Funding-NSF-
Dimensions of Biodiversity FY2016; March 17, 2016
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Directorate
for Biological Sciences
Directorate
for Geosciences
Description
Despite
centuries of discovery, most of our planet's biodiversity remains unknown. The
scale of the unknown diversity on Earth is especially troubling given the rapid
and permanent loss of biodiversity across the globe. The goal of the Dimensions
of Biodiversity campaign is to transform, by 2020, how we describe and
understand the scope and role of life on Earth.
This
campaign promotes novel integrative approaches to fill the most substantial
gaps in our understanding of the diversity of life on Earth. It takes a broad
view of biodiversity, and focuses on the intersection of genetic, phylogenetic,
and functional dimensions of biodiversity. Successful proposals must integrate
these three dimensions to understand interactions and feedbacks among them.
While this focus complements several core programs in BIO and GEO, it differs
by requiring that multiple dimensions of biodiversity be addressed
simultaneously, in novel ways, to understand their synergistic roles in
critical ecological and evolutionary processes.
Announcement
Number:
NSF
15-611
Closing
Date:
March
17, 2016
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15611/nsf15611.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
Simon
Malcomber
(703)
292-8227