Funding-Limited Submission – NSF
Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR) (NSF 15-577)
Purpose: The Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR)
Program provides funds: 1) for improvements to secure and organize collections
that are significant to the NSF BIO-funded research community; 2) to secure
collections-related data for sustained, accurate, and efficient accessibility
to the biological research community; and 3) to transfer ownership of
collections.
The CSBR program provides for
enhancements that secure and improve existing collections, improves the
accessibility of digitized specimen-related data, and develop better methods
for specimen curation and collection management. Requests should demonstrate a
clear and urgent need to secure the collection, and the proposed activities
should address that need. Biological collections supported include established
living stock/culture collections, vouchered non-living natural history
collections, and jointly-curated ancillary collections such as preserved
tissues and DNA libraries.
Institutional Limit: 3
In a single round of the CSBR
competition, only one proposal may be submitted from any individual collection
within an organization. One organization may not submit more than three proposals
to any one CSBR competition.
Internal Competition: To participate in the University’s selection process,
researchers are to submit the following material electronically, assembled
into a single PDF document, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at
limitedsubmissions@uky.edu
and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, July 14, 2015:
·
Names and departments of the PI, and
Senior Project Personnel
·
Title of the program and/or funding
opportunity announcement number
·
Brief project description (2 pages
maximum).
The Vice President for Research will
appoint a committee to review the material and make a recommendation as to the
University’s applicants. Questions about the submission process may be sent to
Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663).
NSF Deadline: September 10, 2015