Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs (IOS)

The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) Core Programs Track supports research to understand why organisms are structured the way they are and function as they do. Proposals are welcomed in all core scientific program areas including developmental biology, evolution of developmental processes, nervous system structure and function, biomechanics, functional morphology, physiological processes, symbioses, microbial interactions, interactions with biotic and abiotic environments, plant and animal genomics, and animal behavior. Proposals should focus on organisms as a fundamental unit of biological organization, with systems approaches leading to conceptual and theoretical insights about emergent organismal properties. The IntBIO Track invites collaborative proposals to tackle bold questions in biology requiring integrated approaches spanning sub-disciplines, incorporating cutting-edge methods to produce groundbreaking biological discovery that is synergistic, producing novel holistic understanding of how biological systems function and interact across different scales of organization from molecules to ecosystems.