ClosedResearch announcementOpportunity 10-603

Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections

At a glance

Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from U.S. National Science Foundation. The application deadline was December 10, 2010. Individual awards are listed as $3M – $10M, with about 12 awards expected and $10M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 47.074 (Biological Sciences).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Aug 20, 2010Posted
Dec 10, 2010Application deadline

Posted: Aug 20, 2010
Close date: Dec 10, 2010
Award floor: $3,000,000
Award ceiling: $10,000,000
Est. total funding: $10,000,000
Expected awards: 12
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities. -State and Local Governments: State educational offices or organizations and local school districts. -Universities and Colleges - Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions. -<br />When a consortium of eligible organizations submits a HUB proposal, it must be submitted as a single proposal with one organization serving as the lead and all other organizations as subawardees. Separately submitted collaborative HUB proposals will not be accepted and will be returned without review. Organizations ineligible to submit to this program solicitation may not receive subawards. <p class="Default">All collaborative TCN proposals submitted as separate submissions from multiple organizations must be submitted via the NSF FastLane system. Chapter II, Section D.4 of the Grant Proposal Guide provides additional information on collaborative proposals.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

County governments
City or township governments
Independent school districts
Public colleges & universities
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
Private colleges & universities

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Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

This program seeks to create a national resource of digital data documenting existing biological collections and to advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information (including images) residing in vouchered scientific collections across the United States. The information associated with various collections of organisms, such as geographic distribution, environmental habitat data, phenology, information about associated organisms, collector field notes, tissues and molecular data extracted from the specimens, etc. is a rich resource for providing the baseline from which to further biodiversity research and provide critical information about existing gaps in our knowledge of life on earth. The national resource will be structured at three levels: a national hub, thematic networks based on collaborative groups of collections, and the physical collections. This resource will build upon a sizable existing national investment in curation of the physical objects in scientific collections and contribute vitally to scientific research and technology interests in the United States. It will be an invaluable tool in understanding the biodiversity and societal consequences of climate change, species invasions, natural disasters, the spread of disease vectors and agricultural pests, and other biological issues.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

47.074Biological SciencesProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 47.074

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$813M

FY25

$789M

FY26

$221M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 47.074. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 47.074

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 4,284 grant awards had funding actions under Biological Sciences, with 1,383 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$257M
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$55.9M
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$45.3M
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$42.3M
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$41.1M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

National Science Foundation
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov
703-292-4212

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $3m – $10m, total estimated program funding is $10,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 12 awards.

How do I apply for “Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 10-603), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

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