No. 23-578 · U.S. National Science Foundation
Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research
- Award range
- $300,000 – $800,000
- Expected awards
- ~40
- Application deadline
- No deadline listed
- Posted
- Apr 21, 2023
- Last verified
- 5 days ago
At a glance
AI summaryThis program funds research to design new or greatly improved tools, instruments, bioinformatics approaches, and research methods that can advance biology. It is open to U.S. two- and four-year colleges and universities, including community colleges, and to U.S.-located non-profit non-academic organizations such as museums, observatories, research laboratories, and professional societies. There are no restrictions on who may serve as PI and no limits on the number of proposals per organization or per PI/co-PI. The notice does not give a specific award size, number of awards, or cost-share requirement, and it says proposals may include international branch campus funding only if the benefit is explained and the work cannot be done at the U.S. campus.
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What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research Program (Innovation) supports research to design novel or greatly improved research tools and methods that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate forBiological Sciences at NSF. The Innovation Program focuses on research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to researchers in three programmatic areas: Bioinformatics, Instrumentation, and Research Methods. Infrastructure supported by this program is expected to advance biological understanding by improving scientists’ abilities to manipulate, control, analyze, or measure critical aspects of biological systems, which can be essential for addressing important fundamental research questions. Proposals submitted to these programmatic areas can do one of three things to advance or transform research in biology: develop novel infrastructure, significantly redesign existing infrastructure, or adapt existing infrastructure in novel ways. Projects are expected to have a significant application to one or more biological science questions and have the potential to be used by a community of researchers beyond a single research team. Please refer to the descriptions of individual programmatic areas for detailed guidance on what is supported through this solicitation (see links below).
Who can apply
- Others
Program history
USASpending.govAssistance listing 47.074 · Biological Sciences
Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (47.074), not just this notice.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Median award | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2026 (so far) | 458 | $570,595 | $339,784 – $897,764 |
| FY 2025 | 826 | $501,517 | $345,101 – $859,237 |
| FY 2024 | 1,075 | — | — |
| FY 2023 | 1,137 | — | — |
| FY 2022 | 1,240 | — | — |
| FY 2021 | 1,243 | — | — |
For comparison, this notice advertises $300,000 – $800,000.
Dollar figures are based on the 1,000 most recent awards we store, not all 5,979 — award counts are complete.
- RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE $2,999,999 · FY 2025
- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. $2,514,000 · FY 2025
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK $2,432,713 · FY 2025
- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY $2,400,000 · FY 2025
- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY $2,200,000 · FY 2025
Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 5, 2026
Change history
Since we first indexed it- Jul 25, 2026 Grant announcement document replaced