Background Materials for the Biocomplexity in the Environment Committee of Visitors Meeting

BE COV Meeting Agenda (MS-Word File)

• NSF Administrative Information Manual
  Chapter VIII - Internal Controls and Oversight
  Subchapter 300 - Committee of Visitor Review guidelines for use in all FY 2004 COV meetings: [HTML] [MS-Word]
• FY 2004 COV Report Template (MS-Word File)

• Solicitations
  • FY 2001
  • FY 2002
  • FY 2003
    
• Press Releases About Competition Results and Background
  • FY 2001
  • FY 2002
  • FY 2003
  • BE Fact Sheet (Fall 2003)

• Biocomplexity Competition Solicitations
  • FY 1999
  • FY 2000
    
• Biocomplexity Press Releases and Background Information
  • FY 1999 Awardee Information
    
  • FY 2000
• Reference Documents (Bibliographic Listing) (MS-Word)

• Data Tables (MS-Excel Spreadsheet)
  This spreadsheet contains seven tabs that depict the following summary data for the BE Competition for FY 2001 to 2003 by subcompetition:



• Tab 1. Number of Awards, Declines, and Success Rates
• Tab 2. Average and Total Requested and Awarded Dollars
• Tab 3. Average Dwell Time (in months)
• Tab 4. Average Award Duration (in months)
• Tab 5. Average Review Score
• Tab 6. Demographic Characteristics of Principal Investigators
• Tab 7.Award Size and Duration Range



• Data Charts (MS-PPT)

• BE Researcher Meeting, September 2003, Crystal City, VA
  • BE PI Conference Agenda (MS-Word)
  • Keynote Speech, Dr. Rita Colwell
    • Biocomplexity: Experiences in Interdisciplinary Research (MS-Word)
    • Slide Presentation (MS-PPT)
  • Conference Abstracts (Adobe Acrobat)
  • Example Outcomes from the BE PI Conference (MS-Word)
  • Breakout Session Reports (MS-PPT)
    • Bridging Research and Education (MS-PPT)
    • Facilitating Research in Biocomplexity (MS-PPT)
    • Environmental Synthesis (MS-PPT)
  • Images from the Conference (MS-PPT)
  • Chemical and Engineering News Article on the BE Conference (October 2003)
    
    
• BE Performance Report, FY 2001 (MS-Word)
  
  
• New Biocomplexity Journal: Ecological Complexity: An International Journal on Biocomplexity in the Environment and Theoretical Ecology (MS-Word)
  
• Research Examples
  • NSF Press Release 04-017: At AAAS: Biocomplexity Panel on Human-Nature Interactions: Updates on NSF projects in Kenya, China, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Amazon
  • NSF Press Release 04-011: Microbial Biofilm Yields Community Genomes, Metabolic Clues; Research from Iron Mountain mine sheds light on acid drainage
  • Arizona Sun DailyArticle: Wireless tree monitor snags NAU $1.8M (BE IDEA PI) (MS-Word file)
  • NSF Press Release 03-51: Artificial Life Experiments Show How Complex Functions Can Evolve
  • Article from Nature: Effects of household dynamics on resource consumption and biodiversity (BE CNH PI)
    
• Education Examples
  • Building a Pipeline for Diversity
  • South Bay Geo-Diversity Project
  • Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks for In Situ Observation of Ecosystem Processes
  • The Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network (ALISON): A Statewide K-12 and University Science Education and Research Partnership
    
• Sample Institutes and Projects
  • Biocomplexity Institute, Indiana University
  • Center for Study of Biocomplexity, Notre Dame
  • South Dakota Center for Biocomplexity
  • Biocomplexity Curriculum Project
  • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
  • Biocomplexity Data Base
    
• Most Recent Annual Reports from FY 1999 Biocomplexity Competition
  • Caroline Bledsoe, University of California at Davis, Biocomplexity:Common Mycorrhizal Networks - Active or Passive Channels? Interacting Roles of Mycorrhizal Fungi, Plants and Soil Resources in Carbon & Nutrient Transfers (Adobe Acrobat file)
  • Edward Carpenter, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Biocomplexity: Collaborative Research: Factors Affecting, and Impact of, Diazotrophic Microorganisms in the Western Equatorial
    Atlantic Ocean (Adobe Acrobat file)
  • Ilka Feller, Smithsonian Institution, BIOCOMPLEXITY: Collaborative Research: Microbial and Nutrient Controls in Mangrove Ecosystems (Adobe Acrobat file)
  • Richard Lenski, Michigan State University, Biocomplexity: Bacterial and Computational Experiments to Identify General Principles that Govern the Evolution of Complexity (Adobe Acrobat file)
  • Anthony Michaels, University of Southern California, Biocomplexity: Collaborative Research: Oceanic N2 Fixation and Global Climate (Adobe Acrobat file)
  • Bess Ward, Princeton University, Collaborative Research: Biocomplexity of Aquatic Microbial Systems: Relating Diversity of Microorganisms to Ecosystem Function (Adobe Acrobat file)

• Nanoscale Science and Engineering
• Information Technology Research