This NSF grant is for researchers seeking to transform our understanding of Earth’s vast and largely unknown biodiversity. Given the rapid global loss of species, this initiative aims to characterize life by employing novel, integrated approaches. Successful proposals must concurrently address the genetic, taxonomic, and functional dimensions of biodiversity, exploring their synergistic roles in ecological and evolutionary processes. This grant uniquely requires simultaneous, innovative integration of these multiple dimensions, differing from other core NSF programs. The goal is to fill significant knowledge gaps, ensuring humanity retains vital links in the web of life and continues to benefit from future biological discoveries.
Opportunity ID: 61473
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 11-518 |
| 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: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 30, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 28, 2011 Full Proposal Deadline(s): March 28, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 28, 2011 Full Proposal Deadline(s): March 28, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| 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: | 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 will take a broad view of biodiversity, and in its initial phase will focus on the integration of genetic, taxonomic, 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 11-518 |
| 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 | PKG00025492 | Dec 30, 2010 | Mar 28, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
61473 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
61473 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
61473 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf
61473 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
61473 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf
61473 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
61473 NSF_CoverPage_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
61473 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
61473 NSF_DeviationAuthorization-1.1.pdf
61473 NSF_SuggestedReviewers-1.1.pdf
61473 NSF_Registration_1_3-1.3.pdf
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