Funding-Division of
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator-initiated research projects
(MCB); September 6, 2011
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Description
The
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) supports fundamental research
and related activities designed to promote understanding of complex living
systems at the molecular, subcellular, and cellular levels. The Division is
soliciting proposals for hypothesis-driven and discovery research and related
activities in four core clusters:
·
Biomolecular dynamics, structure,
and function
·
Cellular
processes
·
Genetic
mechanisms
·
Networks
and regulation
The Division supports
research using a range of experimental approaches--including in vivo, in
vitro and in silico strategies--and a
broad spectrum of model and non-model organisms, especially microbes and
plants. Typical research in areas supported by MCB integrates theory and
experimentation. The Division gives high priority to research projects that use
theory, methods, and technologies from physical sciences, mathematics,
computational sciences, and engineering to address basic biological questions.
Projects that address the emerging areas of single molecule or single cell
studies, molecular dynamics, small RNA and chromatin biology, predictive
modeling of complexity at molecular and cellular levels, and synthetic biology
are particularly welcome. The Division is also interested in projects aimed at
understanding and predicting the molecular and cellular underpinnings of
phenotypic variation and adaptation to environmental change. Highest funding
priority is given to applications that are outstanding in both intellectual
merit and broader impacts. The Division supports both hypothesis-driven research
and discovery-based, large-scale biology research. Proposals that are motivated
by relevance of the proposed research to human health or proposals that address
the molecular basis of human diseases and treatment are not appropriate for the
Division and will be returned without review.
Announcement
Number:
nsf11545
Closing
Date:
September 06, 2011
May 21, 2012
January 28,
2013
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11545/nsf11545.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
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