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Division of Environmental Biology
(DEB)Virtual Office Hour
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Today’s topic: Rules of Life
Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
Virtual Office Hour – Welcome!Program Directors in attendance today
• Matt Olson – Evolutionary Processes ([email protected])• Kendra McLauchlan – Ecosystem Sciences ([email protected]) • Matt Kane – Ecosystem Sciences ([email protected])• Leslie Rissler – Evolutionary Processes ([email protected])• Chris Schneider – Systematics and Biodiversity Sciences ([email protected])• Betsy von Holle – Population and Community Ecology ([email protected])
Facilitators – Christina Washington, Bill Lawson, and Megan Lewis
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DEB Virtual Office Hour
• DEB Office Hours: second Monday of each month, 1-2 pm EST
Upcoming Topics:Today: Rules of Life Opportunities Mar 9: RAPID/EAGER/ConferencesApr 13: OPUSMay 11: CAREERsJune 8: BIO Postdoc Program
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Recent Solicitations and DCLs
• NSF 20-525 – Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) – Deadline July 27, 2020
• NSF 20-524 – Dimensions of Biodiversity – Deadline March 27,2020
• DCL 20-041: Exploring the NSF 2026 Idea Machine - conference (Mar. 15) and EAGER (Mar. 1) proposals
• DCL 20-038 Developing New Research Collaborations Between Evolutionary Biologists and LTER Scientists
• DCL 19-059: Research Opportunities Related to Coastlines and People (CoPe)• DCL 20-033: Developing and Supporting the National Ecology Observatory Network (NEON) User
Community • NSF 20-532 – Enhancing Discovery through GEnomics Tools (EDGE) – No deadline
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Remember – Core DEB solicitation (20-502) has no deadlines and no submission limits.
Find links to all recent solicitations and Dear Colleague Letters at the bottom of the DEB webpage (WebSearch: NSF DEB) under Funding Opportunities and Popular Links
DEB Virtual Office Hour
Today’s Topics:• Rules of Life Track in DEB Core Solicitation
• Understanding the Rules of Life – NSF 10 Big Ideas
• Open question and answer period
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Life innovates, biology integrates
Biology Rules of Life Track: • Integrative research on questions linking levels of biological organization• Understanding general principles governing key properties of living systems
NSF 20-502 Rules of Life Track
• To be responsive to the RoL track, proposed activities must• Engage or enable innovative approaches to fundamental questions in biology;• Promise results or approaches that are generalizable beyond particular study
systems;• Seek to discover, enable and/or test foundational principles (rules, theory)
that explain or predict the emergence of complex phenomena in biology; and• Apply integrative approaches that span levels of biological organization
beyond the funding programs within a single BIO division.
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NSF 20-502 Rules of Life Track
• Additional priorities for Rules of Life proposals include research projects that:
• Emphasize scaling and feedback mechanisms across hierarchical levels of biological organization, including research spanning spatial and temporal scales;
• Use or develop novel approaches or tools to fill significant gaps in understanding structure and function of biological systems;
• Leverage existing infrastructure, data products, and other resources to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of research and training activities;
• Effectively integrate research and cross-disciplinary training throughout the duration of the project; and
• Build research capacity among traditionally underrepresented groups.
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(across NSF)
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DBI DEB IOS MCB BIO-OCE
BIO – Rules of Life GEO
BIO
CISE EHR ENG
GEO
MPS
SBE
NSF- Understanding the Rules of Life
Understanding Rules of Life
Fiscal Year Topic 1 Topic 2
FY19 Epigenetics Synthetic Cell
FY20 Epigenetics (NSF 20-512) Microbiome Theory and Mechanisms (MTM)(NSF 20-513)
FY21 Expected Solicitation Summer 2020 Expected Solicitation Summer 2020
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EpigeneticsLetters of intent were due Dec. 20Full proposals were due Feb. 6
MicrobiomeLetters of intent were due Jan. 17Full proposals are due March 2
For questions about URoL Microbiome contact: [email protected] question about URoL Epigenetics contact: [email protected]
Recent Solicitations and DCLs
• NSF 20-525 – Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) – Deadline July 27, 2020
• NSF 20-524 – Dimensions of Biodiversity – Deadline March 27,2020
• DCL 20-041: Exploring the NSF 2026 Idea Machine - conference (Mar. 15) and EAGER (Mar. 1) proposals
• DCL 20-038 Developing New Research Collaborations Between Evolutionary Biologists and LTER Scientists
• DCL 19-059: Research Opportunities Related to Coastlines and People (CoPe)• DCL 20-033: Developing and Supporting the National Ecology Observatory Network (NEON) User
Community • NSF 20-532 – Enhancing Discovery through GEnomics Tools (EDGE) – No deadline
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Remember – Core DEB solicitation (20-502) has no deadlines and no submission limits.
Find links to all recent solicitations and Dear Colleague Letters at the bottom of the DEB webpage (WebSearch: NSF DEB) under Funding Opportunities and Popular Links