National Science Foundation Funding and Resources
Karen Cone
Program Director
Biological Sciences Directorate
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
iPlant Collaborative
NEON Science Engagement Working Group
Outline
• Overview of NSF
• How to find funding
opportunities
• Resources relevant to Missouri
Transect project
• National Ecological Observatory
Network (NEON)
• The iPlant Collaborative
NSF Overview
• Supports basic research and education via grants
• Discipline-based structure
• Cross-disciplinary programs
• Rotators and permanent staff
• Annual budget ~$7.3 billion
• >55,000 proposals; ~13,000 new awards per year
supporting ~200,000 scientists, educators and
students
Evolutionary
Processes
Directorate for Biological
Sciences
(BIO)
Division of
Environmental
Biology
(DEB)
Population and
Community Ecology
Ecosystem
Science
Division of
Integrative
Organismal Systems
(IOS)
Behavioral
Systems
Developmental
Systems
Neural Systems
Research
Resources
Human
Resources
Division of
Biological
Infrastructure
(DBI)
Division of
Molecular and
Cellular
Biosciences
(MCB)
Molecular Biophysics
Cellular Dynamics
And Function
Genetic Mechanisms
Emerging Frontiers (EF)
Plant Genome
Research Program
Systematic Biology &
Biodiversity Inventories
Physiological &
Structural Systems Systems and
Synthetic Biology
Finding Funding Opportunities
• www.nsf.gov
• NSF Updates
• Award Search
• Division Websites
Solicitations
Dear Colleague Letters
Continental-scale observation system
for examining ecological change over time
National Ecological Observatory Network
http://www.neoninc.org EF – 1029808 & EF - 1246537
Sensor / Instrument
Packages
NEON Headquarters: Control Center
• Fabrication, Maintenance & Repair
• QA/QC Laboratories
• Data, Education, Outreach Portals /Tools
Airborne Observatories
NEON Overview
Biological Assessments
• Field and Laboratory
• BioArchive
• Data Products
NEON Data Products – by Theme
ATMOSPHERE
Characterize atmospheric processes and change over time, including changes in
physical climate and net ecosystem exchange
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
Measure key nutrients (carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus) and track through atmosphere,
water bodies, soil, microbes, plants and animals
ECOHYDROLOGY
Measure precipitation patterns, soil/groundwater dynamics, interactions with vegetation,
and processes such as nutrient cycling and food web dynamics in aquatic ecosystems
LAND USE, LAND COVER, and LAND PROCESSES
In situ measurements, field observations and airborne remote sensing observations that
are combined and integrated with other data to produce a suite of land data products
ORGANISMS, POPULATIONS, and COMMUNITIES
Measurements of individual organism traits, population dynamics and the composition of
communities; includes most of sample archive
Possible Research Uses for NEON Data
• Linking metagenomic sequences to metadata
• Developing new algorithms for data integration
• Analyzing image data from sensors
Biogeochemistry
Atmospheric Processes
Organisms & Communities
Land Use
Ecohydrology
NEON Data and Cyberinfrastructure Plan
Transforming life sciences research through scalable and extensible cyberinfrastructure
http://iplantcollaborative.org
The iPlant Collaborative Cyberinfrastructure for the Life Sciences
DBI-0735191 & DBI-1265383
iPlant Cyberinfrastructure
iPlant Science Enablement Plan
The iPlant Collaborative
Problems being solved with iPlant resources
Crops and model
plant systems
Animals and livestock Agronomic
microbes and
insects
Environmental Science at iPlant
• iMicrobe
• Metagenomics analysis pipeline
• Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Species range maps
• Agronomic data
• NASA’s Modern Era Retrospective-
analysis for Research and
Applications (MERRA) climatological
data
Questions?
www.NeonInc.org
Liz Blood, [email protected]
www.iPlantCollaborative.org
Karen Cone, [email protected]
