The U.S. National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. NSF was established in 1950 by Congress to promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense.
The OPUS program is geared towards late-career individuals who have made significant contributions to their field or area of research. Its primary objective is to allow these individuals an opportunity to compile and synthesize their previous research into cohesive and integrated products that will benefit the scientific community both now and in the future. This program is open to submissions across four clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology: Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science.