Division of Integrative Organismal Biology William E. Winner, Ph.D. [email protected] National Science...

Division of Integrative Organismal Division of Integrative Organismal BiologyBiology

William E. Winner, Ph.D.William E. Winner, [email protected]@nsf.gov

National Science Foundation National Science Foundation 20042004

NSF Priorities and Objectives

Focus on Linking Research and Education

Broaden Participation

Important Ideas

Participation

Review Proposals

Research Support

Supplemental Awards

Collaborative Awards

Support for Developing Curricula

Support for Instrumentation

Single Investigator Awards

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

National Science Foundation

Structure

Inspector General

National Science Board

Staff Offices

Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences

Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences

Budget, Finance & Award

Management

Budget, Finance & Award

Management

Information Resource

Management

Information Resource

Management

National Science Foundation

Director Deputy Director

Engineering Geosciences Mathematical & Physical

Sciences

Education & Human Resources

Biological Sciences

Computer, Information

Science& Engineering

Proposal Submission

And Review

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

Merit Review Criteria

What is the intellectual merit of the

proposed activity?

What are the broader impacts of the

proposed activity?

What Makes a Proposal Competitive?

Likely high impactNew and original ideasSuccinct, focused project planKnowledge of subject area or published workExperience in essential methodologyClarity concerning future directionSound scientific rationaleRealistic amount of workSufficient detailCritical approach

Do’s and Don’ts

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

Proposal Review Criterion:

Intellectual Merit

Potential to advancing knowledge

Understanding within and across fields

Qualifications of investigators

Creativity and originality

Conceptualization and organization

Access to resources

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?

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

Addressing Broader Impacts

• A proposal need not address all the issues on the NSB’s 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 PI’s 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

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

Funding Opportunities:

Core Programs

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/

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences

Astronomical Sciences

Chemistry

Materials Research

Mathematical Sciences

Physicshttp://www.nsf.gov/mps/start.htm

Ecological BiologyEcological Biology

Ecosystem ScienceEcosystem Science

Division of Integrative Organismal Biology

(IOB)

Tom Brady, Division DirectorJudith Verbeke, Acting Deputy Director


(IOB)


Behavioral Systems Behavioral Systems

Functional and RegulatorySystems


Human ResourcesHuman Resources

Research ResourcesResearch Resources

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

(MCB)

Maryanna Henkart, Division Director Jerry Cohen, Acting Deputy Director


(MCB)


Biomolecular Structureand Function


Biomolecular ProcessesBiomolecular Processes

Cell BiologyCell Biology

GeneticsGenetics

Division ofBiological Infrastructure

(DBI)

Machi F. Dilworth, Division DirectorMuriel Poston, Deputy DivisionDirector


(DBI)


Division of Environmental Biology

(DEB)

Mike Willing, Division DirectorPenny Firth, Deputy Director


(DEB)


Environmental and Structural Systems


Developmental Systems


Population and Evolutionary Processes


Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories


Plant GenomePlant Genome

Virtual Division of Emerging Frontiers

(EF)

AToL, FIBR, EID, RCN


(EF)


Directorate for Biological Sciences(BIO)

Mary E. Clutter, Assistant DirectorJoann Roskoski, Executive Officer



Ecological BiologyEcological Biology

Ecosystem ScienceEcosystem Science


(IOB)



(IOB)


Behavioral Systems Behavioral Systems



Human ResourcesHuman Resources

Research ResourcesResearch Resources


(MCB)



(MCB)




Biomolecular ProcessesBiomolecular Processes

Cell BiologyCell Biology

GeneticsGenetics


(DBI)



(DBI)



(DEB)



(DEB)










Plant GenomePlant Genome


(EF)



(EF)






Core Program Areas in IOB

Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology

Animal BehaviorIntegrative Animal BiologyIntegrative Plant BiologyDevelopmental MechanismsNeurosciences

http://www.nsf.gov/bio/iob/start.htm

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

Biomolecular Structure and

Function

Biomolecular Systems

Cellular Systems

Genes and Genomic Systems

Core Program Areas in MCB

http://www.nsf.gov/bio/mcb/start.htm

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

Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Attract and retain students in mathematics, science, and engineering

Incorporate active research experience

Solicitation: NSF 04-584Deadline: Contact your Program Officer for

details

REU supplements to PIs with existing awards

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, annuallyProgram Announcement: NSF 00-144

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

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS

Consult with the Program Director of your particular NSF award.Program Announcement: NSF 02-090

Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER)

Conferences

Workshops

Symposia

Other Funding Opportunities

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants

Deadline: 3rd Friday in NovemberAnnouncement: NSF 02-173

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

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

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

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

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, annuallyProgram Announcement: NSF 98-137

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 applicableDeadline: 3rd Thursday in January, annually

Program Announcement: NSF-04-511

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

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.


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 > 1 year

Deadline: October 31st, annuallyProgram Announcement: NSF 03-585

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


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.

NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK

New in FY2005New in FY2005

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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

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.

FY’04-’05 Program (NSF 04-510) Virtual Center Awards in Plant Genome Research Individual and Small Group Awards in Plant Genome

Research

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

Useful URLs - Bookmark!!

NSF Home Page: http://www.nsf.gov

Search NSF Awards:http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants/grants_awards.htm

Search NSF Documents On-Line:http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/index.html

FastLane Home Page:https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp

NSF Custom News Service:http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/

Grant Proposal Guide (GPG):http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/start.htm

Guide to Programs:http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/nsf04009/start.htm


Programs in the Directorate

of

Education and Human

Resources

Directorate for Education and Human Resources

Math and SciencePartnership (MSP)

Division of Elementary,Secondary and Informal

Education (ESIE)

Division of UndergraduateEducation (DUE)

Division of GraduateEducation (DGE)

Division of HumanResource Development

(HRD)

Division of Research,Evaluation and

Communication (REC)

Experimental Program toStimulate CompetitiveResearch (EPSCoR)

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

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


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)

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)

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

Important Ideas

Participation

Review Proposals

Research Support

Supplemental Awards

Collaborative Awards

Support for Developing Curricula

Support for Instrumentation

Single Investigator Awards

How to Contact Me?

William E. Winner, Ph. D.Division of Integrative Organismal

Biology [email protected]

703-292-8470

mailto:[email protected]

NSF Needs You!

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Ad hoc Reviewers Adviso

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Division Directors

NSF Crosscutting ActivitiesNSF Crosscutting Activitieshttp://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/

The NSF Plant Genome Research Program

The NSF Plant Genome Research Programo Started in FY 1998

o Part of the National Plant Genome Initiative (with USDA, DOE, NIH)

o The goal is to understand the structure, organization and function of plant genomes important to agriculture, the environment, energy and health

The FY2005 Plant The FY2005 Plant Genome Program Genome Program SolicitationSolicitation

The FY2005 Plant The FY2005 Plant Genome Program Genome Program SolicitationSolicitation

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

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

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

o Up to $2 million/year for up to 5 yearso Major questions and large-scale

resources

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

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

o $300,000 – $500,000 per year for up to 5 years

o Projects can build on existing PGRP tools

Plant Genome Educational Resources

Plant Genome Educational Resourceso All NSF PGRP projects have training and

outreach componentso Many other projects have developed

educational resourceso A collection of these resources can be

accessed at the Plant Genome Research Outreach Portal (PGROP):http://www.plantgdb.org/pgrop/pgrop.php

http://www.plantgdb.org/pgrop/pgrop.php

resources for

High School Students

Undergraduates

Graduate Students

The Public at Large

High School Teachers

Researchers

University Faculty

Journalists

resources about

Alfalfa

Arabidopsis

Barley

Maize

Rice

Sorghum

Soybean

Tomato

Wheat

Other Species

resources concerning

Bioinformatics

DNA

Genetics

Gene Expression

Genomics

Molecular Biology

Proteomics

resources locating

Genomics Programs

Grants & Fellowships

Internships

Opportunities

Educational Enrichment

NSF PGR Projects

PGROP Has Information About

PGROP Has Information Abouto Projects

o Plantso Training programso Teaching materialso Classroom activitieso Educational softwareo “Ask Dr. Carolyn”

Biological Sciences Home Pagewww.nsf.gov/bio/

Funding Opportunities for Plant Research

Funding Opportunities for Plant Researcho Core programs in the BIO Directorate

DBI, DEB, IOB, MCB

o Cross-cutting programs The 2010 Project Assembling the Tree of Life (AToL) Research Coordination Networks (RCN) Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (FIBR)

o Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)

What Is Unusual About PGRP Projects?What Is Unusual About PGRP Projects?

o Single investigator to multi-institution and multi-investigator

o Large budgetso Genome-scale resource developmento Industrial participantso International participantso Training/IP/informatics

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

o Arabidopsiso Barleyo Brassicao Cottono Grapeo Lettuceo Maize

o Riceo Soybeano Sorghumo Tobaccoo Tomato o Wheat

o Medicago

o Oat

o Pepper

o Pine

o Poplar

o Potato

Plants Under Study


Programs in Division of

Biological Infrastructure

http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/due/

Robert Noyce Scholarship Program

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program

Teacher Professional Continuum

Course, Curriculum, and laboratory Improvement (CCLI)

Division of Undergraduate Education


Course, Curriculum & Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Adaptation and Implementation Assessment

National STEM Education Digital Library (NSDL)

NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars (DTS)

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