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Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges (URoL:ASC) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges (URoL:ASC) Archived funding opportunity This document has been archived.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 . All NSF grants and cooperative agreements are subject to the applicable set of NSF award terms and conditions . NSF has updated its research security policies for NSF funded projects.
Supports use-inspired research that applies knowledge of the rules of life across a broad array of living systems to tackle pressing societal concerns. Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges (URoL:ASC) will support use-inspired research that builds on knowledge from previous investments in the NSF “Big Ideas”, including in the Understanding the Rules of Life program.
The Big Ideas were designed to position the Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergent research (see details here ). The goal of the Understanding the Rules of Life Big Idea was to develop predictive understanding of how key properties of living systems emerge from interactions of factors such as genomes, phenotypes, and evolving environments.
Examples of projects that have examined some of these rules can be found here . Following from the fundamental principles revealed from these and related projects, an important goal of the current solicitation is to use the predictive capability of rules of life to address some of the greatest challenges we currently face as a society.
Through use-inspired research using convergent, multidisciplinary approaches , URoL:ASC seeks to apply lessons learned from studying rules of life across a broad array of living systems to tackle pressing societal concerns.
These concerns include but are not limited to: climate change and associated risks, including geohazards, extreme events, and loss of biodiversity; environmental degradation, including impacts on land and water resources; inequalities in availability of and access to essential natural assets; lack of sustainability, including for food, energy, and waste production; and threats from pandemic disease, among others.
As in previous Big Idea solicitations, this new activity, URoL:ASC, is a cross-directorate NSF program. Proposals in response to this solicitation must be submitted to the Emerging Frontiers (EF) Division in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). Review will be managed by a multidisciplinary, cross-directorate team of program officers.
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103744 Updates and announcements URoL:ASC Webinar Recording - December 2022 December 14, 2022 - Webinar - Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal… Additional program resources Co-production of knowledge and sustainability transformations: a strategic compass for global research networks NSF uses Rules of Life research to address societal challenges, from clean water to climate change Awards made through this program Browse projects funded by this program Map of recent awards made through this program Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Integrative Activities (OIA/IA) Office of International Science and Engineering (OD/OISE) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP)
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