Biologists, rejoice! Almost all new grant opportunities from the National Science Foundation are aimed directly at you!
Specifically, two of these opportunities fund infrastructure, database architecture, field laboratories and biological collections to support biology research. The third opportunity, Plant Biotic Interactions, awards funding for the study of plants and their symbionts, pathogens and pests. Proposals for any of these programs are accepted on a continuing basis. In other words, there are no deadlines associated with these opportunities.
National Science Foundation
Grant Title: Collections in Support of Biological Research
Grant Info: https://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=308678
Details: Provides enhancements to secure and improve existing research collections, improve the accessibility of collection-related data, develop capacity for curation and collection management, and transfer ownership of collections that are significant to the NSF BIO-funded research community.
National Science Foundation
Grant Title: Plant Biotic Interactions
Grant Info: https://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=308630
Details: The Plant Biotic Interactions (PBI) program supports research on the processes that mediate beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial, oomycete, fungal, plant, and invertebrate symbionts, pathogens and pests.
National Science Foundation
Grant Title: Infrastructure Capacity for Biology
Grant Info: https://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=308675
Details: The Infrastructure Capacity for Biology (ICB) supports the development, expansion, or improvement of infrastructure that will enable fundamental research within the biological sciences. Infrastructure supported under this solicitation may include cyberinfrastructure, instrumentation, biological collections, living stocks, field stations, marine labs, or other resources that are shared and openly accessible.