NSF Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)

NSF Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)(NSF 23-578). This program supports research to design novel or greatly improved research tools and methods that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF, focusing on research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to researchers in 3 programmatic areas: (1) Bioinformatics, (2) Instrumentation, and (3) Research Methods. Infrastructure supported by this program is expected to improve scientists’ abilities to manipulate, control, analyze, or measure critical aspects of biological systems. Proposals submitted to these programmatic areas can do one of the following: (1) develop novel infrastructure, (2) significantly redesign existing infrastructure, or (3) adapt existing infrastructure in novel ways. Projects are expected to have a significant application to >1 biological science question and have broader uses beyond a single research team. Open to all career stages, award size and duration varies. Rolling deadline.