1560 - Division of Biological Sciences Proposal Classification Form - Divis

Directorate for Biological Sciences
Division of Biological Infrastructure
Instrumentat & Instrument Devp
Proposal Classification Worksheet
In each category, please choose the most specific descriptors.

CATEGORY I: INVESTIGATOR STATUS (Select ONE)
Beginning Investigator - No previous Federal support as PI or Co-PI, excluding fellowships, dissertations, planning grants,
etc.
Prior Federal support only
Current Federal support only
Current & prior Federal support

CATEGORY II: FIELDS OF SCIENCE OTHER THAN BIOLOGY INVOLVED IN THIS RESEARCH
(Select 1 to 3)
Astronomy
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth Science

Engineering
Mathematics
Physics

Psychology
Social Sciences
None of the Above

CATEGORY III: SUBSTANTIVE AREA (Select 1 to 4)
BIOMATERIALS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Animal Biotechnology
Plant Biotechnology
Environmental Biotechnology
Marine Biotechnology
Metabolic Engineering
CHROMOSOME STUDIES
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
CONSERVATION & RESTORATION
BIOLOGY
CORAL REEFS
CURATION
DATABASES
ECOSYSTEMS LEVEL
GENOMICS (Genome sequence,
organization, function)

Viral
Microbial
Fungal
Plant
Animal

INFORMATICS
MARINE MAMMALS
Molecular Evolution
Methodology/Theory
Gene/Genome Mapping
Natural Products
NANOSCIENCE
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PLANT BIOLOGY
Arabidopsis-Related Plant Research
POPULATION DYNAMICS & LIFE
HISTORY

POPULATION GENETICS &
BREEDING SYSTEMS
REPRODUCTIVE ANIMAL BIOLOGY
Plant Pathology
Coevolution
Biological Control
STATISTICS & MODELING
Methods/ Instrumentation/ Software
Modeling (general)
Modeling of Biological or Molecular Systems
Computational Modeling

Statistics (general)
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
SYSTEMATICS
Phenetics/Cladistics/ Numerical
Taxonomy
NONE OF THE ABOVE

CATEGORY IV: INFRASTRUCTURE (Select 1 to 3)
COLLECTIONS/STOCK CULTURES
Collection Enhancement
Collection Refurbishment
Living Organism Stock Cultures
Natural History Collections
DATABASES

Database Initiation
Database Enhancement
Database Maintenance & Curation
Database Methods
FACILITIES
Controlled Environment Facilities

Field Stations
Field Facility Structure
Field Facility Equipment

LTER Site
GENOME SEQUENCING
Other Plant Genome Sequencing

INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION

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INSTRUMENTATION

Other Software Development

TRAINING

Instrument Development

Informatics Tool Development

Multi-, Cross-, Interdisciplinary Training

Instrument Acquisition

Technique Development

Undergraduate Training

Computational Hardware
Development/Acquisition

TRACKING SYSTEMS

Predoctoral Training

Geographic Information Systems

Postdoctoral Training

Remote Sensing

NONE OF THE ABOVE

TOOLS DEVELOPMENT
Analytical Algorithm Development

CATEGORY V: HABITAT (No selection required)
CATEGORY VI: GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE RESEARCH (No selection required)
CATEGORY VII: CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS (Select 1 to 4)
VIRUSES

PLANTS

Bacterial

N0N-VASCULAR PLANTS

Plant

VASCULAR PLANTS

Animal

PROKARYOTES

GYMNOSPERMS
ANGIOSPERMS

Archaebacteria

Monocots

Cyanobacteria

Dicots

Eubacteria

PROTISTA (PROTOZOA)
FUNGI
LICHENS
SLIME MOLDS
ALGAE

ANIMALS
INVERTEBRATES
ARTHROPODA
Hexapoda (Insecta) (Insects)
VERTEBRATES
FISHES

Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)
(Sharks, Rays, Ratfish)
Osteichthyes (Bony Fishes)
AMPHIBIA
REPTILIA
AVES (Birds)
MAMMALIA
Primates
Humans
Rodentia
Marine Mammals (Seals, Walrus,
Whales, Otters, Dolphins, Porpoises)

TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS
NO ORGANISMS

CATEGORY VIII: MODEL ORGANISM (Select ONE)
NO MODEL ORGANISM
MODEL ORGANISM (Choose from
the list or input up to 9 characters)

FUNGAL
PLANT
Mouse-Ear Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)

Fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster)

[Enter your own model organism - up to
9 characters]

Escherichia coli

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