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Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs
Materials Research is the field of science where science, and engineering naturally converge in the pursuit of the fundamental understanding of the properties o...
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program
In 1998 Congress enacted the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act which provided funds to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a...
Smart and Connected Communities
Communities in the United States (US) and around the world are entering a new era of transformation in which residents and their surrounding environments are in...
Build and Broaden: Enhancing Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Research and Capacity at Minority-Serving Institutions
Build and Broaden (B2) supports fundamental research and research capacity across disciplines at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and encourages research co...
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 toenhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutio...
Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education
The goal of the RCN-UBE program is to link biological research discoveries with innovations in biology education to improve the learning environment in undergra...
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 (LSAMP)
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...
Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus (M3X)
The Motor Nexus (M3X) program supports fundamental research that enables intelligent engineered systems and humans to engage in bidirectional interaction in a p...
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...
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 (RoRS)
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 Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)
The Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) and Research Opportunity Awards (ROA) funding opportunities support research by faculty members at predominantl...
Infrastructure Systems and People (ISP)
Infrastructure systems comprise complex connections between physical components, organizational structures and operational methods that support the needs of peo...