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Supports mid-career researchers, at the associate professor rank (or equivalent), to substantively enhance and advance their research program through synergistic partnerships.

Supports integrative research that develops advanced mathematical theories and methods to address complex biological challenges, thereby enhancing our understanding of diverse biological systems and informing public health policy.

Supports projects studying functional biodiversity in the context of environmental change. Projects should consider ecological and evolutionary approaches in response to the continual gain, loss and reorganization of biodiversity on a changing planet.

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

Supports research and mentoring experiences for undergraduate students to broaden participation in the biological sciences.

Supports research on the development of bioinformatics approaches to advance biological research in all areas funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences.

The Instrumentation Programmatic Area supports the design of novel and innovative instrumentation and associated methods that address a clearly defined gap in biologists’ ability to capture observations of biological phenomena and that have the potential to be broadly applicable in...

Supports research on the design of laboratory- or field-based methodologies that enables new and important insights into biological processes.

Supports improvements to and digitization of biological collections and collection-based information to advance biology and increase the broader applicability of collections.

Supports implementing, scaling or improving cyberinfrastructure to advance biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences

Supports research to design or improve research tools and methods with a focus on research infrastructure in three program areas: bioinformatics, instrumentation and research methods.

Supports planning proposals and major improvements to biological field stations or laboratories in any terrestrial, marine, estuarine or freshwater environment for research and education.

Supports the continued operation of existing research infrastructure — primarily cyberinfrastructure or biological living stocks — that advances contemporary biological research.

The Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity) Program supports the implementation of, scaling of, or major improvements to research tools, products, and services that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF...