Opportunity Information: Apply for 18 566
The Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences is a discretionary federal grant opportunity jointly backed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) and NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). The central aim is to fund fundamental advances in mathematics and statistics that are directly motivated by, and ultimately enable progress on, important problems in the biological and biomedical sciences. In practice, this means the program is looking for research that genuinely sits at the intersection of the mathematical and life sciences, where new or significantly improved mathematical, statistical, or computational approaches are needed to answer biological questions, and where biological complexity can also drive new mathematical ideas.
A key theme of the opportunity is building and strengthening cross-disciplinary collaborations. The agencies explicitly note the need to promote research at the interface between mathematical and life sciences, and the program is positioned to both spark new partnerships and accelerate innovative work by teams that already collaborate. This implies that competitive projects are likely to demonstrate real integration between disciplines rather than parallel workstreams, such as jointly developed models, theory, statistical methods, or analytical frameworks that are tested against biological or biomedical contexts. The emphasis on "fundamental research in mathematics and statistics" signals that the mathematical or statistical contribution is expected to be substantial and not merely a supporting tool; the work should push core methodology forward in a way that is essential for biological discovery.
Administratively, this opportunity is a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development. It was posted by the National Science Foundation, with a creation date of July 6, 2018, and an original closing date of October 18, 2018. The opportunity number is 18-566. The program references CFDA numbers 47.049 and 93.859, reflecting the joint NSF and NIH participation. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to applicant organizations, subject to any additional eligibility details that may be provided in the full solicitation text.
In terms of scale, the award ceiling is listed at $2,000,000, and the opportunity anticipated making around 20 awards. Taken together, those figures suggest the initiative is meant to support a portfolio of sizeable projects with enough resources to enable serious cross-disciplinary research, potentially including multi-investigator teams, methodological development, and sustained interaction between mathematical scientists and biological or biomedical researchers.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a mechanism for NSF and NIH to jointly invest in high-impact, boundary-crossing research where mathematical and statistical innovation is indispensable to tackling biological and biomedical questions, while also nurturing the collaborative structures needed to make that kind of integrated science succeed.Apply for 18 566
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.049, 93.859.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 06, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 18, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: 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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