Physiological and Structural Systems (PSS)
National Science Foundation
Who can apply
US-based academic institutions. Non-profit research organizations. Qualified researchers (typically requires US citizenship or permanent residency)
About this opportunity
Physiological and Structural Systems NSF BIO supports research to advance understanding of whole-organism physiological mechanisms and functional morphology. Research supported is hypothesis-driven and organismal-focused, encompassing a wide range of approaches and perspectives, spanning scales from molecular, genomic, and cellular levels to those interacting with population biology. Submission of proposals aimed at 1) identifying fundamental mechanistic principles of physiological and structural systems, 2) understanding how and why particular morphological and physiological mechanisms have evolved, and 3) how they are integrated at the level of the whole organism, are encouraged. Projects involving modeling and theoretical approaches integrated with experimental approaches are also welco...