The National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950, supports non-medical basic research in all science and engineering fields with an annual budget of about $8.3 billion. NSF funds approximately 20% of all federally supported basic research conducted by U.S. colleges and universities. The BIO Directorate supports biological research across scales in diverse plants, animals, and microbes.
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
“To enable discoveries for understanding life, advance the frontiers of biological knowledge, increase our understanding of complex systems, and provide a theoretical basis for original research in many other scientific disciplines.”
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Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
Phone: 703-292-8420
Fax: 703-292-9459
Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences (MCB)
Phone: 703-292-8440
Fax: 703-292-9061
National Science Foundation - BIO
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
