Population & Community Ecology (PCE)

Population & Community Ecology (PCE) is sponsored by NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences. Funds research advancing understanding of population ecology, species interactions, and community dynamics.

NSF 24-543: Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation Archived funding opportunity This solicitation is archived. Important information for proposers and award recipients All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the funding opportunity and in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and its supplements .

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National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences Division of Environmental Biology Full Proposal Deadline(s): Proposals Accepted Anytime Important Information And Revision Notes DEB continues to accept unlimited no deadline full proposal submissions: proposals may be submitted any day, any time, with no limit on the number of proposals that may be submitted by an individual investigator.

The Directorate for Biological Sciences requires that proposers who include off-campus or off-site research as part of their project submit, as supplementary documentation, a Safe and Harassment-free Fieldwork (SAHF) Plan. For this solicitation, this document replaces the required plan associated with the certification in Chapter II. E.

9 of the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG). Instructions for inclusion of a SAHF Plan can be found in the additional proposal preparation instructions in this solicitation. STAR Grants : The Small Grants category has been replaced by STAR Grants with a maximum budget of $400,000.

Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation should be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG).

Summary Of Program Requirements Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Core supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, ecosystems, macrosystems, and biogeographic extents.

DEB encourages research that elucidates fundamental principles that identify and explain the unity and diversity of life and its interactions with the environment over space and time.

Research may incorporate field, laboratory, or collection-based approaches; observational or manipulative studies; synthesis activities; phylogenetic discovery projects; or theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or computational modeling. Proposals should be submitted to the core clusters ( Ecosystem Science , Evolutionary Processes , Population and Community Ecology , and Systematics and Biodiversity Science ).

DEB also encourages interdisciplinary proposals that cross conceptual boundaries and integrate over levels of biological organization or across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Research addressing ecology and ecosystem science in the marine biome should be directed to the Biological Oceanography Program in the Division of Ocean Sciences; research addressing evolution and systematics in the marine biome should be directed to the Evolutionary Processes or Systematics and Biodiversity Science programs in DEB.

Broadening Participation in STEM: NSF has a mandate to broaden participation in science and engineering, as articulated and reaffirmed in law since 1950. Congress has charged NSF to “develop intellectual capital, both people and ideas, with particular emphasis on groups and regions that traditionally have not participated fully in science, mathematics, and engineering."

Cognizant Program Officer(s): Please note that the following information is current at the time of publishing. See program website for any updates to the points of contact. Division of Environmental Biology, telephone: (703) 292-8480, email: bio-ls@nsf.

gov Applicable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s): 47. 074 --- Biological Sciences Anticipated Type of Award: Standard Grant or Continuing Grant Estimated Number of Awards: 120 each year, pending availability of funds. Anticipated Funding Amount: $100,000,000 for new awards each year pending availability of funds.

Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) - Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members.

Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of subawards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus.

Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. There are no restrictions or limits. Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: There are no restrictions or limits.

Limit on Number of Proposals per PI or co-PI: There are no restrictions or limits. Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions A. Proposal Preparation Instructions Letters of Intent: Not required Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required Full Proposals submitted via Research.

gov: NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) guidelines apply. The complete text of the PAPPG is available electronically on the NSF website at: https://www. nsf.

gov/publications/pub_summ. jsp? ods_key=pappg .

Full Proposals submitted via Grants. gov: NSF Grants. gov Application Guide: A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.

gov guidelines apply (Note: The NSF Grants. gov Application Guide is available on the Grants. gov website and on the NSF website at: https://www.

nsf. gov/publications/pub_summ. jsp?

ods_key=grantsgovguide ). Cost Sharing Requirements: Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited. Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Other Budgetary Limitations: Full Proposal Deadline(s): Proposals Accepted Anytime Proposal Review Information Criteria National Science Board approved criteria.

Additional merit review criteria apply. Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information. Award Administration Information Standard NSF award conditions apply.

Standard NSF reporting requirements apply. The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Core supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, ecosystems, macrosystems, and biogeographic extents.

DEB encourages research that elucidates fundamental principles that identify and explain the unity and diversity of life and its interactions with the environment over space and time.

Research may incorporate field, laboratory, or collection-based approaches; observational or manipulative studies; synthesis activities; phylogenetic discovery projects; or theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or computational modeling. Proposals should be submitted to the core clusters ( Ecosystem Science , Evolutionary Processes , Population and Community Ecology , and Systematics and Biodiversity Science ).

DEB also encourages interdisciplinary proposals that cross conceptual boundaries and integrate over levels of biological organization or across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Research addressing ecology and ecosystem science in the marine biome should be directed to the Biological Oceanography Program in the Division of Ocean Sciences; research addressing evolution and systematics in the marine biome should be directed to the Evolutionary Processes or Systematics and Biodiversity Science programs in DEB.

All DEB programs also encourage proposals that leverage NSF-supported data networks, databases, centers, and other forms of scientific infrastructure, including but not limited to the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Environmental Data Initiative (EDI), and Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio).

DEB also encourages interdisciplinary proposals that cross conceptual boundaries and integrate over levels of biological organization or across multiple spatial and temporal scales, including the macrosystem scale. Proposals are welcome in all areas of science supported by the Division of Environmental Biology.

Ecosystem Science Cluster (ES) Evolutionary Processes Cluster (EP) Population and Community Ecology Cluster (PCE) Systematics and Biodiversity Science Cluster (SBS) Special Categories Included in the DEB Core Track The Division welcomes proposals for STAR (Special Targeted Awards for Research) Grants to the core programs via this solicitation.

Projects with total budgets of $400,000 or less may be identified as such with the designation "STAR:" as a prefix to the project title in the full proposal.

STAR Grants may address any topic appropriate for DEB core programs and could include a variety of important research activities that entail a narrower scope and/or reduced costs (e.g., analysis of existing data (including NEON data), theoretical research, synthesis projects, fieldwork projects, etc.). The STAR track should not be used predominately for the collection of preliminary data.

STAR Grants may be useful for targeted research projects, including ideas initiated by postdoctoral researchers. The project description for STAR Grants is limited to 10 pages. STAR Grant projects will be assessed based on the same merit review criteria as all other proposals.

If funds for educational supplements are requested, those can be in addition to the $400,000 funding limit for STAR projects.

2) NERC and BSF International Collaborative Proposals The core programs will accept proposals for international collaborative research under two separate agreements for joint review between: 1) NSF and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and 2) NSF and the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF). Submission instructions for both opportunities are detailed below.

International collaborative proposals are expected to adhere to the eligibility requirements, remit, funding limits, and grant durations for the agency from which funding is sought (NSF, BSF, or NERC) and must represent an integrated collaborative effort.

If an international collaborative proposal is awarded, the U.S. researchers will receive funding from NSF and the international researchers will receive funding from the international partner agency. Questions regarding these activities can be directed to NSFDEB-NERC@nsf. gov or NSFDEB-BSF@nsf.

gov respectively. These agreements do not preclude other international collaborations. Submission of NSF & NERC Collaborative proposals Proposers designate a "lead" agency, either NSF or NERC, based on where the largest proportion of the research lies.

The title of the proposal should begin with "NSFDEB-NERC:" followed with the substantive title. The lead agency will carry out the review. While not identical in their review process, both the NSF and NERC ask reviewers to evaluate proposed projects on the basis of scientific/intellectual merit as well as broader societal impacts.

Proposers must follow the submission guidelines and deadlines for the lead agency and adhere to the NERC submission limits. For NSF-lead proposals, applicants are required to submit an email to NSFDEB-NERC@nsf. gov ahead of the planned proposal submission.

This email should be jointly prepared by US and UK researchers, and provide a clear outline of the research proposed, a listing of senior personnel, and a bottom-line budget for both US and UK researchers . This information will be shared with NERC to check for eligibility (whether the proposed research fits within the participating agencies' remits and whether the proposed researchers and institutions meet eligibility requirements).

NERC-lead proposals should follow the NERC guidelines for applicants ( https://www. ukri. org/opportunity/work-with-us-based-researchers-on-environmental-science-research/ ).

Applicants are required to submit an Expression of Interest form to https://reg. nerc. ac.

uk/nsf/ three months prior to the closing date of the scheme to which the applicants plan to submit. Note: For NERC-lead proposals, the NSF DEB (non-lead) portion of the project budget cannot exceed $500,000. For NSF DEB-lead proposals the NERC (non-lead) portion of the budget cannot exceed £300,000.

Submission of NSF & BSF Collaborative proposals Detailed submission instructions are described in the Dear Colleague Letter NSF 20-094 . NSF is always designated as the "lead" agency and NSF will conduct the review of these submissions. The title of the proposal should begin with "NSFDEB-BSF:" followed with the substantive title.

The Israeli investigator(s) must submit a parallel proposal to BSF in accordance with BSF guidelines for applicants ( http://www. bsf. org.

il/ElectronicSubmission/GatewayFormsAndGuidelines. aspx ). All NERC-Collaborative and BSF-Collaborative submissions to DEB will be reviewed alongside other proposals received in the same review period.

Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO) Track The Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO) Track invites submission of collaborative proposals to tackle bold questions in biology that require an integrated approach to make substantive progress.

Integrative biological research spans sub-disciplines and incorporates cutting-edge methods, tools, and concepts from each to produce groundbreaking biological discovery that is synergistic, such that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The research should produce a novel, holistic understanding of how biological systems function and interact across different scales of organization, e.g., from molecules to cells, tissues to organisms, species to ecosystems and the entire Earth.

Where appropriate, projects should apply experimental strategies, modeling, integrative analysis, advanced computation, or other research approaches to stimulate new discovery and general theory in biology. Proposals submitted to the IntBIO Track must span sub-disciplinary boundaries within the BIO Directorate. Projects suitable for review in a single existing BIO program should be submitted to that program and not to the IntBIO track.

Proposers are strongly encouraged to contact the cognizant program director(s) representing the relevant subdisciplines prior to submission to obtain advice on suitability of the project idea for the IntBIO Track.

To be responsive to the IntBIO track, proposals must: Articulate a fundamental overarching biological question or technical challenge that is addressed either through a bold, integrative hypothesis- or question-driven research, and that aims to produce outcomes that are synergistic and have potential to reveal new principles underlying function or interaction of biological systems.

Include a graphical illustration that effectively conveys how integration will be accomplished through interconnection among sub-disciplines, elements, or systems and how integrated strategies will lead to a synergistic outcome. Have an optimally configured collaborative investigative team that includes two or more investigators with different perspectives and expertise.

The role of each team member must be clearly described and justified. Team members may be from a single organization or multiple organizations. Describe a training and education plan, as part of broader impacts, that involves training in integrative approaches to biological research.

The IntBIO Track is common to each of the core research program solicitations in the Divisions of Environmental Biology, Integrative Organismal Systems, and Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. Proposals should be submitted to a program in one of these divisions. Proposals submitted to this track will be evaluated by co-review or joint review across two or more of these BIO programs.

Proposal titles should start with the designation " IntBIO :" Information for Other Types of Proposals under this Solicitation In addition to the regular research proposals sought under this solicitation, the clusters/programs support a variety of other Foundation-wide activities: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) proposals may be submitted to any of the clusters/programs described in this solicitation but must be submitted by the deadlines listed in the CAREER solicitation and follow the proposal preparation guidance in that solicitation.

Mid-Career Advancement program (MCA) proposals may be submitted to any of the clusters/programs described in this solicitation but must be submitted by the submission window for the MCA program. This is another opportunity available to mid-career researchers to advance their career trajectory.

Research Coordination Networks (RCN), and Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) proposals may be submitted at any time, to any of the clusters/programs described in this solicitation but must follow the proposal preparation guidance in those solicitations. This solicitation will accept Renewal and Accomplishment Based Renewal (ABR) Proposals.

Information on eligibility, scope, and format for Renewal and ABR submissions can be found in the PAPPG. If you are considering an ABR submission you are strongly advised to contact a Program Officer prior to submission.

Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID), Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER), Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE), Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI), Planning proposals, and proposals for Travel or Conferences support, including workshops, can be submitted at any time to any of the clusters/programs described in this solicitation.

These types of proposals should be submitted in accordance with the guidance in the PAPPG. Conference and Travel proposals should be submitted at least 6 months before the start date of the conference or workshop. You are strongly advised to contact a Program Officer prior to submission; also see guidance at https://www.

nsf. gov/bio/deb/confrapideagerguidance. jsp .

Note that for RAPID, EAGER, RAISE, or Planning proposals, a concept outline must be submitted prior to submission of a full proposal. We strongly encourage the use of NSFs new Program Suitability and Proposal Concept Tool (ProSPCT) [ https://suitability. nsf.

gov/s/ ] for RAPID, EAGER, RAISES, and Planning proposals. Prior to submitting a full RAPID, EAGER, or RAISE proposal, proposers must receive approval from a DEB Program Officer in the programmatically relevant cluster. Proposals submitted without the relevant program officer concurrence will not be accepted or will be returned without review (see PAPPG Chapter I.

D. 1). Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.

For FY 2024, it is estimated that $100 million will be available to fund approximately 120 new awards. IV. Eligibility Information Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) - Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members.

Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of subawards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus.

Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. There are no restrictions or limits. Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: There are no restrictions or limits.

Limit on Number of Proposals per PI or co-PI: There are no restrictions or limits. Additional Eligibility Info: Note that organization types, other than those listed in the "Who May Submit Proposals" section, are allowed to receive subawards through an eligible organization, but there are limitations on what can be supported by those subawards.

The PI should discuss with a program officer any plans to incorporate a subaward to an organization not eligible to submit directly to this solicitation. V. Proposal Preparation And Submission Instructions A.

Proposal Preparation Instructions Full Proposal Preparation Instructions : roposers may opt to submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation via Research. gov or Grants. gov. Full Proposals submitted via Research.

gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the general guidelines contained in the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG). The complete text of the PAPPG is available electronically on the NSF website at: https://www. nsf.

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Paper copies of the PAPPG may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from nsfpubs@nsf. gov . The Prepare New Proposal setup will prompt you for the program solicitation number.

Full proposals submitted via Grants. gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation via Grants. gov should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.

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To obtain copies of the Application Guide and Application Forms Package, click on the Apply tab on the Grants. gov site, then click on the Apply Step 1: Download a Grant Application Package and Application Instructions link and enter the funding opportunity number, (the program solicitation number without the NSF prefix) and press the Download Package button. Paper copies of the Grants.

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All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from multiple organizations must be submitted via Research. gov. PAPPG Chapter II. E.

3 provides additional information on collaborative proposals. See PAPPG Chapter II. D.

2 for guidance on the required sections of a full research proposal submitted to NSF. Please note that the proposal preparation instructions provided in this program solicitation may deviate from the PAPPG instructions.

Additional Proposal Preparation Instructions beyond those that must be followed in the PAPPG: Title of Proposed Project: If appropriate, the title should include acronyms for the following special tracks or categories preceding the substantive title: Research in Undergraduate Institutions " RUI: " DEB-led NERC collaborations " NSFDEB-NERC: " DEB-led BSF collaborations " NSFDEB-BSF: " Advancing Revisionary and Taxonomic Systematics " ARTS: " Poorly Sampled and Unknown Taxa " PurSUiT: " IntBIO Track Proposals " IntBIO: " Multi-organizational collaborative proposals should begin with " Collaborative Research: " followed by an optional acronym listed above and then by the substantive title.

Please note that if submitting via Research. gov, the system will automatically insert the prepended title "Collaborative Research" when the collaborative set of proposals is created. Accomplishments Based Renewal " ABR: " The Project Description for STAR Grants is limited to 10 pages.

In addition to the reporting requirement format described by the PAPPG, the Results from Prior NSF Support section must include evidence of deposition of samples, data and/or data products in recognized, accessible, community-accepted repositories by listing such repositories and, if practical, metadata.

All publications, data, data products, programs and/or scripts that are specifically mentioned in the Results from Prior NSF Support section must be referenced in the References Cited section and must provide unique, resolvable, and persistent identifiers (such as Digital Object Identifiers [DOIs]; Uniform Resource Locators [URLs], or similar).

For proposals submitted to the IntBIO Track, the Project Description should contain the graphical illustration, information about the collaborative team, and, as a part of the Broader Impacts section, the description of the training and education plan.

Senior/Key Personnel: For NERC and BSF collaborative proposals, all UK and Israeli investigators must be designated as Senior/Key Personnel on the proposal and must provide Biographical Sketch(es), Current and Pending (Other) Support, and Collaborators & Other Affiliations Information as required by the PAPPG.

Post-doctoral fellows can optionally be included, but if included, they must be added as Senior/Key Personnel and provide the required Senior/Key Personnel documents. Individuals providing a "Letter of Collaboration" who are otherwise not a core collaborator on the project should not be designated as Senior/Key Personnel on the proposal.

Other Supplementary Documents Section: The following documents are uploaded as Supplementary Documents: Data Management and Sharing Plan. All full proposal submissions require a Data Management and Sharing Plan per the PAPPG. The plan can be no longer than two pages, must be inclusive of the entire project, and must address the following points.

All projects must ensure that data and biological materials are collected, archived, digitized, and made available using methods that allow current and future investigators to access data and material.

Funded projects must disseminate project data broadly in a timely and responsible manner, using widely accepted electronic data standards, a named community-accepted, publicly accessible data repository, and with as few restrictions as possible.

Data and digital products should be identified, and the following described for each of them: Format and standard of primary data; Metadata to be collected and disseminated with the primary data; timetable of release of ALL data, consistent with privacy and other concerns regarding sensitive information; Public repository to be used; License for use, with an emphasis on open-source licenses such as MIT and GPL; Any constraints on release, which must be clearly justified; and Person(s) responsible for the release.

All software and code must be in a versioned code repository (e.g., GitHub, BitBucket). We strongly encourage release of ready-to-use software and code through integration with computing resources (e.g., Galaxy, CyVerse), in Virtual Machines (e.g., AWS, JetStream), and/or in Containers (e.g., Docker/DockerHub). Published results should always include information on how to access the supporting data.

For projects that involve collecting or generating specimens (e.g., organisms, parts of organisms, fossils including trace fossils, microbial isolates, etc.), the Data Management and Sharing Plan must include a description of how the specimens and associated data will be accessioned into, and maintained in, an established biological collection.

The Directorate for Biological Sciences provides additional context and guidance to PIs on the preparation of Data Management and Sharing Plans here: https://www. nsf. gov/bio/biodmp.

jsp . Safe and Harassment-free Fieldwork (SAHF) Plan: All proposals submitted to this solicitation that include research that will be conducted off-campus or off-site must submit a plan for safe and harassment-free fieldwork as a supplemental document that will be considered under the broader impacts review criterion. This supplemental document is in lieu of the required plan associated with the certification called for in Chapter II.

E. 9 of the PAPPG. More information regarding review of the plan is provided under Solicitation Specific Review Criteria.

It is NSF policy to foster safe and harassment-free environments wherever science is conducted. Work conducted off-campus or off-site should be an enriching experience for everyone and help draw researchers to biological sciences research. By requiring advanced planning and attention to maintaining a harassment-free environment, NSF is working to ensure that off-campus or off-site research is safe for all participants.

Off-campus or off-site research is defined as data/information/samples being collected off-campus or off-site, such as fieldwork and research activities on vessels and aircraft. The plan mustbe no longer than two pages.

The SAHF Plan must include: a brief description of the field setting and unique challenges for the team; the steps the proposing organization will take to nurture a harassment-free off-campus or off-site working environment, including processes to establish shared team definitions of roles, responsibilities, and culture, e.g., codes of conduct, trainings, mentor/mentee mechanisms and field support that might include regular check-ins, and/or developmental events; communication processes within the off-site team and to the organization(s) that minimize singular points within the communication pathway (e.g., there should not be a single person overseeing access to a single satellite phone); and the organizational mechanisms that will be used for reporting, responding to, and resolving issues of harassment if they arise.

Research Experience Educational Activities: Proposals can include requests for the following educational activities: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), and Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS). When such activities are anticipated, requests should be included in the proposal at the time of submission.

The request for each type of educational activity is limited to three pages as a supplementary document. If multiple institutions of a collaborative proposal are requesting funds for a given type of activity, all activities must be included in one 3-page supplementary document. Details about the requirements and budgets for these types of activities can be found on the DEB supplemental request website: https://www.

nsf. gov/bio/deb/suppopp. jsp .

Post-award supplements may be available if such activities were unforeseen at the time of proposal submission. NERC or BSF Collaborative full proposals: The following additional supplementary documents must be submitted: Funding requested from non-lead agency (budget): A detailed breakdown of funding requested from non-lead agency, using the non-lead agency's budget form. For NERC , complete and attach the form found at: https://www.

ukri. org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/NERC-110322-Funding-Opp-WorkWithUSBasedResearchersEnvironmentalScienceResearch-UKBudgetForm. docx For BSF , complete and attach the form found at: http://www.

bsf. org. il/data/FormsToDownload/Budget_Page_NSF.

xlsx . Important: The Israeli partners must also submit this information online as part of the parallel submission to BSF. Completing this form does not replace the requirement to submit a budget when using the BSF system.

Institutional endorsement: An institutional acknowledgement of the submission must be a signed letter from an authorized institutional representative from the non-lead partner's country with the following text and only that text : "I confirm on behalf of [insert name of institution] that the [pick one: US-UK or US-Israel] Collaborative proposal between [insert name and institution of US PI] and [insert name and institution of UK or Israeli PI] is endorsed and has been submitted by [insert name of Research Office], thereby acknowledging the proposed collaboration."

Suggested Reviewers. PIs are encouraged to provide a list of suggested reviewers, including the individuals' names, institutions, areas of expertise, email addresses, and URLs, if available. NERC or BSF Collaborative full proposals.

The following additional Single Copy document must be submitted. Consent for sharing of unattributed reviews: Unattributed reviews will be shared with the funding agency partner, NERC (UK) or BSF (Israel). The following text must be signed by the lead investigator, confirming that the investigators involved in the proposal acknowledge and confirm this fact.

Template to be used for consent: On behalf of the proposal investigators, I, ________ [ insert Lead PI Name ], consent that the Full proposal as well as its unattributed reviews will be shared with the DEB partner funding agency. Signed: ____________________________ Organization: _____________________ Date: _______________________________ Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited.

Full Proposal Deadline(s): Proposals Accepted Anytime D. Research. gov/Grants.

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