Funding Opportunity

Tue Aug 11 11:11:14 EDT 2009

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
PROGRAM SOLICITATION
NSF 09-573
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09573/nsf09573.htm

Synopsis of Program:
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral 
Research Fellowships in Biology to recent recipients of the doctoral 
degree for research and training in selected areas of biology 
supported by BIO and with special goals for human resource 
development in biology.  The fellowships encourage independence at an 
early stage of the research career to permit Fellows to pursue their 
research and training goals in the most appropriate research 
locations regardless of the availability of funding for the Fellows 
at that site.  For FY 2010, these BIO programs are (1) Broadening 
Participation in Biology and (2) Biological Informatics.  In future 
years, these areas will change as new scientific and infrastructure 
opportunities present themselves; and this solicitation will be 
changed to reflect the areas being funded. The fellowships are also 
designed to provide active mentoring of the Fellows by the sponsoring 
scientists who will benefit from having these talented young 
scientists in their research groups. The research and training plan 
of each fellowship must address important scientific questions in 
contemporary biology within the scope of the BIO Directorate and the 
specific guidelines in this fellowship program solicitation. Because 
the fellowships are offered only to postdoctoral scientists early in 
their careers, doctoral advisors are encouraged to discuss the 
availability of BIO fellowships with their graduate students early in 
their doctoral programs. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not 
institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.

Eligibility Information
Organization Limit: 
Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
	*	Only individuals may apply.  NSF postdoctoral 
fellowships are awards to individuals, and applications are submitted 
directly by applicants to NSF. However, applications must include 
sponsoring scientists' statements and the applicants must affiliate 
with institutions (e.g., colleges and universities, and 
privately-sponsored nonprofit institutes and museums, government 
agencies and laboratories, and, under special conditions, for-profit 
organizations) anywhere in the world.
PI Limit: 
Applicants must
	*	be U.S. citizens (or nationals) or permanent 
residents of the United States (i.e., have a "green card") at the 
time of application;
	*	earn or plan to earn the doctoral degree in a 
scientific or engineering field prior to the requested start date of 
the fellowship and have not accepted an academic appointment;
	*	either currently be a graduate student or, at the 
deadline date, have served in a position requiring the doctoral 
degree for no more than 12 full time months since earning the degree;
	*	must present a research and training plan that falls 
within the purview of BIO and includes the required information for 
the specific competition as described in this document;
	*	select a host institution and sponsoring scientist 
different from the doctoral degree and current position;
	*	not have received Federal funding of more than 
$20,000 as PI or co-PI (except graduate fellowships and doctoral 
dissertation improvement grants);
	*	not have submitted concurrently the same project to 
another NSF program (except the International Research Fellowship 
program); AND
	*	not be a named participant on any other proposal 
submitted to NSF, including regular research proposals, concurrent 
with the fellowship application, regardless of who is the named 
principal investigator.
If you fail to meet any eligibility criterion, your application will 
be returned without review.   

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 
Only individuals may apply. There is no limit on the number of 
applicants that an institution may host.

Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 1
Applicants may submit only one fellowship application to BIO per 
fiscal year and may apply in no more than 2 successive years for all 
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biology.

Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
	*	Letters of Intent: Not Applicable
	*	Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not Applicable
	*	Full Proposal Preparation Instructions: This 
solicitation contains information that deviates from the standard NSF 
Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, Part I: Grant 
Proposal Guide (GPG) proposal preparation guidelines. Please see the 
full text of this solicitation for further information.

B. Budgetary Information
	*	Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is not 
required under this solicitation.
	*	Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations:  Fellowships are 
awards to individuals and have an institutional allowance in lieu of 
indirect costs.
	*	Other Budgetary Limitations: Other budgetary 
limitations apply. Please see the full text of this solicitation for 
further information.

C. Due Dates
	*	Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's 
local time):
	*
	*	October 14, 2009
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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager
MIT
Vice President for Research Office, Rm 11-268
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139
617-258-0310, 617-252-1003 (fax)
debra at mit.edu
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