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DBI SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW Job announcement for Permanent Program Director for the Biological Informatics Program now posted
NEW Life in Transition (LiT) Dear Colleague Letter
NEW Microbial Systems in the Biosphere (MSB) Dear Colleague Letter
BIO Program Director and Reviewer Opportunities
Please be sure to check the Division of Emerging Frontiers (EF) for additional grant competition.

Empowering Biological Discovery

Programs and Funding Opportunities

Key: Crosscutting | NSF-wide


Human Resources Cluster
	Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities
	Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
	Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
	Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM)

Research Resources Cluster
	Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI)
	Biological Research Collections (BRC)
	Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML)
	Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR)
	Living Stock Collections (LSC)

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

Additional Funding Opportunities for the DBI Community
	2010 Project
	Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories: Prototype Systems to Address Cross-Cutting Needs (CEO:P)
	Developing Country Collaborations in Plant Genome Research (DCC-PGR)
	Interagency Opportunities in Metabolic Engineering
	Maize Genome Sequencing Project: An NSF/DOE/USDA Joint Program
	Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
	Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS)
	Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)
	Research Initiation Grants to Broaden Participation in Biology (RIG BP)

Featured NSF-wide Programs

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program

International Research Fellowship Program

Major Research Instrumentation Program

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Upcoming Due Dates

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Research Initiation Grants to Broaden Participation in Biology
(NSF 09-501) Full Proposal: January 12, 2009

Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences
(NSF 06-591) Full Proposal: March 3, 2009

Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories
(NSF 05-550) Full Proposal: March 6, 2009

Biological Research Collections
(NSF 06-569) Full Proposal: July 24, 2009

Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences
(NSF 06-591) Preliminary Proposal: September 15, 2009

News

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		More Spring in the Double Helix's Step Released October 16, 2008 Press Release
		Using Novel Tool, UD Researchers Dig Through Cell 'Trash' and Find Treasure Released September 19, 2008 News From the Field
		NYU, American Museum of Natural History Receive $1.6 Million NSF Grant Released September 3, 2008 News From the Field

Discoveries

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		Using Your Computer to Grow More Nutritious Rice for a Hungry World Computational biologists use a powerful distributed computing network to research rice genome for increased yields of more nourishing rice varieties Released October 14, 2008
		Researcher Walks Among Dying Baby Chimps Virginia Tech scientist Taranjit Kaur describes her team's research studying chimpanzees in western Tanzania and the virus that is threatening the chimps’ health Released September 9, 2008

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November 5, 2008 - November 6, 2008 EHR Advisory Committee Meeting Advisory Committee Meeting

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