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Biocomplexity in the Environment
Included in the ERE portfolio is Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE), one of NSF's Priority Areas. The BE program is a multi-year investment designed to promote new approaches to investigating the interactivity of biota and the environment.
BE includes activities designed to foster research and education on the complex inter-dependencies among the elements of specific environmental systems and interactions of different types of systems. All kinds of organisms-from microbes to humans-fall within the BE framework, as do environments that range from frozen polar regions and volcanic vents to temperate forests and agricultural lands as well as the neighborhoods and industries of urban centers. The key connector of BE activities is complexity-the idea that research on the individual components of environmental systems provides only limited information about the behavior of the systems themselves.
FY 2008 COMPETITION
The Biocomplexity in the Environment program is no longer being
run as one competition but as a number of separate competitions
run by different organizations within NSF.
Awards Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
FY 2007 COMPETITIONS
The Biocomplexity in the Environment program is no longer being
run as one competition but as a number of separate competitions
run by different organizations within NSF.
Awards Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
FY 2006 COMPETITIONS
The Biocomplexity in the Environment program is no longer being
run as one competition but as a number of separate competitions
run by different organizations within NSF. To date, two competitions
have been announced.
Awards Carbon
and Water in the Earth System
Awards Materials
Use: Science, Engineering, and Society
FY 2005 SPECIAL COMPETITION
Biocomplexity in the Environment
This competition continues NSF support of the Biocomplexity
in the Environment Priority Area and promotes comprehensive, integrated
investigations of environmental systems using advanced scientific
and engineering methods. The concept of biocomplexity stresses
the richness of biological systems and their capacity for adaptation
and self-organizing behavior. By placing biocomplexity studies
in an environmental context, this competition emphasizes research
with the following characteristics: (a) a high degree of interdisciplinarity;
(b) a focus on complex environmental systems that includes non-human
biota or humans; and (c) a focus on systems with high potential
for exhibiting non-linear behavior.
• Untargeted
BE Grants
• Education
Supplements
• Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
• Materials
Use: Science, Engineering, and Society
DEADLINE DATES:
* No IDEA Competition in FY 05
* No CBC Competition in FY 05
* No GENEN Competition in FY 05
Untargeted BE Grants: 01/01/2005
Education Supplements: 01/01/2005
Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems: 11/17/2004
Materials Use: Science, Engineering, and Society: 02/08/2005
Awards Untargeted
BE Grants
Awards Education
Supplements
Awards Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Awards Materials
Use: Science, Engineering, and Society
NSF
ODS Program Announcement
FY 2004 SPECIAL COMPETITION
Biocomplexity in the Environment
This competition continues NSF support of the Biocomplexity
in the Environment Priority Area and promotes comprehensive, integrated
investigations of environmental systems using advanced scientific
and engineering methods. The concept of biocomplexity stresses
the richness of biological systems and their capacity for adaptation
and self-organizing behavior. By placing biocomplexity studies
in an environmental context, this competition emphasizes research
with the following characteristics: (a) a high degree of interdisciplinarity;
(b) a focus on complex environmental systems that includes non-human
biota or humans; and (c) a focus on systems with high potential
for exhibiting non-linear behavior.
• Untargeted
BE Grants
• Education
Supplements
• Coupled
Biogeochemical Cycles
• Genome-Enabled
Science and Engineering
• Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
• Materials
Use: Science, Engineering, and Society
• Instrumentation
Development for Environmental Activities
DEADLINE DATES:
Untargeted BE Grants: 01/01/2005
Education Supplements: 01/01/2005
Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles: 01/22/2004
Genome-Enabled Science and Engineering: 12/17/2003
Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems: 12/03/2003
Materials Use: Science, Engineering, and Society: 02/11/2004
Instrumentation Development for Environmental Activities: 12/03/2003
Awards Untargeted
BE Grants
Awards Education
Supplements
Awards Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Awards Coupled
Biogeochemical Cycles
Awards Instrumentation
Development for Environmental Activities
Awards Genome-Enabled
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Awards Materials
Use: Science, Engineering, and Society
NSF
ODS Program Announcement
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FY 2003 SPECIAL COMPETITION
Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE)
This special competition promotes comprehensive, integrated
investigations of environmental systems using advanced scientific
and engineering methods.
Awards Untargeted
BE Grants
Awards Education
Supplements
Awards Coupled
Biogeochemical Cycles
Awards Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Awards Materials
Use: Science, Engineering, and Society
Awards Genome-Enabled
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Awards Instrumentation
Development for Environmental Activities
NSF
ODS Program Announcement
FY 2002 SPECIAL COMPETITION
Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE)
This special competition promotes comprehensive, integrated
investigations of environmental systems using advanced scientific
and engineering methods.
Awards Untargeted
BE Grants
Awards Coupled
Biogeochemical Cycles (CBC)
Awards Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH)
Awards Materials
Use: Science, Engineering, and Society (MUSES)
Awards Genome-Enabled
Environmental Science and Engineering (GEN-EN)
Awards Instrumentation
Development for Environmental Activities (IDEA)
NSF
ODS Program Announcement
FY 2001 SPECIAL COMPETITION
Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE): Integrated Research
and Education in Environmental Systems
This special competition promotes comprehensive, integrated
investigations of environmental systems using advanced scientific
and engineering methods.
The concept of biocomplexity stresses the richness of biological
systems and their capacity for adaptation and self-organizing
behavior. By placing biocomplexity studies in an environmental
context, this competition emphasizes research with the following
characteristics: (a) a high degree of interdisciplinarity; (b)
a focus on complex environmental systems that include interactions
of non-human biota or humans; and (c) a focus on systems with
high potential for exhibiting nonlinear behavior.
Awards Coupled
Biogeochemical Cycles (CBC)
Awards Dynamics
of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH)
Awards Genome-Enabled
Environmental Science and Engineering (GEN-EN)
Awards Instrumentation
Development for Environmental Activities (IDEA)
NSF
ODS Program Announcement
FY 2000 SPECIAL COMPETITION
Biocomplexity Phase II: Integrated Research to Understand
and Model Complexity Among Biological, Physical, and Social Systems
This special competition was the second year of a multi-year
effort to enhance our
understanding of the nature and dynamics of biocomplexity in the
environment. Specifically, this special competition supported
integrated research to better understand and model complexity
that arises from the interaction of biological, physical, and
social systems. Biocomplexity arises from dynamics spanning several
levels within a system, between systems, and/or across multiple
spatial (microns to thousands of kilometers) and temporal (nanoseconds
to eons) scales.
Awards
NSF
ODS Program Announcement
FY 1999 SPECIAL COMPETITION
Phase 1 Research on the Functional Interrelationships
Between Microorganisms and Biological, Chemical, Geological, Physical,
and Social Systems
A special competition to support integrated research on the
functional interrelationships between microorganisms, defined
here as prokaryotes (archaea and eubacteria) and unicellular eukaryotes
(algae, protozoa, fungi) and the biological, chemical, geological,
physical, and/or social systems that jointly comprise complex
environmental systems.
Awards
NSF
ODS Program Announcement
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