This department is offering this grant to accelerate the discovery and study of the world’s biodiversity. This grant invites proposals from teams of investigators for a worldwide, species-level systematic inventory of a major group of organisms. Projects should conduct essential fieldwork to fill collection gaps, produce descriptions, and perform taxonomic revisions for new and known species. Key outputs include web-searchable databases and interactive identification tools. Grantees will also analyze phylogenetic relationships and establish predictive classifications for the targeted group. Proposals can focus on any organism group from terrestrial, fresh-water, or marine habitats, at any taxonomic level, provided the project is global in scope. This initiative supports comprehensive biodiversity documentation.
Opportunity ID: 45690
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 06-500 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Planetary Biodiversity Inventories |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 5 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.074 — Biological Sciences |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 04, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 14, 2010 Full Proposal Target Date(s): January 10, 2006 January 12, 2008 January 14, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 14, 2010 Full Proposal Target Date(s): January 10, 2006 January 12, 2008 January 14, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $3,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | To accelerate the discovery and study of the world’s biodiversity, proposals are invited from teams of investigators to conduct a worldwide, species-level systematic inventory of a major group of organisms. Each project should conduct fieldwork necessary to fill gaps in existing collections, produce descriptions, taxonomic revisions, web-searchable databases, and interactive keys (or other automated identification tools) for all new and known species in the targeted group, analyze their phylogenetic relationships, and establish predictive classifications for the group. Proposals may target any particular group of organisms, from terrestrial, fresh-water, or marine habitats, at any feasible level in the taxonomic hierarchy, but must be global in scope. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 06-500 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NSF grants.gov support
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email:grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
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