The NSF’s Dimensions of Biodiversity grant is for transforming our understanding of Earth’s largely unknown and rapidly disappearing biodiversity. This initiative supports integrated, innovative research to characterize the scope and role of life, addressing critical gaps in knowledge. Given the global loss, humanity is forfeiting vital ecosystem services and opportunities for future discoveries in various domains. The grant emphasizes combining genetic, taxonomic/phylogenetic, and functional dimensions of biodiversity. Successful proposals must integrate these three core areas simultaneously to understand their synergistic roles in critical ecological and evolutionary processes, providing a comprehensive view of the living world’s history and future.
Opportunity ID: 137814
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 12-528 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Dimensions of Biodiversity |
| 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: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.050 — Geosciences |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 12, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 10, 2012 Full Proposal Deadline(s): April 10, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 10, 2012 Full Proposal Deadline(s): April 10, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Apr 18, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $24,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1,000,000 |
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: | Despite centuries of discovery, most of our planet’s biodiversity remains unknown. The scale of the unknown diversity on Earth is especially troubling given the rapid and permanent loss of biodiversity across the globe. With this loss, humanity is losing links in the web of life that provide ecosystem services, forfeiting an understanding of the history and future of the living world, and losing opportunities for future beneficial discoveries in the domains of food, fiber, fuel, pharmaceuticals, and bio-inspired innovation.The goal of the Dimensions of Biodiversity campaign is to transform, by 2020, how we describe and understand the scope and role of life on Earth. The campaign promotes novel, integrated approaches to identify and understand the evolutionary and ecological significance of biodiversity amidst the changing environment of the present day and in the geologic past.This campaign seeks to characterize biodiversity on Earth by using integrative, innovative approaches to fill the most substantial gaps in our understanding of the diversity of life on Earth. It takes a broad view of biodiversity, and currently focuses on the integration of genetic, taxonomic/phylogenetic, and functional dimensions of biodiversity. Successful proposals should integrate these three dimensions to understand interactions and feedbacks among them. While this focus complements several core NSF programs, it differs by requiring that multiple dimensions of biodiversity be addressed simultaneously, in innovative or novel ways, to understand their synergistic roles in critical ecological and evolutionary processes.Investigators wishing to inquire about the suitability of potential projects for Dimensions of Biodiversity are encouraged to email a brief summary and contact information to Dimensions@nsf.gov. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 12-528 |
| 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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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | NSF grants.gov support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.050 | PKG00092211 | Jan 12, 2012 | Apr 10, 2012 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
137814 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
137814 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
137814 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf
137814 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
137814 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf
137814 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
137814 NSF_CoverPage_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
137814 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
137814 NSF_DeviationAuthorization-1.1.pdf
137814 NSF_SuggestedReviewers-1.1.pdf
137814 NSF_Registration_1_3-1.3.pdf
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