OtherClosedU.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Plant Biotic Interactions

Per-recipient award not stated for colleges and universities including community colleges, federal agencies, groups consisting of 2 or more eligible entities, individuals who are u.s. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents, institutions of higher education (ihes): two- and four-year ihes accredited in and having a campus located in the us, national laboratories, non-profit, non-academic organizations: independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the u.s., other legal entity, other research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, state agricultural experiment stations, university research foundations, closing Not stated.

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Colleges and universities including community collegesFederal agenciesGroups consisting of 2 or more eligible entitiesIndividuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residentsInstitutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs accredited in and having a campus located in the USNational laboratoriesNon-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S.Other Legal EntityOther research institutions and organizationsPrivate organizations or corporationsState agricultural experiment stationsUniversity research foundationsUSScience and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Plant Biotic Interactions does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to colleges and universities including community colleges, federal agencies, groups consisting of 2 or more eligible entities, individuals who are u.s. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents, institutions of higher…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$18,500,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
Not confirmed
Estimated funding of $18,500,000 with expected number of awards: 30
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Not stated
Deadline type
unknown
Opens
May 14, 2020
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
Colleges and universities including community colleges · Federal agencies · Groups consisting of 2 or more eligible entities · Individuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents · Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs accredited in and having a campus located in the US · National laboratories · Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. · Other Legal Entity · Other research institutions and organizations · Private organizations or corporations · State agricultural experiment stations · University research foundations
Geography
US
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$18,500,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not stated

Source wording: “Estimated funding of $18,500,000 with expected number of awards: 30”

Who can apply?

entity

Colleges and universities including community colleges, Federal agencies, Groups consisting of 2 or more eligible entities, Individuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents, Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs accredited in and having a campus located in the US, National laboratories, Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S., Other Legal Entity, Other research institutions and organizations, Private organizations or corporations, State agricultural experiment stations, University research foundations

Source field: entity types
state

US

Source field: states
industry
use

Agriculturally relevant plants research, All types of symbiosis including commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, and host-pathogen interactions, Fundamental mechanisms to translational efforts, Projects focused on current and emerging model and non-model systems, Quantitative modeling in concert with experimental work, Research on plant-associated microbiomes, Research on processes that mediate beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial, oomycete, fungal, plant, and invertebrate symbionts, pathogens and pests, Studies of metabolic interactions, immune recognition and signaling, host-symbiont regulation

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Foreign and international organizations are not eligible. Special instructions apply for international branch campuses of US institutions of higher education.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Closedunknown deadline

No deadline information provided in source material

What can the money be used for?

Research on processes that mediate beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial, oomycete, fungal, plant, and invertebrate symbionts, pathogens and pestsProjects focused on current and emerging model and non-model systemsAgriculturally relevant plants researchFundamental mechanisms to translational effortsAll types of symbiosis including commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, and host-pathogen interactionsResearch on plant-associated microbiomesStudies of metabolic interactions, immune recognition and signaling, host-symbiont regulationQuantitative modeling in concert with experimental work

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No
Cost sharing: false

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

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How much funding is available in total?
$18,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Who is eligible to apply?
Colleges and universities including community colleges, Federal agencies, Groups consisting of 2 or more eligible entities, Individuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents, Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs accredited in and having a campus located in the US, National laboratories, Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S., Other Legal Entity, Other research institutions and organizations, Private organizations or corporations, State agricultural experiment stations, University research foundations.
Which locations are eligible?
US.
What can the funding be used for?
Research on processes that mediate beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial, oomycete, fungal, plant, and invertebrate symbionts, pathogens and pests, Projects focused on current and emerging model and non-model systems, Agriculturally relevant plants research, Fundamental mechanisms to translational efforts, All types of symbiosis including commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, and host-pathogen interactions, Research on plant-associated microbiomes, Studies of metabolic interactions, immune recognition and signaling, host-symbiont regulation, Quantitative modeling in concert with experimental work, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-08-31
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-08-31

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