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Mathematical Foundations of Digital Twins
The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Air...
Computer Science for All
This program aims to provide all students with the opportunity to participate in computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) education in their school...
Plant Genome Research Program
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) supports genome-scale research that addresses challenging questions of biological, societal and economic importance. PG...
Developmental Sciences (DS)
Developmental Sciences supports basic research that increases our understanding of biological processes related to human development across the lifespan. Resear...
Division of Environmental Biology (core programs) (DEB)
The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Core supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of biogeographic ex...
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (MCB)
MCB supports research that promises to uncover the fundamental properties of living systems across cellular scales. The program gives high priority to projects...
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scient...
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program
The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program is designed to encourage development and implementation of potentially transformative approaches to STEM gra...
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific prog...
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)
Convergence research is a means for solving vexing research problems, in particular, complex problems focusing on societal needs or deep scientific challenges....
Ceramics
This program supports fundamental research including combined experiment and theory projects in ceramics ( and borides), glasses, ceramic-based composites and i...
International Research Experiences for Students
The International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program supports international research and research-related activities for science and engineering s...
Designing Synthetic Cells Beyond the Bounds of Evolution
Because of recent technological advances in synthetic biology and bioengineering, researchers are now able to tailor cells and cell-like systems for a variety o...
Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro)
The Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro) program seeks to fund proposals that can advance our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying human cognition and...
Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program (RISBS) supports projects that create computational tools and data to facilitate basic...
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Faculty Catalyst Awards
The purpose of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Faculty Catalyst Awards (MPS-Ascend Faculty Catalyst Awards, MPS-AFCA) is to support successful...
Research in the Formation of Engineers
The NSF Engineering Directorate (ENG) has launched a multi-year initiative, theProfessional Formation of Engineers, to create and support an innovative and incl...
Plasma Physics
Proposals in the area of plasma physics submitted to the Division of Physics that are not governed by another solicitation (such as CAREER), should be submitted...
Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations
The contemporary research landscape is a collaborative and international enterprise requiring high level coordination among multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural t...
WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE: THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS
The Universe is the ultimate laboratory, and we can now probe it as never before through several powerful and diverse windows – electromagnetic waves, high-ener...
Arctic Research Opportunities
The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at organizations to submit proposals to the Arctic Sciences Section in the Office of Polar Programs...
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)
Materials Research is the field of science where science, and engineering naturally converge in the pursuit of the fundamental understanding of the properties o...
Division of Materials Research: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT)
CMMT supports theoretical and computational materials research in the topical areas represented in DMR's other Topical Materials Research Programs (these are al...
Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes
Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes are national resources that aim to advance research in the mathematical sciences through programs supporting discovery...
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering
The Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) solicitation is designed to promote the development of early career faculty who w...