NSF BIO Directorate Changes Proposal Submission Process

National Science Foundation

September 8th, 2011
 
Responding to the rising number of grant proposals, the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) announced that its Divisions of Environmental Biology (DEB) and Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) will move to an annual cycle of preliminary and full proposals, effective January 2012. Following the review of preliminary proposals by a panel of outside experts, each applicant will be notified of the decision to invite or not invite submission of a full proposal. Details can be found in a program solicitation posted on each division's website (DEB) and (IOS), along with a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs).