Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)

The Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research 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. The program focuses on research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to researchers in three programmatic areas: Bioinformatics, Instrumentation, and Research Methods. Some key points about this opportunity include: • The program supports the development of novel or greatly improved research tools and methods that advance contemporary biology. • The program focuses on research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to researchers in three programmatic areas: Bioinformatics, Instrumentation, and Research Methods. • Proposals submitted to these programmatic areas can do one of three things to advance or transform research in biology: develop novel infrastructure, significantly redesign existing infrastructure, or adapt existing infrastructure in novel ways. • Projects are expected to have a significant application to one or more biological science questions and have the potential to be used by a community of researchers beyond a single research team. • Proposals may only be submitted by non-profit, non-academic organizations or institutions of higher education.