Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research
The Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Program supports building research tools and services in biology across cyberinfrastructure, collections, and field labs to benefit a wide range of researchers.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: October 5, 2076 (Application deadline) | Rolling (Proposals accepted anytime)
Funding Amounts: $25,000–$1,200,000 per award; $18 million estimated program funding
Summary: Supports implementation, scaling, and major improvements to shared research infrastructure that advances NSF-supported biological research.
Key Information: Infrastructure must serve a broad research community beyond a single research team, laboratory, or institution.
Description
NSF’s Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research program supports implementation, scaling, and major improvements to research tools, products, and services in research areas supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences. Administered by the Division of Biological Infrastructure, it focuses on cyberinfrastructure, biological collections, and biological field stations and marine laboratories. Planning activities and workshops may also receive support to coordinate infrastructure development around research-community needs.
Projects should produce quality, openly accessible resources that enable important scientific outcomes for a broad scientific and education community. Proposals should be product-driven and demonstrate their contribution to national infrastructure capacity. Limited data collection, experimentation, or other research may be included when needed to design, evaluate, or calibrate infrastructure. Instrumentation and infrastructure intended for a specific research project, laboratory, or institution are outside the program’s scope.
