Simons Collaborations in Ecology and Evolution

The Simons Collaborations in Ecology and Evolution is a funding program that supports multi-investigator collaborations to address fundamental ecological and evolutionary questions. Projects are funded for five years with potential renewal, with a total annual budget coalescing around multiple collaborations, and emphasis on cross-disciplinary teams and data sharing. Proposals are solicited via vision statements and full proposals, with a structured selection process and a defined funding framework.

Five-year funding per collaboration; potential for renewal; cross-disciplinary collaboration and open data/code sharing requirements.

Investigators must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent and have a faculty position or the equivalent; proposals may be submitted by domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations, public and private institutions, and research-oriented agencies. There are no citizenship requirements for PIs.

Submit a vision statement (LOI) outlining the big idea and hypotheses, followed by a full proposal for invited applicants; finalists may be invited for presentations before award decisions.