Last Chance! Letters of Intent for Biological Integration Institutes are due THIS FRIDAY, December 20th!

The Biology Integration Institutes (BII) program supports collaborative teams of researchers investigating questions that span multiple disciplines within and beyond biology. There are two tracks of proposals:

1. 1. Design: The Design track is for the development of activities that would lead to a collaboration for an Institute.  These are 1-2 year awards that are for up to $200,000.  Any sort of meeting and planning activities can be proposed.
   2. Implementation: The Implementation track is for full Institute development, these are cooperative agreements up to 5 years in duration and for up to $12.5 million.

Letters of Intent are only required for Implementation proposals.

As you finish preparing your Letter of Intent, please utilize the resources from the November 18^th webinar:

• BII Webinar Slides – pptx file
• BII Webinar audio – wav file
• BII Transcript – docx file

If you cannot find the answers to your questions in these resources or the solicitation (NSF 20-508), please contact: Reed Beaman, Program Director, DBI, telephone: (703) 292-7163, email: rsbeaman@nsf.gov.