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From: Langan, Karin 
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 9:22 AM
Subject: Funding Opportunity: USDA/NSF Joint Funding Opportunity Develop and Enable Breakthrough Technologies for Animal and Plant Phenomics and Microbiomes

USDA/NSF Joint Funding Opportunity

Develop and Enable Breakthrough Technologies for Animal and Plant Phenomics and Microbiomes

LINK <http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16058/nsf16058.jsp> 

Due Date for two page summary paper - May 12, 2016

CFDA #10.310

Cost Share not required

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) have established a joint funding opportunity to support the development of transformative plant and animal phenomics, and microbiome technologies. This opportunity seeks to advance our understanding of basic biological mechanisms and principles. Insights thus gained have the potential to result in improved agricultural productivity and more efficient use of natural resources such as land, water, nitrogen, and phosphorous.

This NSF-BIO and USDA-NIFA Joint Activity is soliciting Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals to support development of innovative approaches for phenotyping and microbiome characterizations, as well as for elucidating the role of microbiomes in plants and animals. In part to more fully realize the potential of low-cost high throughput sequencing and genotyping technologies, this activity addresses critical gaps in tools available for characterizing plant and animal phenotypes and microbiomes. Types of projects that might be appropriate include but are not limited to: 

*	Technologies that increase the accuracy and throughput of existing phenotypic and microbiome data acquisition
*	Extending the diversity of phenotypes that can be measured.
*	Automation or mechanization, including robotics and sensors, for phenotyping
*	Standardization of ontologies, interoperability of platforms and systems, and integration of datasets
*	Technologies that would identify the metabolic activities specific to particular microbes within a microbiome as well as facilitating elucidation of biochemical communication between microbes, and between microbes and their hosts
*	Novel modeling approaches that address problems in phenotyping or microbiome structure and function

Proposed studies should be potentially transformative and may be considered "high-risk, high-payoff", and be compatible with the budget and time limits ($300,000, 2 years) of the EAGER funding mechanism. For more information on EAGERs, please review the NSF Grant Proposal Guide <http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg> .

 

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