NIH RFA-CA-22-004, Advanced Development and Validation of Emerging Biospecimen Science Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• LOIs due Mar 22.
• $900,000 available to fund 2 awards for FY23.
• Awards will be up to $300,000 in direct costs per year for 3-year projects.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects focused on further development and validation of emerging technologies that improve the quality of the samples used for cancer research or clinical care. This includes new capabilities to address issues related to pre-analytical degradation of targeted analytes during the collection, processing, handling, and/or storage of cancer-relevant biospecimens.

Iowa Economic Development Authority, Iowa Energy Center Competitive Grants Program FY2022

• Pre-proposals due Mar 22.  Must be invited to submit full proposals.
• Awards expected to be between $10,000 and $1 million.
• 5% Cost Share is required.
• Must be invited to submit full proposal.

The IEC Competitive Grant Program is funded by Iowa utility ratepayers. Funds will be used

for projects that aid in the implementation of the seven key focus areas of the Iowa Energy Plan and provide a benefit to the Iowa ratepayers.

The seven key focus areas of the Iowa Energy Plan are:

NIH RFA-AG-22-026, Transition to Aging Research for Predoctoral Students (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• $450,000 available in FY22 to fund 7-10 awards.

NIA invites outstanding graduate students from a wide range of broad research areas who are interested in receiving aging-related postdoctoral training to apply for this award. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) fosters the development of research and clinician scientists in the following areas: genetic, biological, clinical, epidemiological, neuroscience, behavioral, social, and economic research on aging, both basic and translational.

This two-phase award will allow awardees to complete doctoral dissertation projects and provides a variety of training supports to facilitate the smooth transition of doctoral graduates into competitive, aging-focused postdoctoral positions.

NIH PA-22-047, Large Research Projects for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) (R01)

• Number of awards is contingent on the number of applications received.
• Budgets should be no more than $500,000 in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for grant funding to conduct Large Health Services Research Projects (R01) focused on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB).

NIH PAR-19-158, Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• Number of awards is contingent on the number of applications received.
• Awards budgets should be no more than 5 years.

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to encourage collaborations between the life and physical sciences that: 1) apply a multidisciplinary bioengineering approach to the solution of a biomedical problem; and 2) integrate, optimize, validate, translate or otherwise accelerate the adoption of promising tools, methods and techniques for a specific research or clinical problem in basic, translational, or clinical science and practice.

NIH PAR-22-066, Basic Neurodevelopmental Biology of Circuits and Behavior (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• Number of awards is contingent on the number of applications received.
• Award budgets should be no more than $500,000 in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.
• Related FOA PAR-22-067 available for R21 awards due Feb. 16, 2022.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research projects focused on the dynamic and mechanistic links between the maturation of brain circuits and behaviors across development in rodents and non-human primates.

NIH RFA-AG-23-002, Cell-Specific Impact of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Aging and AD/ADRD (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• LOIs due Feb. 1st.  Full proposals due Mar 3rd.
• $2.5 million available to fund approx. 8-10 awards in FY23.
• Budgets not to exceed $275,000 in direct costs for 2-year projects.

The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research to identify cell-specific mechanisms in biomolecular condensate (BMC) formation and function, providing novel information for the role BMCs play in diverse cell types in the context of aging and neurobiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or AD-related dementias (ADRD).

NIH PAR-21-351, NIA Career Transition Award (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• Number of awards is contingent on the number of applications received.
• Awards will be made for up to 3 years.

The purpose of the NIA Career Transition Award (CTA) is to facilitate the transition of mentored researchers to tenure-track faculty positions conducting research that advances the mission of NIA. This award will provide three years of protected time through salary and research support to conduct biomedical research at an extramural sponsoring institution/organization to which the individual has been recruited, been offered, and has accepted a tenure-track full-time assistant professor position (or equivalent).

NIH PAR-21-168, Summer Research Education Experience Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• LOIs due Feb. 15th.  Full proposals due Mar. 17th.
• Number of awards is contingent on the number of applications received.
• Budgets not to exceed $125,000 in direct costs per year for 5 years.
• Funds can be requested for between 8 and 15 weeks of research education experience per year.

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.  The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.

NIH PAR-21-355, Innovative Screening Approaches and Therapies for Screenable Disorders in Newborns (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional)

• Number of awards is contingent on the number of applications received.
• Budgets not to exceed $275,000 in direct costs for 2-year projects.
• Related FOAs PAR-21-353 and PAR-21-354 available for R01 and R03 awards respectively.

This FOA encourages research relevant to the development of novel screening approaches and/or therapeutic interventions for potentially fatal or disabling conditions that have been identified through newborn screening, as well as for "high priority" genetic conditions where screening may be possible in the nea

NIH PAR-22-062, Modulating Human Microbiome Function to Enhance Immune Responses Against Cancer (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• Awards may not exceed $275,000 in direct costs for 2-year projects.
• Related FOA PAR-22-061 available for R01 awards due Feb. 5, 2022.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support basic research that elucidates mechanisms by which the human microbiome inhibits or enhances anti-tumor immune responses, and to identify potential novel molecular targets for cancer prevention strategies.

U.S. Department of Energy, Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize

• $2.5 million available to fund 10 awards.
• Phase 1 funds will awards prizes of up to $200,000 for 1-year projects.

Advancing equity, civil rights, racial justice, and equal opportunities is a responsibility of the entire U.S. government, including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize fits into President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative, which promises to deliver 40% of climate investment benefits to disadvantaged communities and, at the same time, inform equitable research, development, and deployment within DOE.

NIH RFA-HD-22-023, Elucidating the Role of Nutrition in Care and Development of Preterm Infants (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

• LOIs due Feb. 28th.  Full proposals due Mar. 30th.
• $1 million available to fund approx. 4 awards in FY22.
• Budgets limited to $499,999 in direct costs per year for 4-year projects.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications that address priority gaps in understanding the role of nutrition in the care and development of preterm infants.

USDA RDBCP-RBDG-2022, Rural Business Development Grants Program

• Grants generally range from $10,000 to $500,000.

RBDG is a competitive grant designed to support targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas that have fewer than 50 employees and less than $1 million in gross revenues. Programmatic activities are separated into enterprise or opportunity type grant activities.

NSF 21-516, Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)

• $18 million available to fund 35-45 awards.

The MCA offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers at the Associate Professor rank (or equivalent) to substantively enhance and advance their research program through synergistic and mutually beneficial partnerships, typically at an institution other than their home institution. Projects that envision new insights on existing problems or identify new but related problems previously inaccessible without new methodology or expertise from other fields are encouraged.

Partners from outside the PI's own sub-discipline or discipline are encouraged, but not required, to enhance interdisciplinary networking and convergence across science and engineering fields.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Immunology Innovations QuickFire Challenge

• Awards expected to be up to $500,000.

Grants will be awarded in support of transformative potential solutions to help or advance precision medicine approaches in immune-mediated disease.  Innovators with transformative potential solutions to help or advance precision medicine approaches in immune-mediated diseases are invited to apply.

NSF 21-623, Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)

• $7 million available to fund approx. 35 awards annually.

The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales. Contemporary geographical research is an arena in which diverse research traditions and methodologies are valid. Recognizing the breadth of the field's contributions to science, the HEGS Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated, generalizable research in all sub-fields of geographical and spatial sciences.

DOE DE-FOA-0002603, Quantum-Enabled Bioimaging And Sensing Approaches For Bioenergy

• Pre-proposals due Jan. 14, 2022.  Must be invited to submit full proposal.
• $15 million available to fund approx. 10-14 awards.
• Awards expected to be between $250,000 and $750,000 per year for 3-year projects.

The DOE SC program in Biological and Environmental Research (BER), through its Bioimaging Research effort, announces its interest in receiving applications to advance fundamental research or use-inspired technologies of new bioimaging or sensing approaches that exploit quantum phenomena. Applications must describe how they would advance knowledge and predictive understanding of plant and microbial systems relevant to bioenergy and environmental research in fields of study supported by BER.

NSF 22-506, Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences (RaMP)

• $40 million available to fund approx. 13-16 awards.

The Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (RaMP) in Biological Sciences program invites the submission of proposals to establish networks to support full-time research, mentoring, and training for recent college graduates who have had few or no research or training opportunities during college in research fields typically supported by the Directorate of Biological Sciences (BIO). Fostering the growth of a globally competitive and diverse research workforce and advancing the innovative scientific skills of the U.S. is a strategic objective of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

National Watermelon Promotion Board, Nutrition Research Program FY22

• RFP attached as PDF below.
• Awards will be up to $75,000.

The National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB) is inviting investigators to submit proposals for exploratory watermelon research related to investigating the potential human health benefits of watermelon consumption.

The NWPB believes in the power of nutrition research to educate consumers. The research committee, comprised of members of the watermelon industry, directs and prioritizes the research projects to be conducted on behalf of the NWPB.  For 2022, the nutrition research request for proposal has been updated to focus our research following a 2021 study, Watermelon Summary of Research Database, State of the Health Benefits Science.

NSF 22-507, Principles and Practice of Scalable Systems (PPoSS)

• $66 million available to fund approx. 17 awards.
• Award amount and project length contingent on project type. 
  • Planning grants - up to $250,000 for 1-year projects – approx. 4 to be awarded each year.
  • LARGE grants – up to $1 million for 5-year projects – approx. 4 to be awarded each year.

The aim of the Principles and Practice of Scalable Systems (PPoSS) program is to support a community of researchers who will work symbiotically across the multiple disciplines above to perform basic research on scalability and correctness and accuracy of modern applications, systems, and toolchains built on heterogeneous architectures.

NSF 22-500, Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO)

• $15 million available to fund approx. 20-30 awards.
• Awards expected to be no more than $450,000 for 3-year projects.

With a focus on enhancing research capacity and broadening participation of new faculty of biology at minority-serving institutions (MSIs), predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs), and other universities and colleges that are not among the nation's most research-intensive institutions, the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) offers the Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO) program.

NSF 22-522, Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE)

• $8 million available to fund approx. 12 awards.

The goal of the RCN-UBE program is to link biological research discoveries with innovations in biology education to improve the learning environment in undergraduate biology classrooms. The program seeks to improve undergraduate education by leveraging the power of a collaborative network recognizing that new educational materials and pedagogies can simultaneously teach biological concepts while creating a supportive and engaging learning environment for all. The RCN-UBE program supports groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training, and education.

NSF 21-622, Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO)

• $20 million available to fund approx. 15 awards.

This solicitation invites submission of collaborative proposals that tackle bold questions in biology and require an integrated approach to make substantive progress. Integrative biological research spans subdisciplines and incorporates cutting-edge methods, tools, and concepts from each to produce groundbreaking biological discovery. The research should be synergistic and produce novel, holistic understanding of how biological systems function and interact across different scales of organization, e.g., from molecules to cells, tissues to organisms, species to ecosystems and the entire Earth.

NSF 22-510, Dark Dimensions of the RNA Regulome (D2R2): An Ideas Lab Activity

• Pre-proposal due Jan. 31st.  Full proposals due Aug. 31.
• $15 million available to fund 4-7 awards.

This solicitation invites participation in an Ideas Lab whose focus will be the exploration of novel approaches to elucidate the evolutionary and functional significance of RNA transcripts that do not encode proteins as well as the technological innovations that may arise from the ability to harness the power of non-coding RNA to solve pressing societal problems. Ideas Labs are intensive, facilitated workshops to find innovative solutions to grand challenge problems.

North Central Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NCRA), Multistate Research Portfolio

• RFA attached as PDF below.
• The program anticipates funding one proposal of $60,000 per year for 1-2 year projects.

To further increase national impact and stimulate a higher level of collaborative NC research across institutions, NCRA directors have agreed, as a pilot, to support a focused, innovative, high quality, and action-oriented NC-led research project that will have immediate impact within a two-year timeframe. In addition, the project must have true collaborations that synergize activities across participating states rather than independent efforts that are merely compiled. We encourage partnerships with existing NC multistate projects, states and other regions, as these may enhance impacts.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Strengthening Data Science Capacity and the Ecosystem: Enabling Data-Centered Public Health Interventions

• Awards of up to $250,000 for 18-24 month projects.

The desired outcome of this RFP is the development of tools and processes that are “fit-for-purpose” to facilitate collaboration among researchers in low- and middle-income countries.

NSF 21-619, Biology Integration Institutes (BII)

• $15 million available in FY22 to fund approx. 4-6 awards.
• Express interest in collaborating on this funding opportunity here.

Biology has transformed science over the last century through discoveries that cross subdisciplines from the molecular to the organismal to the ecosystem level. While making great progress, biology has also slowly fragmented into subdisciplines, creating a dynamic tension between unifying principles and increasingly reductionist pursuits.

NSF 22-514, Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE)

• Optional LOI encouraged for Track 4 projects, due Dec. 3rd.  Full proposals for Tracks 3 & 4 due Jan. 28th.  
• $13 million available to fund approx.

NIH PAR-21-229, Screening and Functional Validation of Human Birth Defects Genomic Variants (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• LOIs due Jan 5th.  Full proposals due Feb. 5th.
• Budgets should be no more than $499,999 in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.

Rapid advances in genotyping and next generation sequencing technologies have led to the identification of genetic variants that are associated with a wide variety of congenital defects including structural birth defects (SBDs), intellectual developmental disabilities (IDDs) and inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs).

NIH RFA-AI-21-075, Identification and Characterization of Persistence Mechanisms of Select Protozoan Pathogens (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• LOIs due Jan. 8th.  Full proposals due Feb. 8th.
• $4.5 million available in FY22 to fund approx. 9 awards.
• Budgets should be no more than $500,000 in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to expand our understanding of protozoan parasite persistence mechanisms and provide research tools and strategies to enable identification and credentialing of novel treatments for persistent protozoan pathogens.

NIH RFA-AI-21-068, Development of Microbiome-Related Approaches for Diagnosis/Mitigation/Treatment of Radiation Injuries (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• LOIs due Jan. 9th.  Full proposals due Feb. 9th.
• $5 million available to fund approx. 7-8 awards.
• Budgets should be no more than $350,000 in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research that will advance the understanding of how the microbiome affects radiation injury and to develop medical countermeasures (MCMs) that target the microbiome to prevent or mitigate radiation injury.

NSF 22-504, Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science (MSB-NES): Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales

• $12 million available to fund 15 – 25 awards.
• Budgets should be no more than $300,000 for 3-year projects.

The Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science (MSB-NES): Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales program will support quantitative, interdisciplinary, systems-oriented research on biosphere processes and their complex interactions with climate, land use, and changes in species distribution at regional to continental scales as well as training activities to broaden participation of researchers in Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science.

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Summer Research Visit in the Lab of Digital and Computational Demography

• Applications must be submitted online via https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/incubator

The goal of the Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program is to enable discovery by bringing together data scientists and population scientists to work on focused, intensive and collaborative projects of broad societal relevance. The Incubator program values research teams that include early-career scientists from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, with complementary skill sets. Priority will be placed on bringing together a diverse pool of students.

USDA-NIFA-SCRI-008661, Specialty Crop Research Initiative

• Pre-proposals due Jan.

NSF 22-511, Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs, Large

• Submission window is Jan. 4 – Jan. 18, 2022.
• $12 million available to fund approx. 4 awards.
• Awards expected to be between $1.2 million and $3 million for 5-year projects.

CISE's Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and education projects that take a system-oriented approach to the development of novel computing and networking technologies, or to the enhancement of existing systems in any of several dimensions, or that explore new ways to make use of existing technologies. This solicitation invites proposals tackling ambitious problems in computing and networking that are well suited to an integrated systems-oriented approach.

. NIH-PA-21-047, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Senior Fellowship (Parent F33)

• No indirect costs allowed.
• Senior fellowship awards consist of stipends, tuition and fees, and institutional allowance and do not typically exceed 2 years.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards senior individual research training fellowships to experienced scientists who wish to make major changes in the direction of their research careers or who wish to broaden their scientific background by acquiring new research capabilities as independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of participating NIH Institutes and Centers.

NIH RFA-AI-21-065, Systems Biology for Infectious Diseases (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• LOI due Dec. 14th.  Full proposal due Jan. 14th.
• $10 million available to fund approx. 4-5 awards.
• Awards of up to $1.5 million in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.

The purpose of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research that employs systems biology approaches to human pathogens.  The approach will generate and integrate large datasets into models that guide in vitro, in vivo and clinical studies, with the goals of predicting disease severity, predicting responses to vaccines and therapeutics, and identifying candidate targets for interventions.

NIH PAR-21-277, Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• Awards can be up to $250,000 in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.  The overarching goal of this NIH MOSAIC UE5 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research

To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:

DOD W911NF-22-S-0002, Targeted Evaluation of Ionizing Radiation Exposure (TEI-REX)

• Number of awards and award sizes are dependent on funding availability.
• Project duration should be no more than 3.5 years.

The objective of the Targeted Evaluation of Ionizing Radiation Exposure (TEI-REX) program is to establish novel biodosimetry approaches enabling improved quantification of lower-dose ionizing radiation exposures (<0.75 Gray)[1] from samples that can be collected and/or tested minimally or non-invasively (hereafter known as ‘TEI-REX samples’), while also expanding quantitative and qualitative knowledge of the exposure environment. To accomplish this, the TEI-REX program will discover, characterize, and model biomarkers associated with a variety of ionizing radiation events, especially lower-dose exposures, from TEI-REX samples.

NIH PAR-21-347, Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) Program (R25-Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• Awards expected to be no more than $500,000 in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.  The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research

To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:

• Research Experiences
• Courses for Skills Development

NSF 21-617, Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI)

• $34 million available to fund approx. 35 awards.
• Three types of projects are available for funding:
  • Elements – about 20 awards available
  • Framework Implementations – about 10 awards available
  • Transition to Sustainability – about 5 awards available

The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) umbrella program seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in cyberinfrastructure (CI). This solicitation expands the CSSI program by adding a new project class: Transition to Sustainability.

NSF 21-616, Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs

• $280 million available to fund approx. 400-600 awards.
• Three project classes available with this solicitation:
  • Small projects – awards up to $600,000 over 3 years.  Proposals accepted anytime.
  • Medium projects – awards up to $1.2 million over 4 years.  Proposals accepted between Dec. 1 – 22^nd.
  • OAC Core projects – awards up to $600,000 over 3 years.  Proposals accepted between Dec. 1 – 22^nd.

The NSF CISE Directorate supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in all aspects of computing, communications, and information science and engineering, as well as advanced cyberinfrastructure.

National Institute of Justice O-NIJ-2021-171008, W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021

• $3 million available to fund approx. 8 awards.
• Awards size and duration is dependent on the project and type of researcher being funded.

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.

McKnight Foundation, Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards

• LOI due Dec. 6th.
• Must be invited to submit full proposal due in April 2022.
• Up to 3 awards of $200,000 for 2-year projects will be awarded each year.

The program aims to advance and enlarge the range of technologies available to the neurosciences, but does not support research based primarily on existing techniques. Because goal of the Technological Innovations awards is to foster collaboration between the neurosciences and other disciplines, collaborative and cross-disciplinary applications are explicitly invited. The foundation is especially interested in how technology may be used or adapted to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or model brain function at any level, from the molecular to the organic.

EPA-EE-21-07, Environmental Education Local Grants Program for Region 7 -- Solicitation Notice for 2021

• $300,000 available to fund approx. 4 awards.
• Awards expected to be between $50,000 - $100,000

The purpose of the Environmental Education Local Grants Program in Region 7 is to support locally-focused environmental education projects that increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues and provide the skills that participants in its funded projects need to make informed decisions and take responsible actions toward the environment.

NSF 21-614, Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

• $19 million available to fund approx. 120 fellowships per year.

The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) to recent recipients of the doctoral degree for research and training in selected areas supported by BIO and with special goals for human resource development in biology. For applications under this solicitation, these areas are:

(1) Broadening Participation of Groups Underrepresented in Biology,

(2) Integrative Research Investigating the Rules of Life Governing Interactions Between Genomes, Environment and Phenotypes, and

(3) Plant Genome Postdoctoral Research Fellowships.

NSF 21-526, Arctic Research Opportunities

• Proposals accepted anytime.  No deadline.
• $40 million available to fund approx. 75 awards.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals to the Arctic Sciences Section, Office of Polar Programs (OPP), to conduct research about the Arctic region.

NSF 21-544, Long Term Research in Environmental Biology

• Proposals can be submitted anytime.  No deadline.
• $6 million available.  Awards expected to be no more than $600,000.

The Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) Program supports the generation of extended time series of data to address important questions in evolutionary biology, ecology, and ecosystem science.

NIH RFA-HG-21-033, Genome Research Experiences to Attract Talented Undergraduates into the Genomics Field to Enhance Diversity (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• $1 million available per year to fund approx. 3 awards each year.
• Awards can be up to $350,000 in direct costs per year for 5-year projects.

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.  The overarching goal of this NHGRI R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage undergraduates from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical workforce, to pursue further training and careers in the scientific, medical, ethical, social and/or legal areas of genomics research.

To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on: