Assembling the Tree of Life

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Assembling the Tree of Life: A flood of new information, from whole-genome sequences to detailed structural information to inventories of earth's biota to greater appreciation of the importance of lateral gene transfer, is transforming 21st century biology. Along with comparative data on morphology, fossils, development, behavior, and interactions of all forms of life on earth, these new data streams make even more critical the need for an organizing framework for information retrieval, analysis, and prediction. Phylogeny, the genealogical map for all lineages of life on earth, provides an overall framework to facilitate information retrieval and biological prediction. Currently, single investigators or small teams of researchers are studying the evolutionary pathways of heredity usually concentrating on taxonomic groups of modest size. Assembly of a framework phylogeny, or Tree of Life, for all 1.7 million described species requires a greatly magnified effort, often involving large teams working across institutions and disciplines. This is the overall goal of the Assembling the Tree of Life activity. The National Science Foundation announces its intention to continue support of creative and innovative research that will resolve evolutionary relationships for large groups of organisms throughout the history of life. Investigators also will be supported for projects in data acquisition, analysis, algorithm development and dissemination in computational phylogenetics and phyloinformatics.
Federal Grant Title: Assembling the Tree of Life
Federal Agency Name: National Science Foundation
Grant Categories: Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: 08-515
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 47.05047.070
CFDA Descriptions: Geosciences 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Current Application Deadline: No deadline provided
Original Application Deadline: Mar 14, 2008 Full Proposal Deadline(s): March 14,
Posted Date: Dec 05, 2007
Creation Date: Dec 05, 2007
Archive Date: No date given
Total Program Funding: $12,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $3,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $1,000,000
Expected Number of Awards: 6
Cost Sharing or Matching: 47.074 -- Biological Sciences
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
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