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Nanoscale Interactions
TheNanoscale Interactionsprogram is part of theEnvironmental Engineering and Sustainabilitycluster, which also includes: 1) theEnvironmental Engineeringprogram;...
Thermal Transport Processes
TheThermal Transport Processesprogram is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which alsoincludes1) theCombustion and Fire Systemsprogram; 2) theFluid Dynami...
Particulate and Multiphase Processes
TheParticulate and Multiphase Processesprogram is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which also includes 1) theCombustion and Fire Systemsprogram; 2) theF...
A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are interested in proposals that will propel our understanding of the biomedic...
Fluid Dynamics
TheFluid Dynamicsprogram is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which also includes 1) theCombustion and Fire Systemsprogram; 2) theParticulate and Multiph...
Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development
NSF GRANTED supports innovative models of research enterprise administrative development and workforce training infrastructure that promote sustainable research...
Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems
The Sensing-Systems (CCSS) Program supports innovative research in circuit and system hardware and signal processing techniques. CCSS also supports system and n...
Electronics, Photonics and Magnetic Devices
TheElectronics, Photonics and Magnetic Devices (EPMD) Programsupports innovative research on novel devices based on the principles of electronics, optics and an...
Manufacturing Systems Integration
The Manufacturing Systems Integration (MSI) Program supports fundamental research addressing the opportunities and challenges that digital technologies present...
Campus Cyberinfrastructure - Network Infrastructure and Engineering Program
The "Campus Cyberinfrastructure - Network Infrastructure and Engineering (CC-NIE)" program invests in improvements and re-engineering at the campus level to sup...
Scholarships in STEM Network
Through this solicitation, NSF seeks to foster a network of S-STEM stakeholders and further develop the infrastructure needed to generate and disseminate new kn...
Archaeology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
The Archaeology Program supports anthropologically relevant archaeological research. This means that the value of the proposed research can be justified within...
Biological Oceanography
The Biological Oceanography Program supports fundamental research in biological oceanography and marine ecologyin environments ranging from open ocean systems t...
Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support
Oceanographic facilities and equipment are supported by the Integrative Programs Section (IPS) of the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE), Directorate for Geoscien...
Sensors and Sensing Systems
The Sensors and Sensing System (SSS) program funds fundamental research on sensors and sensing systems. Such fundamental research includes the discovery and cha...
Materials Processing and Manufacturing
The MPM program supports fundamental, hypothesis-driven research on the interrelationship of materials and process control. numerical studies are supported, inc...
Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)
This program seeks to grow the national scientific research workforce for supporting advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) to enable and potentially transform funda...
Major Research Instrumentation Program
The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program (MRI Program Website) serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for re...
Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE)
The overarching goal of this solicitation is to democratize access to NSF’s advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem and ensure fair and equitable access to...
Broadening Participation in Engineering
The Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) Program is a Directorate-wide activity to support the development of a diverse and well-prepared workforce of...
Biological Anthropology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
The Biological Anthropology Program seeks to advance scientific knowledge about the processes that have shaped biological diversity in living and fossil humans...
SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to encourageindependence earlyin the fellow'scareerb...
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) to highly qualified early career investigators to carry...
Antarctic Research
Scientific research, along with operational support of that research, is the principal activity of the Antarctic Program in Antarctica. The National Science Fou...
Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering
The Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering (HMSE) program supports fundamental research to mitigate impacts of natural and anthropogenic hazards on civil...