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Funding opportunities
Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP)
Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) is a mid-scale infrastructure program in the Division of Materials Research (DMR) designed to accelerate advances in materi...
Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI)
Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes are large-scale interdisciplinary research projects motivated by major challenges at the frontiers of quantum information scie...
Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program supports exceptionally innovative, complex research and education projects that requi...
Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI)
Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI) is an NSF program seeking to stimulate and potentially transformative research aimed at strengthening America’s infr...
Foundations for Operating the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource: the NAIRR Operations Center (NAIRR-OC)
The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot is a pioneering public-private initiative to catalyze a competitive national artificial int...
Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program supports exceptionally innovative, complex research and education projects that requi...
OCE Education
OCE Education supports efforts to integrate ocean research and education via two main program areas, which are: 1) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)...
Data Science Corps (DSC)
The objective of the Data Science Corps program is to help build a strong national data science infrastructure and workforce. The Data Science Corps program see...
Discovery Research PreK-12 Program Resource Center on Transformative Education Research and Translation (DRK-12 RC)
This solicitation seeks proposals for the Discovery Research PreK-12 program’s Resource Center (DRK-12 RC) on Transformative Education Research and Translation....
PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)
The PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) program has two goals: 1) Support research in the Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE), a...
IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a prominent role in the improvement of undergraduate STEM education at the Nation’s colleges and universities. Throu...
Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Enriching Learning, Programs, and Student Experiences (HSI:ELPSE)
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) are an important component of the nation’s higher education ecosystem and play a critical role in realizing the National Sc...
Solar, Heliospheric, and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE)
Interplanetary Environment (SHINE) is a broad-based research program supporting enhanced understanding of and predictive capabilities for the processes by which...
Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM)
Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) is a broad-based research program investigating the physics of the Earth's magnetosphere and the coupling of the magnetosphe...
Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
The NSF Geosciences Research solicitation supports foundational research projects that advance the frontiers of knowledge across all areas of the geosciences. T...
Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM)
The Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM) program supports research that incorporates social and behavioral processes in mathematical e...
Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB)
The Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) program seeks to stimulate the development of innovative mathematical approaches to investigate challenging questions...
MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports foundational research through multiple programs in the che...
MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple materials research programs that advance fundamen...
MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs (MPS MathSci)
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple research programs at the frontiers of discovery i...
MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics)
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple research programs at the frontiers of discovery i...
MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple research programs in the astronomical sciences. N...
Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering (NSF ENG) supports foundational research for electrical, communications and computing systems throug...
Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core)
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Biological Sciences (NSF BIO) Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core) funding opportunity supports fou...
Engineering (ENG): Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering (NSF ENG) supports foundational research projects for manufacturing innovation through the following...