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NSF program UBE - Undergraduate Biology Ed (037Y00): 36 awards, $11M to 33 organizations

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36 NSF awards ($11M) under the program element UBE - Undergraduate Biology Ed (037Y00) to 33 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-03.

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Program element code: 037Y00
Directorate: Directorate for Biological Sciences
Division: Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers

Awards

36 awards in the window.

Award	Agency	Institute or division	Fiscal year	Amount in window	Start	End	Principal investigator	Source
RCN-UBE: Cell Biology Education Consortium: Pathway to Publication	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2023	$540,000	July 1, 2023	June 30, 2028	Nathan S Reyna	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Deepening and Expanding the Mission and Outcomes of the Re-Envisioning Culture Network	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2022	$500,000	September 15, 2022	November 30, 2022	Terrell R Morton	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Deepening and Expanding the Mission and Outcomes of the Re-Envisioning Culture Network	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2023	$500,000	October 1, 2022	April 18, 2025	Terrell R Morton	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Connecting Curriculum: A Fly-CURE Network	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2023	$500,000	September 1, 2023	August 31, 2028	Alysia Mortimer	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: The BUZZ: Engaging Community College Students in Native Bee Biodiversity Research	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2023	$500,000	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2028	Jeannie Chari	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: HBCU Faculty Collaborative Network for the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning into Teaching General Biology	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2024	$500,000	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Clement G Yedjou	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Microbiomes In Computational Research Opportunities Network (MICROnet)	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2024	$499,999	January 1, 2025	December 31, 2027	Adam P Arkin	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Networking Next Gen Biologists with Community College Educators	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2022	$499,719	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Jennifer Eklund	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: San Francisco Bay Research Coordination Network for Student Opportunities in Avian Research to enhance STEM education and assess human impacts on avian biodiversity	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2022	$499,676	December 15, 2022	November 30, 2027	Rodolfo Dirzo	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Undergraduate Virtual Experiences as a Recruitment Tool for Underrepresented Students in STEM	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2023	$499,437	September 1, 2023	August 31, 2027	Angelica E Patterson	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: ImmunoReach - An interdisciplinary community of practice to promote immune literacy.	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2023	$499,360	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2028	Sumali Pandey	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Alaska Undergraduate Research Experience: Partnering for Alaska Students by Growing Recruitment and Retention through Undergraduate Research	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2022	$499,312	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Rachael M Hannah	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Community of Neighboring and National Entrepreneurial Centers and Trainees (CONNECT) Network	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2024	$499,249	September 1, 2024	April 25, 2025	Katherine A Campbell	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Research Experiences in Southern California for Undergraduate Ecologists network	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2022	$498,975	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Wallace M Meyer	nsf.gov
Transforming Learning and Equity in UBE by Cultivating an Ecosystem of Feedback (TUnE-Bio)	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2024	$496,043	September 1, 2024	August 31, 2028	Sarah R Cavanagh	nsf.gov
RCN UBE: Connectomes for Undergraduate Education and Learning (CUNEL)	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2022	$493,733	October 15, 2022	September 30, 2027	Andrew Bellemer	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Building Open Education Ecosystems to Facilitate the Adoption and Adaptation of Computational and Data-Centric Tools Across Undergraduate Biology Education (OEE-UBE)	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2024	$493,317	October 15, 2024	September 30, 2027	Samuel S Donovan	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Case-based Active Science Education (CASE) Mentoring Network	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2023	$442,392	December 15, 2023	November 30, 2028	Nancy M Boury	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Advancing CURE Teaching Assistant Professional Development via the CURE TAPESTRy Network	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2026	$348,895	October 1, 2025	August 31, 2027	Jeffrey T Olimpo	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Failure as a part of Learning, A Mindset Education Network (FLAMEnet)	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2023	$261,364	October 1, 2022	September 30, 2025	Jennifer M Heemstra	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Statistical Thinking in Undergraduate Biology (STUB) Network: A network for coordinating the teaching and assessment of statistical thinking in introductory biology	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2022	$252,527	April 1, 2022	September 30, 2023	Karen J McGaughey	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Advancing CURE Teaching Assistant Professional Development via the CURE TAPESTRy Network	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2022	$133,514	September 1, 2022	October 31, 2025	Jeffrey T Olimpo	nsf.gov
Undergraduate Biology Education and Research - A New Vision for Change: Re-imagining Biology Education through Social Justice	NSF	Division Of Undergraduate Education	2023	$119,520	April 15, 2023	March 31, 2024	Carrie Diaz Eaton	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Summit: A New Landscape for Undergraduate Biology Education	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2022	$100,000	September 1, 2022	April 18, 2025	Gillian Bowser	nsf.gov
Community of Neighboring and National Entrepreneurial Centers and Trainees (CONNECT) Network	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2022	$75,000	September 1, 2022	April 18, 2025	Katherine A Campbell	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Incubator: KBase Educators: Microbiome Workforce Development Program	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2023	$75,000	June 15, 2023	June 30, 2025	Adam P Arkin	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Incubator: Creating a Women's College Biology Network for Faculty and Students (WoCoBio)	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2024	$74,998	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2025	Jennifer Kovacs	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Incubator: Integrating Bio-inspired Innovation into Life Science Education Through Interdisciplinary Communities of Practice	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2022	$74,991	September 1, 2022	September 30, 2023	Douglas C Williams	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Incubator: An Interdisciplinary Network in Hawai'i to Develop, Support, and Assess Pathways into STEM Through Research Experiences in Marine Science (REMS)	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2023	$74,988	October 1, 2023	December 31, 2024	Malia Ana J Rivera	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Incubator: Fostering a Mentorship Network for Evidence-Based Instructional Practices	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2024	$74,975	October 1, 2024	December 31, 2026	Mindy Reynolds	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Incubator: Expanding Epistemic Boundaries in Biology Education Research	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2024	$74,971	August 1, 2024	April 25, 2025	Tatiane Russo-Tait	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Incubator: Transforming Assessment and Feedback in Undergraduate Biology Education	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2022	$74,960	December 1, 2021	December 31, 2023	Sarah R Cavanagh	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Incubator: Facilitating science communication beyond the ivory tower: A network to stabilize and grow undergraduate science communication education research	NSF	Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers	2024	$74,950	January 1, 2025	December 31, 2026	Maryann E Barnes	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE Incubator: Project Leadership - Embedding Inclusive Leadership Experiences in the STEM Classroom	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2024	$74,948	August 15, 2024	May 9, 2025	Laurel D Lorenz	nsf.gov
Conference: Active Learning Communities in Biochemistry	NSF	Division Of Undergraduate Education	2024	$49,905	March 1, 2024	August 31, 2024	Bonnie L Hall	nsf.gov
RCN-UBE: Sustainable, nationwide network to promote reproducible big-data analysis in biology programs within community colleges and minority-serving institutions	NSF	Division of Biological Infrastructure	2023	$36,219	July 1, 2023	August 31, 2024	Serghei Mangul	nsf.gov

Organizations

Organization	Place	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	$0	2	$574,999
St. Catherine University	Saint Paul, MN	$0	2	$574,249
Simmons University	Boston, MA	$0	2	$571,003
Ouachita Baptist University	Arkadelphia, AR	$0	1	$540,000
University of Missouri-Columbia	Columbia, MO	$0	1	$500,000
University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago, IL	$0	1	$500,000
Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR	$0	1	$500,000
College of the Canyons	Santa Clarita, CA	$0	1	$500,000
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Tallahassee, FL	$0	1	$500,000
Institute for Systems Biology	Seattle, WA	$0	1	$499,719
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	$0	1	$499,676
Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley, MA	$0	1	$499,437
Minnesota State University Moorhead	Moorhead, MN	$0	1	$499,360
University of Alaska Anchorage Campus	Anchorage, AK	$0	1	$499,312
Pomona College	Claremont, CA	$0	1	$498,975
Appalachian State University	Boone, NC	$0	1	$493,733
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, Inc	Raymond, NH	$0	1	$493,317
Iowa State University	Ames, IA	$0	1	$442,392
Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA	$0	1	$348,895
Washington University	Saint Louis, MO	$0	1	$261,364
California Polytechnic State University Foundation	San Luis Obispo, CA	$0	1	$252,527
University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso, TX	$0	1	$133,514
Gordon Research Conferences	East Greenwich, RI	$0	1	$119,520
Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	$0	1	$100,000
Agnes Scott College	Decatur, GA	$0	1	$74,998
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Lafayette, LA	$0	1	$74,991
University of Hawaii	Honolulu, HI	$0	1	$74,988
Washington College	Chestertown, MD	$0	1	$74,975
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	Athens, GA	$0	1	$74,971
Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro, TN	$0	1	$74,950
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	$0	1	$74,948
Grand View College	Des Moines, IA	$0	1	$49,905
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	$0	1	$36,219

Funding by fiscal year

Fiscal year	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
2024	$0	12	$2,953,355
2023	$0	10	$3,246,916
2022	$0	11	$3,723,815

Open federal funding opportunities

From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.

Open opportunity	Number	Agency	Listing	Closes	Award ceiling	Why it matches
Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)	26-512	NSF	47.074	November 4, 2026	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)	25-540	NSF	47.074	November 17, 2026	$2 million	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)	24-573	NSF	47.074	January 26, 2027	$1.5 million	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)	24-527	NSF	47.074	February 8, 2027	$3.6 million	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1	24-598	NSF	47.074	February 8, 2027	$20 million	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)	22-603	NSF	47.074	March 1, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)	26-506	NSF	47.074	March 2, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)	24-586	NSF	47.074	April 6, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows	24-528	NSF	47.074	April 13, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)	25-533	NSF	47.074	April 14, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)	24-588	NSF	47.074	June 1, 2027	$3.2 million	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)	22-586	NSF	47.074	July 28, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)	23-601	NSF	47.074	August 18, 2027	$500,000	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)	26-504	NSF	47.074	September 28, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)	23-598	NSF	47.074	October 19, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Plant Biotic Interactions	20-576	NSF	47.074	October 5, 2076	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core)	26-517	NSF	47.074	October 5, 2076	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program	25-549	NSF	47.074	October 6, 2076	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)	14-579	NSF	47.074	October 14, 2076	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here
Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)	23-578	NSF	47.074	October 30, 2076	$800,000	Same assistance listing 47.074 as 35 awards here

Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.