NSF-Simons MathBioSys Research Centers: How to Apply

Letters of Intent and Full Proposals must be submitted via the NSF as outlined in the program solicitation. Awards will be made jointly with the Simons Foundation. All application materials should be submitted to NSF. NSF will share all submitted materials with the Simons Foundation.

Half of the proposal budget must be prepared following Simons Foundation’s grant policies, which includes the foundation’s indirect costs policy (20 percent). For further guidance, please see the foundation’s grant award policies on our website.

Applicants will be required to submit a detailed, five-year budget and justification for the Simons Foundation portion of the award. For budgets with subcontracts, a subcontract budget and budget justification for each subcontract must be included. These budgets must be submitted using the Simons Foundation budget template.

Recommended for Funding proposals will be resubmitted by the PIs to the Simons Foundation, in accordance with instructions given by the Simons Foundation Program Officer.