U.S. National Science Foundation
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Funding opportunities
Materials Processing and Manufacturing
The MPM program supports fundamental research on the interrelationship of materials and process control.?? numerical studies are supported covering processing m...
Mechanics of Materials
The MOM program supports fundamental research on solid mechanics including computational approaches, model-based simulation, and the development of constitutive...
Manufacturing and Construction Machines and Equipment
The MCME program supports fundamental research leading to improved machines and applications for both manufacturing and construction. Key goals are to advance t...
Materials and Surface Engineering
The MSE program supports fundamental research leading to a better understanding of the effect of microstructure, surfaces and coatings on the properties and per...
Civil Infrastructure Systems
The CIS program supports research leading to the intelligent engineering of distributed infrastructure systems.?? Areas of interest include intra- and inter-dep...
Control Systems
The CS program supports innovative research on control theory and control technology driven by real life applications. The program accepts proposals on transfor...
Geomechanics and GeoTechnical Systems
The GEOMM program supports fundamental research on the mechanics and engineering properties of geologic materials including the mechanical properties of soil an...
Geotechnical Engineering
The GTE program supports fundamental research on geotechnical aspects of the civil infrastructure, such as foundation engineering, site characterization, underg...
Structural Materials and Mechanics
The SMM program supports fundamental research on the behavior of civil infrastructure materials and the mechanics of structural components in the built environm...
Sensors and Sensing Systems
The SSS program supports research on methods to acquire and use sensor data on manufacturing systems.?? The program supports fundamental research on advanced se...
Manufacturing Enterprise Systems
The MES program supports research on control of operations in manufacturing enterprises.?? Research is supported that impacts the analytical and computational t...
Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events
The IMEE program focuses on the impact of large-scale hazards on civil infrastructure and society and on related issues of recovery.?? The program supports rese...
Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering
The HMSE program supports fundamental research on the design and performance of structural systems and on new technologies for improving the reliability of stru...
Service Enterprise Systems
The SES program supports research on strategic decision and operation of institutional service enterprises with the goal of improving their overall effectivenes...
Dynamical Systems
The DS program supports research on the application of dynamical systems. Examples of application areas include acoustics and vibration analysis, and noise and...
Operations Research
The OR program supports research leading to advances in the science of models and algorithms that are applicable to the operation and optimization of large-scal...
Nano and Bio Mechanics
The NBM program supports fundamental research in biomechanics and nanomechanics. Research on biomechanics focuses on the mechanical properties and behavior of b...
NanoManufacturing
The NM program supports research and education on manufacturing at the nanoscale, and the transfer ??of research results in nanoscience and nanotechnology to in...
Environmental Health and Safety of Nanotechnology
The Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies program provides support to develop and test the environmental effects of new technologies. Fundamental...
Catalysis and Biocatalysis
The Catalysis and Biocatalysis program primarily supports fundamental and applied research on: Kinetics and mechanisms of important catalyzed chemical reactions...
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-user Instrumentation
The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CRIF) is structured to enable the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry to respond...
Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics
The Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics program supports fundamental research in engineering areas related to: * Interfacial phenomena * Mass transport phe...
Thermal Transport Processes
The Thermal Transport Processes program supports engineering research aimed at gaining a basic understanding of the microscopic and macroscopic levels of therma...
Particulate and Multiphase Processes
The Particulate and Multiphase Processes program supports fundamental and applied research on mechanisms and phenomena governing particulate and multiphase proc...
Environmental Engineering
In broadest terms, the field of Environmental Engineering is concerned with understanding the impacts of human activities on the public health, natural environm...