NSF Transitions to Excellence in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research
 NSF 20-505   https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20505/nsf20505.htm
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=321697

The award is intended to allow mid-career or later-stage researchers (Associate or Full Professor, or equivalent) to expand or make a transition in their research programs via a sabbatical leave or similar mechanism of professional development and then develop that research program in their own lab. This award will also enable the PI to acquire new scientific or technical expertise, facilitate the investigator’s competitiveness, and potentially lead to transformational impacts in molecular and cellular bioscience. 

Proposals addressing major open questions at the intersections of biology with other disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer sciences, and engineering are of particular interest to the program. Proposals that are motivated to understand the molecular and cellular basis of disease and disease treatments are not appropriate for the Division and will be returned without review.