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Funding opportunities
Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards
The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support fundamental, systematic anthropological research and training to increase understanding...
Geophysics
The Geophysics Program supports basic research in the physics of the solid earth to explore its processes from the Earth's surface to its' deepest interior. com...
Cellular and Biochemical Engineering
TheCellular and Biochemical Engineering(CBE)program is part of theEngineering Biology and Healthcluster, which also includes: 1) the Biophotonics program; 2) th...
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...
Design of Engineering Material Systems
The Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) program supports fundamental research intended to lead to new paradigms of insertion of advanced engineering m...
Magnetospheric Physics
Supports research on the magnetized plasma envelope of the outer atmosphere, including energization by the solar wind; the origin of geomagnetic storms and subs...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...