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Funding opportunities
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 (FAIROS)
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 (CICI)
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...
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 (E-RISE)
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 (E-CORE)
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 (CESEV)
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...
Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes (WaLCZ)
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...
Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth (SPSE)
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...
Life and Environments Through Time (LET)
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 (NSF SaTC)
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 (S-STEM)
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 (CEDAR)
The Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program supports research to increase our understanding of the behavior of atmospheric regions from the middle atmos...
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)
The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program is to support basic scientific research about the evolution of the spatial dimensions o...
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 (CA-SR)
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 (AGS-AC)
The Atmosphere Cluster (AC) in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) supports fundamental studies of atmospheric processes from the Earth’s su...
Infrastructure Cluster (AGS-IC)
AGS Infrastructure Cluster The Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) Infrastructure Cluster (IC) is responsible for the oversight of facilities that enable r...
Geospace Cluster (AGS-GC)
The Geospace Cluster (GC) in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) supports fundamental and solutions-oriented research, technology developmen...
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...