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Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Grant

NSF’s Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research program is suited to eligible U.S. institutions proposing broadly applicable biological research infrastructure in cyberinfrastructure, biological collections, or biological field stations and marine laboratories. Strong alignment depends on showing that the work implements, scales, or substantially improves a shared tool, product, or service; is openly accessible to a broad scientific and education community; serves users beyond one team; and enables important science outcomes for users. Instrumentation and infrastructure limited to a specific project, laboratory, or institution are outside this program’s stated scope. The supplied record has no deadline, so applicants should verify the current notice and competition status before committing proposal-development resources.

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Potential award

$25,000–$1,200,000

Time remaining

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Application load

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Does your proposed work directly align with Science and Technology and other Research and Development, Science, Research, Education, Community Development, Equipment?

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Geography

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Program area

Science and Technology and other Research and Development, Science, Research, Education, Community Development, Equipment

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Population served

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Matching funds

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What the funder is trying to accomplish

NSF seeks to build broadly applicable capacity in biological research infrastructure that advances contemporary biology. It supports implementation, scaling, or major improvements to research tools, products, and services, and also allows planning activities or workshops that facilitate coordination needed to build research-community infrastructure. The named areas are cyberinfrastructure, biological collections, and biological field stations and marine laboratories.

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Strong-fit project signals

The work implements, scales, or makes a major improvement to a research tool, product, or service that advances contemporary biology. The proposed infrastructure clearly fits cyberinfrastructure, biological collections, or biological field stations and marine laboratories. The resource will be openly accessible to a broad scientific and education community and serve researchers beyond a single research team. The proposal can identify quality products and explain the important science outcomes that resource users will achieve. The applicant fits one of the specifically listed submission categories: a qualifying U.S. nonprofit, non-academic organization or an accredited U.S. two- or four-year IHE.

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What reviewers may prioritize

The supplied evidence contains no formal merit-review criteria. Inferred proposal priorities are to establish broad applicability to biological researchers, define the access and user-community model, show how users will achieve important science outcomes, identify quality products, and distinguish the project from excluded instrumentation or single-project, single-laboratory, or single-institution infrastructure.

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What this grant funds

The Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity) Program supports the implementation of, scaling of, or major improvements to research tools, products, and services that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate forBiological Sciences at NSF. The Capacity Program focuses on building capacity in research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to a wide range of researchers in three programmatic areas: Cyberinfrastructure, Biological Collections, and Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories. This program will also accept proposals for planning activities or workshops to facilitate coordination that may be necessary in building capacity in infrastructure that meets the needs of a research community. Areas not included in this program are instrumentation (PIs should submit to the MRI program) and, projects that develop infrastructure for a specific research project, laboratory, or institution (PIs should submitted to the relevant BIO programs that would normally support that research). Projects are expected to produce quality products, result in important science outcomes that will be achieved by the users of the resource, be openly accessible to a broad scientific and education community, and serve a community of researchers beyond a single research team.

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Decision economics

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Award range: $25,000–$1,200,000
Total program funding: $18,000,000
Expected awards: 60
Geography: National
Cost share: Not indicated
Assistance listing: Not specified

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Geographic fit

National

Working plan

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Requirements captured

Other requirements: *Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly 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 sub-awards 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.
Submission system: Grants.gov
Attachments: NSF Publication 23-580
Contact: U.S. National Science Foundation · grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov · 703-292-4203

Official deadline

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Moderate effort based on requirements currently captured.

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Source: grants gov
Last checked: 8/23/2026, 8:50:48 AM
Content updated: 8/12/2026, 3:38:55 AM
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8/11/2026
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8/10/2026
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8/7/2026
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8/6/2026
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Quick answersFrequently asked questionsGet concise answers about Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Grant.

Is Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Grant currently open?

Yes, based on the latest source record. The deadline is Not specified. Because funders can amend or extend notices, confirm the date and submission instructions on the official application page. The source was last checked 8/23/2026.

How much funding does Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Grant provide?

Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Grant lists $25,000–$1,200,000 per award. The total program funding recorded is $18,000,000. NSF expects to make approximately 60 awards, although the final number may vary.

Who can apply to Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Grant?

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Applicants should still complete the eligibility quiz and verify every condition in the official notice; a general fit does not override exclusions or registration requirements.

Does Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Grant require matching funds?

No cost-share requirement is indicated in the captured source facts. Applicants should still verify the official budget instructions in case an amendment, program track, or specific cost category carries additional conditions.

What should I prepare before applying to Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Grant?

Moderate effort is expected. The captured requirements include other requirements, submission system, attachments, contact. Start by confirming eligibility and registrations, then work backward from Not specified using the preparation plan above.