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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...
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1
NSF-supported science and engineering research increasingly relies on cutting-edge infrastructure. With its Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program and Maj...
Physics of Living Systems
The program "Physics of Living Systems" (PoLS) in the Physics Division at the National Science Foundation targets theoretical and experimental research explorin...
Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering
Large-scale simulations and the ability to accumulate massive amounts of data have revolutionized science and engineering. The goal of the Computational and Dat...
Experimental Nuclear Physics
Supports research at the frontiers of nuclear science, including: properties and behavior of nuclei and nuclear matter under extreme conditions, and/or as they...
Experimental Elementary Particle Physics
Particle physics plays an essential role in the broader enterprise of the physical sciences. It inspires students, attracts talent from around the world, and dr...
Gravitational Theory
The Gravitational Theory program supports research on classical and quantum gravity theory, including gravitational wave source simulations and other phenomena...
Gravitational Physics
Emphasizes the theory of strong gravitational fields and their application to astrophysics and cosmology, computer simulations of strong and gravitational field...
Mathematical Physics
Mathematical Physics develops and applies advanced mathematical methods to enable the solution of difficult problems in physics. It often is the work of mathema...
Theoretical Nuclear Physics
The Nuclear Theory program encompasses the structure and reactions of nuclei, and of hadrons in few-nucleon and nuclear environments, and the quark/gluon substr...
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics
The Elementary Particle Theory program encompasses different theoretical tools for understanding the interaction of elementary particles at different energy sca...
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research
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...
EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
The NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) provides an opportunity for applicants who received the distinction of GRFP Honorable Mention no more than thr...
Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is one of the thirteen principal federal statistical...
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator-initiated research projects
The Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) supports fundamental research and related activities designed to promote understanding of complex livin...
Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
With a focus on two-year Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program supports the education of technicians for t...
Cyber-Physical Systems
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are engineered systems that are built from, and depend upon, the seamless integration of computation and physical components. Advan...
EPSCoR Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology
In alignment with the CREST Program goals, through this solicitation, the CREST Program seeks to expand its geographic diversity and reach by explicitly calling...
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scient...
Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science
The Cyberinfrastructurefor Public Access and Open Science (CI PAOS) program within the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) aims to catalyze new and tra...
IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED)
Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (hereinafter referred to as RED) is designed to build upon previous efforts in engineering education research. Specifica...
Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities
The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests for infrastructure that promotes research an...