Closed · 09-548 · CFDA 47.074 · Discretionary

Improvements to Biological Research Collections

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
15
Expected awards

The verdict

Improvements to Biological Research Collections is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered Varies by applicant across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,338 other opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
15
expected awards
47.074
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Improvements to Biological Research Collectio… is closed. The parent program page for CFDA 47.074 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. National Science Foundation still indexes 1,338 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

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Posted Mar 27 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$6,000,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Improvements to Biological Research Collections Program provides funds for improvements to network, secure, and organize established natural history collections for sustained, accurate, and efficient accessibility of the collection to the biological research community. The BRC program is encouraging collaborative proposals to network collections on regional and continental scales. The BRC program also provides for enhancements to existing collections to improve collections, computerize specimen-related data, develop better methods of specimen curation and collection management through activities such as symposia and workshops. Biological collections supported include those housing natural history specimens and jointly curated collections such as preserved tissues and other physical samples, e.g. DNA libraries and digital images. Such collections provide the materials necessary for research across broad areas of biological sciences.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 09-548

Grants.gov marks Improvements to Biological Research Collectio… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. National Science Foundation book (722 peers, 54% of 1,339).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 47.074

Biological Sciences

National Science Foundation

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Improvements to Biological Research Collectio… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 47.074 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Biological Sciences indexes 164 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. National Science Foundation lists 1,338 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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