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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...
Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support
Through this solicitation, the Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT) of the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) funds cutting-edge research that: Improves understanding o...
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) supports the mission of the National Science Foundation (NSF) by promoting nationwide scienti...
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) supports the National Science Foundation (NSF) mission by promoting nationwide scientific pro...
Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology
The Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology (CESEV) program aims to advance fundamental knowledge about the origin and evolution of our home plane...
Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth
The Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth Program (SPSE) aims to advance fundamental knowledge about the ongoing dynamical processes over the age of the Eart...
Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes
The Critical Zone Processes program supports research on the Earth’s near-surface environment and how that environment responds to change. The Program focuses o...
Life and Environments Through Time
The Life and Environments Through Time (LET) program supports research that advances knowledge about the patterns and processes relating to the origin and evolu...
Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace
Our world is at a pivotal moment where the boundaries dividing the physical and social worlds from the cyber world have become blurred. Cyberspace has evolved f...
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program
The main goal of the S-STEM program is to enable academically talented, low-income students to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, t...
Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
The Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program supports research to increase our understanding of the behavior of atmospheric regions from the middle atmos...
Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2014
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business conc...
Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2014
The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business conc...
Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards
The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support fundamental, systematic anthropological research and training to increase understanding...
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards postdoctoral fellowships to recent recipients of doctoral degrees to conduct an integrated program of independent re...
Atmosphere Cluster
The Atmosphere Cluster (AC)in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS)supportsfundamental studies of atmospheric processes from the Earth’s surfa...
Geospace Cluster
The Geospace Cluster (GC) in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) supports fundamental and solutions-oriented research, technology developmen...
Infrastructure Cluster
AGS Infrastructure Cluster The Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) Infrastructure Cluster (IC) is responsible for the oversight of facilities that enable r...
Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems
Vulnerabilities in an open-source product and/or its continuous development, integration and deployment infrastructure can potentially be exploited to attack an...
Multilateral Partnerships Leveraging Excellence
Many of the most pressing challenges in research and innovation require collaboration across national and disciplinary boundaries to achieve important advances....
Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems
The Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program aims to harness the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions t...
Cultural Anthropology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support basic scientific research on the causes, consequences and complexities of human social...
Advancing Informal STEM Learning
The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program is committed to funding research and practice, with continued focus on investigating a range of informal STE...