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Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)

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Important Information for Proposers

Any proposal submitted in response to this funding opportunity should be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. The NSF PAPPG is regularly revised and it is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets the requirements specified in this solicitation and the applicable version of the PAPPG. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Synopsis

Synopsis of Program:

The OPUS program is targeted to individuals, typically at later-career stages, who have contributed significant insights to a field or body of research over time. The program provides an opportunity to revisit and synthesize that prior research into a unique, integrated product(s) useful to the scientific community, now and in the future. 

All four clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science) encourage the submission of OPUS proposals.

Program contacts

Leslie J. Rissler
lrissler@nsf.gov (703) 292-4628 BIO/DEB
Shannon Fehlberg
sfehlber@nsf.gov (703) 292-8784
Catherine O'Reilly
coreilly@nsf.gov (703) 292-7934 BIO/DEB
Jeremy Wojdak
jwojdak@nsf.gov (703) 292-8781 BIO/DEB

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