Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

MCB Special Announcements

• New Recently announced funding opportunity - Research Coordination Networks-Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) track 
• Please note that the MCB-wide target date for REU supplement requests is March 31 annually.  See information sheet for additional guidance.
• BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities
  • Serve at NSF as a temporary Program Officer
  • Serve as a reviewer on grant proposals
• Please be sure to check the Division of Emerging Frontiers (EF) for additional grant competitions.

Programs and Funding Opportunities

Key: Crosscutting | NSF-wide

Biomolecular Systems Cluster
Cellular Systems Cluster
Genes and Genome Systems Cluster
Additional Funding Opportunities for the MCB Community
	2010 Project
	Funding opportunities for Neuroscience
	Interagency Opportunities in Metabolic Engineering
	Microbial Genome Sequencing Program FY 2008
	Microbial Observatories (MO) and Microbial Interactions and Processes (MIP)
	NSF-NIST Interaction in Chemistry, Materials Research, Molecular Biosciences, Bioengineering, and Chemical Engineering
	Research Assistantships for High School Students
	Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)
	Research Initiation Grants and Career Advancement Awards to Broaden Participation in Biology
	Science, Technology, and Society

Featured NSF-wide Programs

Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM)
International Research Fellowship Program
View All NSF-wide Programs

NSF Educational Opportunities by Audience

For Undergraduate Students
For Graduate Students
For Postdoctoral Fellows
For K-12 Educators

Upcoming Due Dates		See All
Interagency Opportunities in Metabolic Engineering (NSF 08-588) Full Proposal: October 22, 2008 Biomolecular Systems Cluster (PD 04-1144) Full Proposal: January 12, 2009 Cellular Systems Cluster (PD 04-1114) Full Proposal: January 12, 2009 Genes and Genome Systems Cluster (PD 04-1112) Full Proposal: January 12, 2009 Biomolecular Systems Cluster (PD 04-1144) Full Proposal: July 12, 2009

News		See All
University of Georgia Researchers Show For The First Time That Dramatically More Genes Are Controlled by Biological Clocks Than Previously Known Released August 29, 2008   Cataloguing Invisible Life: Microbe Genome Emerges From Lake Sediment Released August 17, 2008   MSU's Discovery of Plant Protein Holds Promise for Biofuel Production Released August 14, 2008

Discoveries		See All
Researcher Says Life Evolved Between the Mica Sheets Biophysicist Helen Greenwood Hansma of the University of California, Santa Barbara, on the origin of her new hypothesis for the origins of life Released July 14, 2008 Microbes to People: Without Us, You're Nothing! How tiny microbes run the world Released April 21, 2008 The World's Smallest Whistle-Blowers: Microbes Microbes warn of ecological damage Released April 21, 2008

Events Calendar		See All
September 24, 2008 Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Social and Technological Networks Lecture October 15, 2008 - October 16, 2008 Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education Advisory Committee Meeting October 30, 2008 - October 31, 2008 EVENT CANCELED - BIO Advisory Committee Fall Meeting Advisory Committee Meeting November 19, 2008 - November 20, 2008 Advisory Committee for Geosciences Advisory Committee Meeting