Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
Biomolecular Systems Cluster
CONTACTS
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Apply to PD 04-1144 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/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide)
Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes
revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA)
(Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests
funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring
activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply
with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I:
Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of
this new requirement).
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Target Date: July 12, 2009
July, Annually Thereafter
Full Proposal Target Date: January 12, 2010
January, Annually Thereafter
SYNOPSIS
The Biomolecular Systems Cluster, one of three thematic areas within the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, supports fundamental research in the areas of molecular biophysics, molecular biochemistry, and metabolic biochemistry. The cluster emphasizes the relationships between structure, function, and dynamics in studies of individual macromolecules, macromolecular complexes, and metabolic pathways. Research of interest to the cluster includes novel and creative projects addressing protein folding and dynamics, natively unfolded proteins, protein design, molecular recognition, enzymology, energy transformations in living systems, and the components, architecture and flux in metabolic pathways. The cluster encourages research projects integrating theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches to discover and define basic molecular mechanisms, as well as projects developing cutting-edge technologies in the context of biological questions relevant to the cluster. The cluster also encourages multi-disciplinary research at the interface of biology with physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Program Directors: Kamal Shukla. Molecular biophysics; computational biology, NMR and spectroscopy. Wilfredo Colon. Molecular biophysics; protein folding and stability. Wilson Francisco. Metabolic and molecular biochemistry; enzymology, metalloproteins, protein structure and function. Christopher R. Meyer. Metabolic biochemistry; enzymology; protein engineering; carbon metabolism in bacteria and plants. David Rockcliffe. Molecular biochemistry; enzymology. Elizabeth Vierling. Metabolic biochemistry; plant metabolism and biochemistry.
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