Division of Integrative Organismal Biology

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Division of Integrative Organismal Biology
William E. Winner, Ph.D. wwinner_at_nsf.gov National
Science Foundation 2004
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NSF Priorities and Objectives

• Focus on Linking Research and Education
• Broaden Participation

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Important Ideas

• Participation
• Review Proposals
• Research Support
• Supplemental Awards
• Collaborative Awards
• Support for Developing Curricula
• Support for Instrumentation
• Single Investigator Awards

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Goals of the Visit

• General Goals
• Introduce Myself
• Provide a Point of Contact
• Begin a Dialogue
• Provide Background Information
• NSF Structure
• Submission and Review Process
• Funding Opportunities
• Answer Questions

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National Science Foundation Structure
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National Science Foundation
Director Deputy Director
National Science Board
Inspector General
Staff Offices
Computer, Information Science Engineering
Mathematical Physical Sciences
Biological Sciences
Engineering
Geosciences
Social, Behavioral Economic Sciences
Budget, Finance Award Management
Information Resource Management
Education Human Resources
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Proposal Submission And Review
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Fastlane Information Update
Now paperless!
Supplementary requests, and most other requests,
now done through Fastlane

• Primary source of information about pending
  proposals through Proposals, Awards Status
  hyperlink

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Merit Review Criteria

• What is the intellectual merit of the
• proposed activity?
• What are the broader impacts of the
• proposed activity?

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What Makes a Proposal Competitive?

• Likely high impact
• New and original ideas
• Succinct, focused project plan
• Knowledge of subject area or published work
• Experience in essential methodology
• Clarity concerning future direction
• Sound scientific rationale
• Realistic amount of work
• Sufficient detail
• Critical approach

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Dos and Donts
Talk to your Program Officer Less verbiage, more
readability Anticipate objections or
criticisms Justify your budget Do not be
greedy Follow the rules Give yourself plenty of
time Study reviews carefully
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Proposal Review Criterion Intellectual Merit
Potential to advancing knowledge Understanding
within and across fields Qualifications of
investigators Creativity and originality Conceptua
lization and organization Access to resources
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NSF Merit Review Criteria

• Criteria include
• What is the intellectual merit and quality of the
  proposed activity?
• What are the broader impacts of the proposed
  activity?

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What are the Broader Impacts?

• Potential Considerations NSB
• Advance discovery and understanding, promoting
  teaching, training and learning
• Broaden the participation of underrepresented
  groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability,
  geographic, etc.)?
• Enhance the infrastructure for research and
  education, eg. facilities, instrumentation,
  networks and partnerships
• Broad distribution of results to enhance
  scientific and technological understanding
• Benefits of the activity to society

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Addressing Broader Impacts

• A proposal need not address all the issues on
  the
• NSBs list of potential considerations
• Level of efforts to satisfy the broader impacts
  
• criterion will depend on the nature of the
  project
• All good proposals have broader impacts beyond
  PIs
• research community, whether the PI knows, or
  not
• Think seriously about broader impacts of a
  project,
• maximize the potential impact, incorporating
  
• appropriate activities in the project plan
• Be committed to the broader impact goals

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Ad hoc/ Mail Review or Panel Service

• Gives you insight into the review process
• Allows you to see fundable research proposals
• Great service to the community

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Funding Opportunities Core Programs
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Directorate for Computer and Information Science
and Engineering (CISE)
Computing and Communication Foundations
(CCF) Computer and Network Systems
(CNS) Information and Intelligent Systems
(IIS) Shared Cyberinfrastructure (SCI)
http//www.cise.nsf.gov/
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Directorate for Mathematical Physical Sciences
Astronomical Sciences Chemistry Materials
Research Mathematical Sciences Physics
http//www.nsf.gov/mps/start.htm
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Core Program Areas in IOB

• Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology
• Animal Behavior
• Integrative Animal Biology
• Integrative Plant Biology
• Developmental Mechanisms
• Neurosciences

http//www.nsf.gov/bio/iob/start.htm
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Core Program Areas in DEB

• Systematic Biology
• Population Biology
• Biodiversity Surveys an Inventories
• Ecology
• Ecosystem Studies
• Long-Term Research in Env. Biology
• Long-Term Ecological Research

http//www.nsf.gov/bio/deb/start.htm
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Core Program Areas in MCB

• Biomolecular Structure and
• Function
• Biomolecular Systems
• Cellular Systems
• Genes and Genomic Systems

http//www.nsf.gov/bio/mcb/start.htm
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Award Supplement Opportunities

• Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• Research Opportunity Awards (ROA)
• Research Assistantships for Minority High School
  Students (RAMHSS)
• International Research and Education Supplements
• Facilitation Award for Scientists and Engineers
  with Disabilities

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Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Attract and retain students in mathematics,
science, and engineering
Incorporate active research experience
REU supplements to PIs with existing awards
Solicitation NSF 04-584 Deadline Contact
your Program Officer for details
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Research Opportunity Award
Supplementary funding for NSF research grants
Target faculty members at predominantly
undergraduate institutions or secondary
schools Allow participation in research
activities with NSF-supported investigators

• See RUI program announcement

Deadlines January 10th and July 10th,
annually Program Announcement NSF 00-144
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS

• 1-year supplement to current NSF Awards
• Build long term collaborative relationships
  between K-12 teachers of science and mathematics
  and the NSF research community
• Encourage researchers to form partnerships with
  teachers at inner city schools and less well-
  endowed school districts

Consult with the Program Director of your
particular NSF award. Program Announcement NSF
02-090
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Other Funding Opportunities
Small Grants for Exploratory Research
(SGER) Conferences Workshops Symposia
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants

• Division of Environmental Biology and the
  Division of Integrative Organismal Biology
• Must pass candidacy by the deadline
• Funds research-related costs only
• Recent changes
• - increased upper limit to 12, 000
• - allows travel to meetings

Deadline 3rd Friday in November Announcement
NSF 02-173
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Core Program Areas in DBI

• Instrumentation-Related Activities
• Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories
  
• Instrument Development for Biological Research
• Multi-User Equipment and Instrumentation
  Resources
• for Biological Sciences
• Research Resources
• Biological Databases and Informatics
• Biological Research Collections
• Training
• Collaborative Research at Undergraduate
  Institutions (C-RUI)
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates
• Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology

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Division of Biological Infrastructure
Examples of Research Areas Supported

• Postdoctoral Fellowships Program
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites
• Undergraduate Mentorship in Environmental Biology
• Collaborative Research at Undergraduate
  Institutions
• Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories
• Instrument Development for Biological Research
• Multi-user Biological Equipment and
  Instrumentation
• Biological Databases and Informatics
• Living Stock Collections
• Biological Research Collections

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs

• Awards for research and training
• Applicants choose sponsoring scientist and
  provide research/training plan
• Two year awards
• Minority Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in
  Interdisciplinary Informatics
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Microbial
  Biology

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Multi-User Biological Equipment and
Instrumentation Resources (MBE)

• Provides support for the purchase of major items
• Requests can be from 40,000 to 400,000
• Single items of biological equipment or several
  pieces of equipment with a related purpose
• Must be shared by 3 to 7 investigators with
  actively-funded NSF research projects

Deadline 1st Monday in October,
annually Program Announcement NSF 98-137
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Major Research Instrumentation Program

• Improve scientific and engineering equipment and
  facilities for research and research training
• Awards for instrumentation will range from
  100,000 to 2 million
• Cost sharing is no longer applicable

Deadline 3rd Thursday in January,
annually Program Announcement NSF-04-511
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Field Stations and Marine Labs

• Successful projects have
• Demonstrated infrastructure need
• High potential biological impact
• Broad user base
• Educational outreach

Read the Program Announcement for more
information. Program Announcement NSF 04-543
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Biological Databases and Informatics

• Support for new approaches for managing
  biological knowledge
• Collection, maintenance, dissemination and query
  of the data and information
• Facilitate utility to the scientific community

Read the Program Announcement for more
information. Program Announcement NSF 02-058
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Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology

• Institutional awards for student research
  experience in environmental biology
• Emphasize factors that enable underrepresented
  groups to enter and remain in environmental
  biology
• Emphasize direct student participation in
  research with students remaining in program for gt
  1 year

Deadline October 31st, annually Program
Announcement NSF 03-585
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C-RUI Cross-disciplinary Research at
Undergraduate Institutions

• Supports research efforts involving faculty from
  different fields
• Target cross-disciplinary research from more than
  one academic area
• Focus on undergraduate students from
  predominantly undergraduate institutions
• Anticipated funding for program - 2 million up
  to 8 awards

Deadline June 15th, annually Program
Announcement NSF 04-536
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Research Assistantships for Minority High School
Students (RAMHSS)

• Involve high school minority students in research
• Provides funding supplements to those supported
  by NSF
• Occurs throughout the academic year and summer

Contact the Program Officer in the appropriate
program for details.
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New in FY2005
NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK
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• A continent-wide research tool
• Networked regional observatories
• Research to obtain a predictive understanding of
  the environment
• A network of environmental research facilities
  and instruments

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
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Plant Genome Research Program

• Overall Program Research Goals
• Further understand the structure, organization
  and function of plant genomes
• Discover fundamental biological processes
• Accelerate the acquisition and utilization of new
  knowledge and innovative technologies
• Focus is on plants of economic importance and
  plant processes of potential economic value.
• FY04-05 Program (NSF 04-510)
• Virtual Center Awards in Plant Genome Research
• Individual and Small Group Awards in Plant Genome
  Research

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Emerging Frontiers Virtual Division

• An incubator for 21st century biology
• Multidisciplinary research and networking
  activities
• Synergy between disciplines
• New initiatives for later integration into core
  programs
• Currently includes
• All NSF-wide Priority Areas
• Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research
• Tree of Life
• Microbial Genome Sequencing Project
• Ecology of Infectious Diseases
• Research Collaboration Networks

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Useful URLs - Bookmark!!
NSF Home Page http//www.nsf.gov Search NSF
Awards http//www.nsf.gov/home/grants/grants_awa
rds.htm Search NSF Documents On-Line http//www.
nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/index.html FastLane Home
Page https//www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp N
SF Custom News Service http//www.nsf.gov/home/c
ns/ Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) http//www.nsf.go
v/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/start.htm Guide to
Programs http//www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/
nsf04009/start.htm
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Funding Opportunities Programs in the
Directorate of Education and Human Resources
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Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Math and Science Partnership (MSP)
Division of Human Resource Development (HRD)
Division of Elementary, Secondary and
Informal Education (ESIE)
Division of Research, Evaluation
and Communication (REC)
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
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Graduate Research Fellowships

• Awarded for graduate study leading to
  research-based masters or doctoral degrees
• In the fields of science, mathematics, and
  engineering
• Intended for students at or near the beginning of
  their graduate study
• Handled through the Division of Graduate Education

Deadline November 4, 2003 Program Announcement
NSF 030-050
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IGERT Integrative Graduate Education and
Research Traineeship Program

• Innovative research based graduate education
• Organized around an interdisciplinary research
  theme
• Integrate research and education, promote
  collaborations across departments and
  institutions
• Involve a diverse group of faculty members
• Students gain skills and understanding to work in
  interdisciplinary environments while being
  grounded with knowledge of disciplinary field

ProgramAnnouncement NSF 04-550 Preproposal
April 2004 Proposal Oct. 2004
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Division of UndergraduateEducation (DUE)

• Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
• Computer Science, Engineering Mathematics
  Scholarships (CSEMS)
• Federal Cyber Service Scholarship for Service
  (SFS)
• Robert Noyce Scholarship Program
• STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
• Teacher Professional Continuum (TPC)
• Course, Curriculum Lab. Improvement (CCLI)
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Division of Elementary, Secondary and Informal
Education (ESIE)

• Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLT)
• Informal Science Education (ISE)
• Information Technology Experiences for Students
  and Teachers (ITEST)
• Instructional Materials Development (IMD)
• Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education
  (NSEE)
• Presidential Awards
• Teacher Professional Continuum (TPC)
• Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

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Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

• Promotes improvement in undergraduate
  technological education (joint program with
  ESIE DUE)
• Curriculum development
• Preparation of college faculty and secondary
  school teachers
• Professional development for faculty and teachers
• Research relating to technician education
• Emphasis on two-year colleges
• Education of technicians for high-technology
  fields
• Promotes articulation between two-year and
  four-year institutions

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Important Ideas

• Participation
• Review Proposals
• Research Support
• Supplemental Awards
• Collaborative Awards
• Support for Developing Curricula
• Support for Instrumentation
• Single Investigator Awards

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How to Contact Me?

• William E. Winner, Ph. D.
• Division of Integrative Organismal Biology
• wwinner_at_nsf.gov
• 703-292-8470

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NSF Needs You!
Program Directors
Division Directors
Ad hoc Reviewers
Advisory Panelists
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NSF Crosscutting Activitieshttp//www.nsf.gov/hom
e/crssprgm/
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The NSF Plant Genome Research Program

• Started in FY 1998
• Part of the National Plant Genome Initiative
  (with USDA, DOE, NIH)
• The goal is to understand the structure,
  organization and function of plant genomes
  important to agriculture, the environment, energy
  and health

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The FY2005 Plant Genome Program Solicitation

• NSF 04-510
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04510
• Deadline is October 8, 2004
• Two program activities will be offered
• -VCA-PGR
• -ISGA-PGR

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Virtual Center Awards in Plant Genome Research
(VCA-PGR)

• Up to 2 million/year for up to 5 years
• Major questions and large-scale resources

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Individual and Small Group Awards in Plant Genome
Research (ISGA-PGR)

• 300,000 500,000 per year for up to 5 years
• Projects can build on existing PGRP tools

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Plant Genome Educational Resources

• All NSF PGRP projects have training and outreach
  components
• Many other projects have developed educational
  resources
• A collection of these resources can be accessed
  at the Plant Genome Research Outreach Portal
  (PGROP)
• http//www.plantgdb.org/pgrop/pgrop.php

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PGROP Has Information About

• Projects
• Plants
• Training programs
• Teaching materials
• Classroom activities
• Educational software
• Ask Dr. Carolyn

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Biological Sciences Home Pagewww.nsf.gov/bio/
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Funding Opportunities for Plant Research

• Core programs in the BIO Directorate
• DBI, DEB, IOB, MCB
• Cross-cutting programs
• The 2010 Project
• Assembling the Tree of Life (AToL)
• Research Coordination Networks (RCN)
• Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research
  (FIBR)
• Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)

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What Is Unusual About PGRP Projects?

• Single investigator to multi-institution and
  multi-investigator
• Large budgets
• Genome-scale resource development
• Industrial participants
• International participants
• Training/IP/informatics

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Research Coordination Networks in Biological
Sciences

• Foster communication and collaboration among
  scientists with common interests
• Create new networks of scientists across
  geographic, disciplinary, and organizational
  boundaries
• Create new research directions

Deadline June 25, 2004 Program Announcement
NSF-03-570
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Plants Under Study

• Rice
• Soybean
• Sorghum
• Tobacco
• Tomato
• Wheat

• Medicago
• Oat
• Pepper
• Pine
• Poplar
• Potato

• Arabidopsis
• Barley
• Brassica
• Cotton
• Grape
• Lettuce
• Maize

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Funding Opportunities Programs in Division of
Biological Infrastructure
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Division of Undergraduate Education
Robert Noyce Scholarship Program Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent
Expansion Program Teacher Professional
Continuum Course, Curriculum, and laboratory
Improvement (CCLI)
http//www.ehr.nsf.gov/due/
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Division of UndergraduateEducation (DUE)

• Course, Curriculum Laboratory Improvement
  (CCLI)
• Adaptation and Implementation
• Assessment
• National STEM Education Digital Library (NSDL)
• NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching
  Scholars (DTS)