Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Due Dates: Proposals Accepted Anytime

Funding Amounts: $25,000–$1,200,000 per award; total program funding approx. $18M; 40–60 awards expected.

Summary: Supports implementation, scaling, or major improvements to research infrastructure broadly advancing biological sciences, with focus on cyberinfrastructure, biological collections, and field stations/marine labs.

Key Information: Proposals must address infrastructure needs of a broad research community, not just a single lab or institution.