Life Sciences

The Life Sciences division seeks to advance the fundamental understanding of life on Earth. The division’s previous initiatives focused on microbial ecology and evolution, including the biogeochemical modeling of marine ecosystems. New programs will expand to all ecosystems, with emphases on eco-evolutionary dynamics and plant biology. All its programs aim to encourage scientific exchange within and between fields and support early-career scientists.

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Research Areas

A photo of a monarch butterfly sitting upon an light orange zinnia flower

Ecology and Evolution Supports research into the genetic, ecological and evolutionary factors that shape the dynamics of organisms and their communities View More

A photo of Arabidopsis thaliana, Thale Cress, showing its small white flowers in bloom.

Plant Biology Supports bold ideas in basic plant biology research View More

Polarised light micrograph of a Coleochaete sp. green algae colony. Coleochaete algae forms flat, sprawling discs on solid surfaces such as plants or debris in freshwater streams.

Microbial Ecology and Evolution Supports the Simons Collaboration on Principles of Microbial Ecosystems and other programs View More

Differential interference contrast light micrograph of a number of different diatoms. Diatoms are single-celled photosynthetic algae.

Microbial Oceanography Supports the Simons Collaboration on Computational Biogeochemical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems and other programs View More

Funding Opportunities

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support candidates who intend to pursue a career in basic research on fundamental problems in plant biology. We are interested in applicants with training in disciplines that could be brought to bear on plant biology, including but not limited to engineering, computational modeling,…