Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis
Synopsis of Program:
The OPUS program seeks to provide opportunities for mid- to later-career investigators to develop new understanding of science in the fields supported by the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) through two tracks of synthesis activities.
OPUS:
Mid-Career Synthesis.
This track aims toprovide a mid-career researcher, defined as a candidate at the associate professor rank (or equivalent), with new capabilities toenhance their productivity, improve their retention as a scientist, andensure a diverse scientific workforce that remains engaged in active research(including more women and minorities at high academic ranks).
This track provides an opportunity for the mid-career scientist to enable a new synthesis of their ongoing research.
Synthesis is achieved by developing new research capabilities through collaboration with a mentor to enable new understanding of the research system and questions of interest.
OPUS:
Core Research Synthesis.
This track provides an opportunity for an individual or a group of investigators to revisit and synthesize a significant body of their prior research in a way that will enable new understanding of their research system and questions of interest.
This track would also be appropriate early enough in a career to produce unique, integrated insight useful both to the scientific community and to the development of the investigator's future career.
All four clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology,and Systematics and Biodiversity Science) encourage the submission of these proposals enabling researchers to expand understanding and develop new insights in their research.
The OPUS program seeks to provide opportunities for mid- to later-career investigators to develop new understanding of science in the fields supported by the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) through two tracks of synthesis activities.
OPUS:
Mid-Career Synthesis.
This track aims toprovide a mid-career researcher, defined as a candidate at the associate professor rank (or equivalent), with new capabilities toenhance their productivity, improve their retention as a scientist, andensure a diverse scientific workforce that remains engaged in active research(including more women and minorities at high academic ranks).
This track provides an opportunity for the mid-career scientist to enable a new synthesis of their ongoing research.
Synthesis is achieved by developing new research capabilities through collaboration with a mentor to enable new understanding of the research system and questions of interest.
OPUS:
Core Research Synthesis.
This track provides an opportunity for an individual or a group of investigators to revisit and synthesize a significant body of their prior research in a way that will enable new understanding of their research system and questions of interest.
This track would also be appropriate early enough in a career to produce unique, integrated insight useful both to the scientific community and to the development of the investigator's future career.
All four clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology,and Systematics and Biodiversity Science) encourage the submission of these proposals enabling researchers to expand understanding and develop new insights in their research.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
NSF Publication 19-584
Additional Information of Eligibility:
*Who May Submit Proposals: 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.
-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.
*Who May Serve as PI: OPUS: Mid-Career Synthesis (OPUS: MCS):PIs must be at the Associate Professor rank (or equivalent; see Additional Eligibility Information).
OPUS: Core Research Synthesis (OPUS: CRS):There are no restrictions on who can be a PI.In cases where multiple scientists have worked collaboratively, an OPUS award will provide support for collaboration on a synthesis.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf19584
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Date Posted:
2019-05-31
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Archive Date:
2023-09-06
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