The National Science Foundation (NSF) is offering the Dimensions of Biodiversity grant to address the critical global challenge of unknown and rapidly disappearing biodiversity. This grant is for the purpose of transforming our understanding of life on Earth by 2020. It seeks to fill substantial gaps in biodiversity knowledge by promoting novel, integrated research approaches. Successful proposals must integrate genetic, taxonomic/phylogenetic, and functional dimensions of biodiversity to understand their synergistic roles in ecological and evolutionary processes. The initiative emphasizes innovative methods to simultaneously address these multiple dimensions. This program includes partnerships with NASA for remote sensing applications, and continued collaborations with NSF-China and São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) of Brazil for collaborative research.
Opportunity ID: 218853
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 13-536 |
| 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: | Feb 04, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 06, 2013 Full Proposal Deadline(s): May 06, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 06, 2013 Full Proposal Deadline(s): May 06, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 06, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $24,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $750,000 |
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.Dimensions of Biodiversity FY2013 again includes a partnership with NASA. The partnership will support the use of satellite remote sensing as a tool to address research questions that integrate the genetic, taxonomic/phylogenetic, and functional dimensions of biodiversity. The partnerships with NSF-China and São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) of Brazil will also continue in FY2013, however they will include only collaborative research proposals because the IRCN option with NSF-China has been dropped. 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 13-536 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.074 | PKG00163980 | Feb 04, 2013 | May 06, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
218853 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
218853 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
218853 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf
218853 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
218853 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf
218853 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
218853 NSF_CoverPage_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
218853 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
218853 NSF_DeviationAuthorization-1.1.pdf
218853 NSF_SuggestedReviewers-1.1.pdf
218853 NSF_Registration_1_3-1.3.pdf
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