The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) supports fundamental research on populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. Areas of research include biodiversity, phylogenetic systematics, molecular evolution, life history evolution, natural selection, ecology, biogeography, ecosystem structure, function and services, conservation biology, global change, and biogeochemical cycles. Research on organismal origins, functions, relationships, interactions, and evolutionary history may incorporate field, laboratory, or collection-based approaches; observational or manipulative experiments; synthesis activities; as well as theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or computational modeling. ..
moreSource: NSF, Deadline: Priliminary Proposals: Jan 2, 2012; Full Proposals: Aug 2, 2012