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NEED HELP PREPARING FOR THE CAREER DEADLINE? CHECK OUT UPCOMING INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS

If you are considering applying for the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty, consider attending an upcoming CAREER program informational session. The deadline for CAREER submissions (NSF 22-586) is July 26th, so get your questions in early!  Program directors from the BIO directorates and the CAREER Coordinating Committee will be available to answer your questions at the following sessions.

May 10, 2023
2 – 3 PM ET		MCB Virtual Office Hours: Faculty Early-Career Development program (CAREER)
May 15, 2023
3 – 4:30 PM ET		2023 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar
May 16, 2023
3 – 4 PM ET		Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) Virtual Office Hours
May 18, 2023
1 – 2 PM ET		May Virtual Office Hours with the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
May 25, 2023
3 – 4:30 PM ET		2023 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar MCB/BIO Program Director, Engin Serpersu, will be available to answer BIO-specific questions

Upcoming Biology Integration Institutes (BII) Webinar

Please join the Biology Integration Institutes (BII) program for a webinar on December 13, 2022 from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST. There will be a short presentation, followed by an open Q&A session with cognizant Program Officers.

The BII Program supports diverse, collaborative teams that perform research, education and training on critical questions that span multiple disciplines within and beyond biology. The next deadline is February 21, 2023. For more information about previously funded awards under this program and registration for the webinar, see the links below.

Register in advance for this webinar: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_G9S6n5pqT76JdXxnkxc-OQ

Browse projects funded by this program previously.

CAREER Office Hours and FAQs Recap

On May 18, the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) joined the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) to provide an informational Office Hour about the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) (NSF 20-525). Attendees posted over 30 questions; a full transcript of those questions and responses, as well as a link to the presentation slides, are available on the DEB blog.  

The National Science Foundation includes its own list of FAQs here.

MCB hosts office hours the second Wednesday of every month from 2-3pm EST. The next Office Hour is on June 10. Past presentations are available on the Office Hour page.  

Virtual Office Hours! NEW!!!
MCB now holding office hours! Wednesday, Oct. 9 2-3pm (and the 2nd Wednesday of every month) Bring your questions! Join us remotely to listen and learn!

At MCB’s first Virtual Office Hour on October 9, MCB Division and Deputy Division Directors (Basil Nikolau and Theresa Good) as well as cluster leaders/representatives (Charlie Cunningham, CDF; Karen Cone, GM; Wilson Francisco, MB; David Rockcliffe, SSB) will give an overview of the MCB division, its clusters, and their respective priorities. The meeting will be held via WebEx. Participants may submit questions via the Q&A function. Questions should be broad and of potential interest to others.

At each Virtual Office Hour thereafter, MCB plans to discuss a specific topic, followed by an open question and answer session. Registered participants may post questions during the Virtual Office Hour.  Click on the hotlink to register – and be sure to select “Join by browser” when the option appears on your screen.

*Click on the link “Subscribe to NSF-MCB” (right side of the page) to receive notifications of new posts as well as the link for each month’s Virtual Office Hours event.