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Nano-Biosensing
The Nano-Biosensing program is part of the Engineering Biology and Health cluster, which includes also 1) Cellular and Biochemical Engineering; 2) Engineering o...
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...
Focus on Recruiting Emerging Climate and Adaptation Scientists and Transformers
Focus On Recruiting Emerging Climate and Adaptation Scientists and Transformers (FORECAST) seeks to facilitate the transition from status quo graduate career pr...
Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences
The Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) supports the Pathways into the Geosciences - Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric Sciences (GEOPAths) funding opportunity....
Biological Anthropology
The Biological Anthropology Program supports basic research in areas related to human evolution and contemporary human biological variation. Research areas supp...
Biodiversity on a Changing Planet
The biodiversity found in nature is essential for healthy ecosystems and human well-being. However, the disruption and decline of Earth’s biodiversity is curren...
Archaeology and Archaeometry
The goal of the Archaeology Program is to fund research which furthers anthropologically relevant archaeological knowledge. In accordance with the National Scie...
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education
The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education:Computing in Undergraduate Education (IUSE: CUE) program aims to better prepare a wider, more diverse range of studen...
Innovation Corps Teams (I-CorpsTM* Teams) Program
The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that builds upon fundamental research to guide the output to...
Human Networks and Data Science
The Human Networks and Data Science program (HNDS) supportsresearch that enhances understanding of human behavior by leveraging data andnetwork scienceresearch...
Innovation Corps Teams (I-CorpsTM* Teams) Program
The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that builds upon fundamental research to guide the output to...
Solar and Planetary Research Grants
The Solar and Planetary Research Grants (SPG) Program provides individual investigator and collaborative research grants for archival data studies in the scienc...
Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities
The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests for infrastructure that promote research and...
Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science
TheMacrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science (MSB-NES): Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scalesprogram will support research on bio...
Systems Science
The Systems Science (SYS) program supports fundamental research leading to a theoretical foundation for design and systems engineering. In particular, the Syste...
Long Term Research in Environmental Biology
The Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) Program supports the generation of extended time series of data to address important questions in evolut...
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 CDS&E meta-program is...
Engineering of Biomedical Systems
The Engineering of Biomedical Systems (EBMS)program is part of the Engineering Biology and Health cluster, which also includes 1) Biophotonics; 2) Biosensing; 3...
Cellular and Biochemical Engineering
The Cellular and Biochemical Engineering program is part of the Engineering Biology and Health cluster, which includes also 1) Engineering of Biomedical Systems...
Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research
The Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (IIBR) solicitation supports new and innovative research in biological informatics, instrumentation and as...
Ethical and Responsible Research
The Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) program aims to support fundamental research about what constitutes or promotes responsible and ethical conduct of re...
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program
A well-educated mathematics (STEM) workforce is a significant contributor to maintaining the competitiveness of the in the global economy. The National Science...
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program
In 1998 Congress enacted the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act which provided funds to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a...
Hispanic Serving Institutions: Equitable Transformation in STEM Education (ETSE)
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) are an important component of the nation’s higher education ecosystem and play a critical role in realizing the National Sci...
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs
Materials Research is the field of science where science, and engineering naturally converge in the pursuit of the fundamental understanding of the properties o...