Opportunity Information: Apply for 17 523
The National Science Foundation (NSF) grant opportunity "Dimensions of Biodiversity" (Funding Opportunity Number 17-523) is a research program aimed at dramatically improving how scientists discover, describe, and explain life on Earth, especially in light of the fact that a large portion of global biodiversity is still undocumented while species and ecosystems are being lost at an accelerating and often irreversible pace. The overarching vision of the campaign is to reshape, by the 2020 timeframe referenced in the solicitation, the scientific understanding of the scope of biodiversity and the roles it plays in ecological and evolutionary systems.
A central feature of this opportunity is its requirement for genuinely integrative research. Rather than supporting projects that examine biodiversity from a single angle, the program explicitly targets the intersection of three major "dimensions" of biodiversity: genetic diversity (variation within and among populations at the DNA level), phylogenetic diversity (evolutionary relationships and the structure of the tree of life), and functional diversity (traits and roles of organisms that influence ecosystem processes and interactions). Competitive proposals are expected to address all three dimensions in a unified way and to analyze how they interact, including feedbacks among them. The intent is to push beyond parallel or loosely connected analyses and instead produce work that reveals how these dimensions jointly shape key ecological and evolutionary outcomes.
In practical terms, NSF is looking for projects that use novel approaches to close major knowledge gaps about what species exist, how they are related, what they do in ecosystems, and how biodiversity originates, persists, and affects the functioning of natural systems. The solicitation emphasizes synergy: proposals should show why studying these dimensions together leads to insights that would not be possible if they were studied separately. This emphasis distinguishes the program from more traditional biology (BIO) core programs that may support strong biodiversity research but do not necessarily require the simultaneous, tightly coupled integration of genetic, phylogenetic, and functional perspectives.
The 2017 cycle of the program also highlights international collaboration through established partnerships, specifically with the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in Brazil. This suggests NSF was encouraging cross-border research teams and coordinated funding arrangements that can extend the geographic reach of biodiversity discovery and analysis, particularly in regions with rich but under-characterized biodiversity.
From an administrative and funding standpoint, this is a discretionary grant opportunity in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category (CFDA 47.074). Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is open to a wide range of applicant organizations as allowed by NSF policy and any additional eligibility notes in the full solicitation. For this competition, the original closing date was February 21, 2017. NSF anticipated making around 10 awards, with a stated award ceiling of $2,000,000 per award, indicating support for relatively large, potentially multi-institutional projects.
For prospective applicants who want early feedback on fit, NSF invited investigators to email a brief project summary and contact information to Dimensions@nsf.gov. This pre-submission outreach option signals that program staff were willing to advise whether a concept aligns with the program's integrative expectations before teams invest heavily in a full proposal.Apply for 17 523
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Dimensions of Biodiversity" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.074.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 17, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 21, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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