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ACED: Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery (ACED) | NSF 24-541

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Supports interdisciplinary collaborative research to explore new computational technologies and accelerate scientific discovery.

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January 14, 2025
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Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | NSF 22-603

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Supports opportunities for scientists and engineers at the associate professor rank (or equivalent) to substantively enhance and advance their research program through synergistic partnerships.

Posted January 28, 2005
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March 3, 2025
Proposal window February 1, 2025 - March 3, 2025
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Dear Colleague Letter

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of India Collaborative Research Opportunities | NSF 24-054

Encourages collaborative U.S. –India research proposals to support knowledge, technologies and innovation that advance biotechnology and promote the bioeconomy.

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Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under National Science Foundation (NSF) and US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Collaborative Research Opportunities | NSF 20-094

Dear Colleagues: SCOPE The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Research Cooperation. The MOU provides an overarching framework to encourage collaboration between U.S. and Israeli research...
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Bioinspired Design Collaborations to Accelerate the Discovery-Translation Process (BioDesign) | NSF 23-055

Encourages early-stage collaborations across the biological and engineering sciences and the translation of research findings into use-inspired projects that inform societal impact and future commercialization.

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Conference Proposals on Clean Energy Topics | NSF 23-108

Invites conference proposals to initiate new collaborations that will advance clean energy technologies and increase their use to benefit the economy, to ensure social justice and to serve the public good.

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NSF-French National Research Agency (ANR) Quantum Information Science and Engineering Lead Agency Opportunity | NSF 23-159

Invites collaborative proposals between U.S. and French researchers in quantum information science and engineering.

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Designing Synthetic Cells Beyond the Bounds of Evolution (Designer Cells) | NSF 24-505

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Supports research that designs and builds synthetic or artificial cells or cell-like systems to explore questions about biological function or evolution of life processes, as well as for biotechnology applications.

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Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) | NSF 24-513

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Supports research in mathematical biology that addresses significant biological questions by applying nontrivial mathematics or developing new theories — particularly from foundational mathematics, including artificial intelligence or machine learning.

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Posttranscriptional and Posttranslational Modification (PPM) | NSF 24-084

Encourages proposals on post-transcriptional RNA and post-translational protein modifications and how these modifications influence the properties, interactions, and/or regulation of these macromolecules and their role in cellular and organismal phenotype.

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NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research | PD 22-1642

Introduction The National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shared interests in a variety of basic and applied scientific and engineering fields. This program is designed to facilitate collaborative research and educational activities among...
Posted April 21, 2014
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Molecular Foundations for Biotechnology (MFB) | NSF 23-554

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This initiative supports fundamentally new approaches in molecular sciences to drive new directions in biotechnology, a critical and emerging technology of the 21st century. This is the third year of a campaign targeting broad themes to be pursued through collaborative...
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Clean Energy Technology RAISE or EAGER Proposals | NSF 23-109

Invites Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals to all NSF Directorates in the area of clean energy technologies.

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NSF-NIH Pathfinder Supplements on Quantum Sensors for Biomedical Science | NSF 24-086

Encourages supplemental funding requests from current NSF recipients to support research activities in quantum sensors and biomedical science.

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NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Molecular and Cellular Biology | NSF 22-015

Invites U.S.–Germany collaborative proposals for biological research at molecular, subcellular or cellular scales.

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Planning for Midscale Infrastructure for the Biological Sciences | NSF 20-116

Invites workshop and planning proposals that address national research infrastructure gaps relevant to the biological sciences community.

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Cellular Dynamics and Function | PD 13-1114

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Supports interdisciplinary research aimed at mechanistic understanding of the structure, function and evolution of cellular and subcellular systems across the tree of life.

Posted February 13, 2024
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NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) | NSF 21-607

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Supports the establishment of an institute to facilitate research, education and training between mathematicians and biologists, with a goal of developing new mathematical methodologies inspired by biological problems.

Posted May 9, 2014
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Reproducible Cells and Organoids via Directed- Differentiation Encoding (RECODE) | NSF 21-608

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Divisions of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET), Integrative and Organismal Systems (IOS), Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB), and Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) seek proposals that elucidate mechanisms of, and develop strategies...
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Building Synthetic Microbial Communities for Biology, Mitigating Climate Change, Sustainability and Biotechnology (Synthetic Communities) | NSF 22-607

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Supports research into synthetic microbial communities, including how they form and evolve, how to use them to address biological questions, and/or how to build them for biotechnology or bioengineering applications.

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Leveraging Innovations From Evolution (LIFE) | NSF 24-049

Encourages research proposals using comparative approaches to identify evolutionary convergent adaptations to life’s challenges and the mechanisms that underlie them.

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Plant Synthetic Biology | NSF 20-045

Supports basic research, tool development and applications to advance the field of plant synthetic biology through ongoing programs in the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Engineering.

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Semiconductor Synthetic Biology Circuits and Communications for Information Storage ( SemiSynBio-III) | NSF 22-557

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Supports high-risk, high-reward research that addresses scientific and technological challenges associated with the integration of synthetic biology with semiconductor technology.

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NSF-Simons Research Centers for Mathematics of Complex Biological Systems (MathBioSys) | NSF 17-560

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Supports the establishment of collaborative research centers focused on mathematical sciences at the interface of molecular, cellular and organismal biology. Each center will support education and training, visitor programs, workshops and outreach.

Posted January 19, 2012
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Sentinel Systems that Detect, Recognize, Actuate, and Mitigate Emergent Biological Threats (DREAM Sentinels) | NSF 22-077

Encourages the submission of interdisciplinary proposals to develop novel all-in-one biosensing and actuating technologies for rapidly evolving or emerging biological threats.

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