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Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology
Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology supports studies of: (1) the changing aspects of biogeography in geologic time based on fossil microbes; (2) all aspects of...
Biological Oceanography
The Biological Oceanography Program supports fundamental research in biological oceanography and marine ecology (populations to the ecosystems) broadly defined:...
Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics (GLD)
The Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics Program supports innovative research into processes that shape and modify landscapes over a variety of length and time s...
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...
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs
The NSF CISE Directorate supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in all aspects of information science and engineering, as well as a...
Mathematical Biology
The Mathematical Biology Program supports research in areas of applied and computationalmathematics with relevance to the biological sciences. Successful propos...
Ethical and Responsible Research
Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) research projects use fundamental research to produce knowledge about what constitutes or promotes responsible or irrespo...
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation
The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program invests in the Nation's colleges and universities to aid student success to create a new g...
NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative
In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future inves...
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology - Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering
The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving instituti...
Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact
The Science of Science:Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI) program is designed to advance theory and knowledge about increasing the public value of sc...
SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), National Center for Scien...
Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards
The Archaeology Program supports anthropologically relevant archaeological research to increase understanding of past behaviors. This means that the value of th...
Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus
The Motor Nexus (M3X) program supports fundamental research that enables intelligent engineered systems and humans to engage in bidirectional interaction in a p...
Education and Broadening Participation in Earth Sciences
The Division of Earth Sciences' Education and Broadening Participation Program (EBP) facilitates activities that engage a wide range of audiences in Earth Scien...
The Research on Research Security Program
NSF is committed to securing the nation's research enterprise as part of its core mission. The Research on Research Security (RoRS) program will advance the und...
Applied Mathematics
The Applied Mathematics program supports mathematics research motivated by and contributing to the solution of problems arising in science and engineering. Succ...
Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions:
The Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) and Research Opportunity Awards (ROA) funding opportunities support research by faculty members at predominantl...
Infrastructure Systems and People
Infrastructure systems comprise complex connections between physical components, organizational structures and operational methods that support the needs of peo...
Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS)
The Launching of Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) supports the launch of the careers of pre-tenure faculty w...
Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science
The FAIROS Program seeks to support a broad range of transformative open science activities including but not limited to i.) socio-technical cyberinfrastructur...
Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure
The objective of the Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) program is to advance scientific discovery and innovation by enhancing the security...
Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork
Through this solicitation, the Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT) of the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) funds cutting-edge research that requires logistical suppo...
Translation and Diffusion
This solicitation addresses issues of translation and diffusion that arise in moving knowledge gained from fundamental learning and education research toward ap...
Smart and Connected Communities
The purpose of the NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program solicitation is to accelerate the creation of novel intelligent technologies and concepts...