30. Field Stations & Marine Labs Program Successful projects have: • Demonstrated infrastructure need • High potential biological impact • Broad user base • Educational outreach Read the Program Announcement for more information. Program Announcement: NSF 05-550 Target date: April 26, 2005

  31. Biological Research Collections • Collection Enhancement • Computerization of specimen-related data • Curation and Collection Management research Program solicitation NSF: 05-0575 Target date: July, 15, 2005

  32. Biological Databases and Informatics • To encourage support of new approaches to the management of biological knowledge that render the collection, maintenance, dissemination and query of the data and information therein of greater utility to the scientific community. Program Solicitation: NSF 05-577 Target date: July 18, 2005

  33. C-RUI: Cross-disciplinary Research at Undergraduate Institutions • Supports research efforts involving faculty from different fields • Targeted at cross-disciplinary research projects that require contribution of from more than one disciplinary area • Focused on undergraduate students from predominantly undergraduate institutions • Anticipated funding for program - $2 million; up to 8 awards Read the Program Announcement for more information. Program Announcement: NSF 04-536

  34. Research Experiences for Undergraduates effective for attracting and retaining undergraduates in careers in mathematics, science and engineering incorporates active research experience REU supplements to PIs with existing awards REU sites: NSF 05-592 Sites Deadline: Sept. 7, 2005 Supplement Deadline: Contact your Program Officer for details.

  35. Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology • institutional awards to give students research experience in environmental biology - broadly defined • proposals should emphasize factors that enable underrepresented groups to enter and remain in environmental biology • major emphasis on direct student participation in research during the academic year and summer, with students remaining in program for > 1 year Program Announcement: NSF 05-558 Preliminary proposal target date: May 18th 2005 Full proposal target date: October 17th 2005

  36. Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs Awards for research and training Applicants choose sponsoring scientist and provide research/training plan Two year awards • Minority Postdoctoral Fellowships • Program announcement NSF 00-139; • Deadline: First Monday in December • Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Informatics • Program Announcement NSF 04-539 • Deadline: April 11th, 2005

  37. A continental research platform to provide the capacity to forecast future states of ecological systems for the advancement of science and the benefit of society • How are ecological systems affected by changes in land use and climate across a range of spatiotemporal scales? • How do changes in the availability and distribution of the Nation’s water affect ecological systems? • How do the patterns and movement of genes and organisms across the continent affect biodiversity and the spread of infectious diseases and invasive species?

  38. EDUCATION Citizen Science Gateway Access point for communications and cyberinfrastructure; test site for gaming, scenario, and learning tools; media & communications center; “smart” meeting and classroom facilities for interactive distance learning National NEON Education Center • What are the nature and major patterns of variations in people's understandings of large-scale ecological systems and long-term ecological forecasts? • How do people's understandings of ecology change as they mature and in response to educational interventions? • What is the relation between people’s knowledge and habits of mind and their decisions and actions related to NEON's capacity to forecast?

  39. Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) • Eligibility: must be predominantly undergraduate institution • 2-yr and 4-yr colleges • Master’s level and small doctoral colleges that have undergraduate enrollment larger than graduate and award no more than 10/yr Ph.D. degrees in all science fields (avg. 2-5 yrs) • RUI supports faculty from PUI • Research project funding to individual or collaborative group • Purchase of shared instrumentation

  40. Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) • Impact Statement (maximum length 5 pages) • Impact of the proposed research activity: • The research environment of the institution • The career(s) of the faculty participants • The ability of the involved department(s) to prepare students for entry into advanced-degree programs and/or careers in science and engineering

  41. Research Initiation Grants and Career Advancement Awards to Broaden Participation in the Biological Sciences Increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented groups in biology as well as scientists at minority-serving institutions. • For faculty at any college or university. • Proposed activities must facilitate broadening participation by underrepresented groups in biology. • RIG - beginning investigators - for activities, (e.g. preliminary data or developing collaborations) in order to formulate competitive grant applications. • CAA – established scientists – to enhance career development and competitiveness (e.g., acquiring new tools, skills). Announcement: NSF 05-581 Target date: Jan. 12, 2006

  42. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS • 1-year supplement to current NSF Awards • help build long term collaborative relationships between K-12 teachers of science and mathematics and the NSF research community • encourages researchers to form partnerships with teachers at inner city schools and less well- endowed school districts Consult with the Program Director of your particular NSF award. Dear Colleague Letter: NSF 05-524

  43. Research Opportunity Award Supplementary funding through ongoing NSF research grants to allow faculty at predominantly undergraduate institutions or secondary schools to participate in research activities under the aegis of NSF-supported investigators • details located within the RUI program announcement Consult with the Program Director of your particular NSF award. Dear Colleague Letter: NSF 05-548

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