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Sustaining Infrastructure for Biological Research
The Sustained Availability of Biological Infrastructure program (SABI) supports the continued operation of extant infrastructure that will advance basic biologi...
Racial Equity in STEM Education
Racial Equity in STEM Education Program Description (EHR Racial Equity) Persistent racial injustices and inequalities in the United States have led to renewed c...
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs: Ceramics (CER), Electronic and Photonic Materials (EPM), Solid State and Materials Chemistry (SSMC)
Research supported by the Division of Materials Research (DMR) focuses on advancing fundamental understanding of materials, materials materials-related phenomen...
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs: Biomaterials (BMAT), Condensed Matter Physics (CMP), Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (MMN), Polymers (POL)
Research supported by the Division of Materials Research (DMR) focuses on advancing fundamental understanding of materials, materials materials-related phenomen...
Fluid Dynamics
The Fluid Dynamics program is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which also includes 1) Combustion and Fire Systems; 2) Particulate and Multiphase Process...
Condensed Matter and Materials Theory
CMMT supports theoretical and computational materials research in the topical areas represented in DMR's Topical Materials Research Programs (these are also var...
Re-entry to Active Research Program
The Division of Transport Systems (CBET) and the Division of Chemistry (CHE) are conducting a Re-entry to Active Research (RARE) program to broaden participatio...
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific prog...
Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
The Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program is a broad-based research program with the goal of understanding the behavior of atmospheric regions from th...
Atmospheric Chemistry
The Program supports research on the transformation of gases and aerosols in the atmosphere through experiments, including homogeneous and heterogeneous chemica...
Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics
The goals of the Program are to: (i) advance knowledge about the processes that force and regulate the atmosphere’s synoptic and planetary circulation, weather...
Documenting Endangered Languages
This funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and adva...
Discovery Research PreK-12
The Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of and computer science (STEM) by preK-12 students and...
Biophotonics
TheBiophotonicsprogram is part of the Engineering Biology and Health cluster, which also includes: 1) the Biosensing program; 2) the Cellular and Biochemical En...
Developmental Sciences
DS supports basic research that increases our understanding of and biological processes related to human development across the lifespan. Research supported by...
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
The Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) provides awards to Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions, and Native Hawaiian...
NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences
The NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences are aseries of five-day conferences each of which features a distinguished lecturer deli...
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards
The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, and/or consequ...
Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity
The World is facing “all minds needed” problems, but due to historical systemic structures, all minds have not been fully engaged. Recent research shows that sc...
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
The BMMB program supports fundamental research in biomechanics and mechanobiology. The program emphasizes multiscale mechanics approaches that integrate across...
Community College Cyber Pilot Program
Cyberspace is a complex ecosystem that involves computer integration with the physical world. Society's overwhelming reliance on this complex system has exposed...
EarthCube
EarthCube is a community-driven activity sponsored through a partnership between the NSF Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)and the Directorate for Computer & Inf...
Fluid Dynamics
TheFluid Dynamicsprogram is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which also includes 1) theCombustion and Fire Systemsprogram; 2) theParticulate and Multiph...
Hydrologic Sciences (HS)
The Hydrologic Sciences Program supports basic research on the fluxes of water in the terrestrial environment that constitute the water cycle as well as the mas...
Manufacturing Enterprise Systems
The MES program supports research on control of operations in manufacturing enterprises.Research is supported that is both grounded in an interesting and releva...