This department is offering the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity grant program to transform how we describe and understand the scope and role of life on Earth. The program seeks to characterize biodiversity using integrative approaches and focuses on genetic, taxonomic/phylogenetic, and functional dimensions. Proposals should address the interactions among these dimensions to comprehend their roles in ecological and evolutionary processes. Partnerships with NASA, NSF-China, and FAPESP Brazil aim to support research using satellite remote sensing and collaborative proposals. Researchers interested in applying are encouraged to email a summary of their potential projects to Dimensions@nsf.gov. Closing date for FY2013 is May 06, 2013.
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:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 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 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | 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:: | 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:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 47.074 |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00163980 |
| Opening Date: | Feb 04, 2013 |
| Closing Date: | May 06, 2013 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Simon Malcomber |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization and Individual Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
SF424 (R & R) [V1.2] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.3] Research And Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V1.2] Research & Related Personal Data [V1.2] Research & Related Budget [V1.1] NSF Cover Page [V1.3] |
| optional_forms |
R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form [V1.2] NSF Deviation Authorization [V1.1] NSF Suggested Reviewers [V1.1] NSF FastLane System Registration [V1.3] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.074 | PKG00163980 | Feb 04, 2013 | May 06, 2013 | View | Simon Malcomber | Organization and Individual Applicants |