The National Science Foundation (NSF) is offering this grant to establish a comprehensive national resource for digitized biological collections. Its primary purpose is to enhance scientific knowledge by improving access to vast digital information, including images and associated data like geographic distribution, habitat, phenology, and molecular data, from U.S. scientific collections. This invaluable tool will build upon existing physical specimen curation, serving as a critical baseline for biodiversity research. It aims to address significant scientific and societal challenges, such as climate change impacts, species invasions, natural disasters, and the spread of diseases and pests, by providing essential data.
Opportunity ID: 56754
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 10-603 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 12 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.074 — Biological Sciences |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 20, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 10, 2010 Full Proposal Deadline(s): December 10, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 10, 2010 Full Proposal Deadline(s): December 10, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $10,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $10,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $3,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities. -State and Local Governments: State educational offices or organizations and local school districts. -Universities and Colleges – Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions. -<br />When a consortium of eligible organizations submits a HUB proposal, it must be submitted as a single proposal with one organization serving as the lead and all other organizations as subawardees. Separately submitted collaborative HUB proposals will not be accepted and will be returned without review. Organizations ineligible to submit to this program solicitation may not receive subawards. <p class="Default">All collaborative TCN proposals submitted as separate submissions from multiple organizations must be submitted via the NSF FastLane system. Chapter II, Section D.4 of the Grant Proposal Guide provides additional information on collaborative proposals. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | This program seeks to create a national resource of digital data documenting existing biological collections and to advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information (including images) residing in vouchered scientific collections across the United States. The information associated with various collections of organisms, such as geographic distribution, environmental habitat data, phenology, information about associated organisms, collector field notes, tissues and molecular data extracted from the specimens, etc. is a rich resource for providing the baseline from which to further biodiversity research and provide critical information about existing gaps in our knowledge of life on earth. The national resource will be structured at three levels: a national hub, thematic networks based on collaborative groups of collections, and the physical collections. This resource will build upon a sizable existing national investment in curation of the physical objects in scientific collections and contribute vitally to scientific research and technology interests in the United States. It will be an invaluable tool in understanding the biodiversity and societal consequences of climate change, species invasions, natural disasters, the spread of disease vectors and agricultural pests, and other biological issues. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 10-603 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NSF grants.gov support
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Version History
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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 | PKG00020675 | Aug 20, 2010 | Dec 10, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
56754 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
56754 PerformanceSite_1_2-1.2.pdf
56754 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_2-1.2.pdf
56754 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
56754 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf
56754 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
56754 NSF_CoverPage_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
56754 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
56754 NSF_DeviationAuthorization-1.1.pdf
56754 NSF_SuggestedReviewers-1.1.pdf
56754 NSF_Registration_1_3-1.3.pdf
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