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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...
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...
Electrochemical Systems
The Electrochemical Systems program is part of the Chemical Process Systems cluster, which includes also 1) Catalysis; 2) Molecular Separations; and 3) Process...
Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering
The Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering program is part of the Engineering Biology and Health cluster, which also includes 1) Biophotonics; 2) Biosensing;...
Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research
The Infrastructure Capacity for Biology (ICB) supports the improvement of infrastructure that will enable fundamental research within the biological sciences. I...
Documenting Endangered Languages - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
This funding partnershipsupports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of roughly h...
Old Environmental Sustainability
TheEnvironmental Sustainabilityprogram is part of theEnvironmental Engineering and Sustainabilitycluster, which also includes 1) Environmental Engineering; and...
Plant Genome Research Program
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) supports genome-scale research in plant genomics that addresses challenging questions of biological importance and of r...
Plant Biotic Interactions
The Plant Biotic Interactions (PBI) program supports research on the processes that mediate beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their in...
Building Synthetic Microbial Communities for Biology, Mitigating Climate Change, Sustainability and Biotechnology
Microbes and communities of microbes have remarkable genetic, physiological and biochemical diversity, allowing them to flourish in environments all over the pl...
SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to encourageindependence earlyin theFellow'scareerth...
SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to encourage independence early in the Fellow's care...
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
The multi-agency Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program supports research on the social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infect...
Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS)
The Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) call has an emphasis to help launch the careers of pre-tenure...
Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences
related events (including seasonal schools andinternational travel by groups) support research and training activities of the mathematical sciences community. P...
Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
The Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. Researc...
Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology
Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology supports innovative research that addresses the deep-time sedimentary crust and advances our understanding of environmental...
Division of Integrative Organismal Biology Core Programs
The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) supports research aimed at understanding why organisms are structured the way they are and function as they...
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs, Large Projects
The NSF CISE Directorate supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in all aspects of information science and engineering through core...
Research Coordination Networks (RCN)
The goal of the RCN program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coo...
Division of Environmental Biology
The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Core Tracksupports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of ecosystems....
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator-initiated research projects (MCB)
The Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) supports theory-driven fundamental research designed to promote understanding of complex living systems...
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The purpose of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (MPS-Ascend) program is to support postdoctoral Fellows who wil...
Fluid Dynamics
The Fluid Dynamics program is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which also includes 1) the Combustion and Fire Systems program; 2) the Particulate and Mu...