Division of Integrative Organismal Systems
Neural Systems
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PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Apply to PD 07-5500 as follows:
For full proposals submitted via FastLane:
standard Grant Proposal Guidelines apply.
For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov:
NSF Grants.gov Application Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines apply
(Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf)
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Target Date
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July 12, 2009
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July 12, Annually Thereafter |
Full Proposal Target Date
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January 12, 2010
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January 12, Annually Thereafter |
SYNOPSIS
The Neural Systems Cluster focuses on how complex functions arise from communication among the cellular elements of the nervous system and from interactions with other physiological systems and the environment. The Cluster encourages a systems biology approach to understand how emergent neural properties such as robustness, adaptability and resilience arise in the context of environmental, genetic and evolutionary influences.
Investigations may range over time scales from the physiological to the evolutionary. Studies may range in complexity from molecular and cellular processes to the behaviors that emerge from these processes and the feedback that these behaviors exert on the system. The use of comparative and evolutionary studies, as well as the development of novel theoretical, computational, and transdisciplinary approaches to guide and instruct experimental design, are particularly encouraged.
Organization: The focus of this programmatic area is to understand how genetic information, developmental processes, and experience/environment interact to produce the structural and functional characteristics of the nervous system.
Activation: The focus of this programmatic area is on the process of extracting information from the external environment and integrating it with the internal state of the organism to form a decision, perception or action.
Modulation: The focus of this programmatic area is on the robust emergent properties of the nervous system that underlie such qualities as adaptive behavior, learning, and the ability to engage in complex social interactions.
Summary Award Information - In FY 2008, the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems funded 16% of submitted proposals, and the mean annual award was $144,326.
Program Directors:
Martha Flanders. Activation
Aixa Alfonso. Organization
John Godwin. Modulation
Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
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