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Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research

Federal funding opportunity 23-580 from U.S. National Science Foundation.

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Posted
April 21, 2023
Closes
See announcement
Award ceiling
$1,200,000
Award floor
$25,000
Program funding
$18,000,000
Expected awards
60
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
47.074
Category
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 47.074 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$829.7M
FY2025 obligated
$805.2M
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$219.2M
Awards in window
3,882

Top recipients: Battelle Memorial Institute, Arizona State University, The Pennsylvania State University, University of Florida, University of Illinois

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026

Synopsis

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.

Who can apply

*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.

How to apply

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Agency contact: U.S. National Science Foundation · grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov · 703-292-4203

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