59 open funding opportunities.
NSF EPSCoR funding to help designated U.S. states and territories build sustainable research infrastructure and capacity across targeted focus areas like facilities, STEM education…
NSF funding to strengthen research capacity and doctoral program development at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) in STEM fields. The CREST-RISE program supports three tracks: d…
NSF EPSCoR R&D program funding research infrastructure and capacity-building in eligible U.S. jurisdictions (states, territories, commonwealths) through hypothesis-driven or proble…
NSF funding to support research training groups in mathematical sciences, with emphasis on graduate student mentoring and professional development in collaborative research setting…
This NSF/DOE joint program funds research that ensures scientific computing software and systems are mathematically correct and free of numerical, logical, and hardware errors. It …
NSF funding to support undergraduate students participating in active research at host institutions. Grants support either standalone REU Sites or supplements to existing NSF-funde…
NSF funding to recruit and prepare highly effective K-12 STEM teachers for high-need school districts, with four tracks supporting scholarships, teaching fellowships, teacher leade…
NSF Probability Program funds theoretical and applied research in probability theory and stochastic processes. Research bridging probability with other sciences and engineering dis…
NSF Foundations program funds research in mathematical logic, proof theory, recursion theory, model theory, set theory, and infinitary combinatorics. It also supports conferences a…
NSF funding for research in combinatorics, including graph theory, algebraic structures, and discrete mathematics. Also supports conferences and workshops in combinatorics.
NSF Chemistry Division grant program supporting disciplinary research in six core chemistry fields: catalysis, chemical measurement, mechanism/function, synthesis, environmental ch…
The NSF Analysis Program funds research in pure mathematics, including complex analysis, dynamical systems, partial differential equations, and operator theory. It also supports co…
The NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program funds curriculum development, faculty training, and career pathway initiatives to prepare technicians for high-tech industrie…
NSF funding for research in pure mathematics: algebra, number theory, algebraic geometry, arithmetic geometry, and representation theory. Also supports conferences and workshops in…
NSF is funding collaborative research teams to develop the mathematical and theoretical foundations of AI systems, focusing on understanding their capabilities, limitations, and de…
NSF funding for summer research programs that pair K-14 teachers with university and industry mentors in engineering and computer science, creating a two-way knowledge exchange tha…
NSF funding for research combining mathematics and biology, requiring demonstrated mathematical innovation alongside biological significance. Open to any entity type with strong in…
NSF provides up to three-year postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhDs to conduct independent research and education in astronomy and astrophysics at an institution of their choice…
NSF funding to strengthen research capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by supporting research projects aligned with NSF's science and engineering progr…
NSF funding to support postdoctoral researchers in mathematics and statistics, enabling early-career scientists to conduct impactful research in academic environments. Awards suppo…
NSF funding to support U.S. undergraduate and graduate students conducting active research at international sites with mentorship from international collaborators. Applicants are N…
NSF funding for mid-scale research infrastructure projects (equipment, facilities, cyberinfrastructure, datasets, and personnel) that cost between $4–20 million to implement, or un…
The NSF Expeditions in Computing program funds ambitious, transformative research projects in computer and information science engineering at up to $15 million over seven years. It…
NSF funding to build, scale, or improve research infrastructure tools and services that support broad biological research communities across cyberinfrastructure, collections, and f…
NSF funding to build collaborative research data infrastructure ecosystems that improve public access, discoverability, and reusability of federally-funded research data across sci…
NSF grant supporting long-term ecological and evolutionary research projects that generate multi-year data time series to answer fundamental questions in biology. Awards up to $600…
NSF seeks research proposals that advance understanding of research security threats, risks, and mitigation strategies to strengthen the nation's research enterprise. Funded work w…
NSF funding for research on how infrastructure systems (power, water, transportation, etc.) function, fail, and adapt under normal and extreme conditions. Focus is on systems-level…
NSF/NIFA joint program funding research on how plants interact with viruses, bacteria, fungi, pests, and beneficial microorganisms. Supports both fundamental discovery and applied …
NSF funding for crosscutting activities in materials research, including workshops, conferences, educational initiatives, and diversity programs that span multiple DMR programs or …
NSF's Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) meta-program funds research that uses novel computational and data-science approaches to solve major science an…
NSF and Germany's DFG are jointly funding collaborative research between US and German researchers in chemistry and chemical process/transport systems. Applicants submit one propos…
NSF postdoctoral fellowship supporting early-career researchers for up to 24 months to conduct independent research in atmospheric and geospace sciences. Fellows can take the award…
NSF funding to advance fundamental research on Earth's chemical evolution, including volcanology, magmatic processes, ore deposits, and geochronology. Support laboratory, field, co…
NSF funding to support U.S.-based research teams leading international multilateral partnerships (with at least 2 non-U.S. countries) that tackle global research challenges requiri…
NSF funding for research on Earth's climate, environments, and life evolution from the Archean Eon through the Holocene epoch. Research spans molecular to global scales and support…
NSF Geospace Cluster funds fundamental and applied research on Earth's near-space environment, including the ionosphere, magnetosphere, and solar-terrestrial interactions. The prog…
NSF funding for research infrastructure and facilities that support atmospheric and geospace sciences research. This is a facilities management and oversight program, not a typical…
NSF funding for fundamental research in combustion science, fire systems, and clean energy technologies. Supports basic scientific discovery aimed at safer, cleaner combustion appl…
This NSF program funds fundamental research in materials science, spanning discovery, design, synthesis, characterization, and understanding of material properties across scales. I…
NSF funding for research on evolutionary and ecological processes across all biological scales, from populations to ecosystems. Supports field, lab, computational, and theoretical …
NSF funding for fundamental research in environmental engineering that prevents pollution, protects water resources, and remediates contaminated environments through biogeochemical…
NSF supports foundational research on robotic systems that integrate computational intelligence, sensing, and physical embodiment. Projects must demonstrate new or significantly en…
NSF funding for genome-scale plant research that addresses fundamental biological questions and develops innovative genomics tools and technologies. Two tracks: basic research on p…
NSF's Molecular and Cellular Biosciences program funds fundamental research into how living systems work at the molecular and cellular level, emphasizing mechanistic understanding …
This NSF solicitation allows researchers to request access to specialized atmospheric science instrumentation and facilities funded through the FARE program. Proposals must align w…
NSF funding to advance fundamental research on Earth's structure, dynamics, and processes that drive geohazards like earthquakes. Supports lab, field, computational, and theoretica…
This NSF program funds fundamental research on Earth's near-surface processes—water, geology, soil, and climate interactions—to advance understanding of how landscapes respond to e…
NSF EPSCoR offers grants up to $200,000 for workshops that bring together academic, government, industry, and non-profit partners to address multi-jurisdictional research challenge…
This NSF program funds research on the geology and geophysics of ocean basins, margins, and the Great Lakes. It supports field data collection, laboratory work, modeling, and synth…
NSF funding for fundamental research on bidirectional human-machine interaction in physics-based environments, covering robotics, smart systems, and virtual/physical collaboration.…
NSF funding for fundamental research advancing design science and systems engineering through rigorous inquiry into how engineered artifacts are created. Supports multidisciplinary…
NSF funding for fundamental research in biomechanics and mechanobiology—understanding how mechanical forces affect biological systems from molecules to whole organisms. Projects mu…
NSF funding for fundamental research in mechanics of materials and structures, including deformation, fracture, fatigue, and computational methods. Supports experimental, theoretic…
This NSF program funds the operation of national user facilities—specialized research laboratories with unique instrumentation (synchrotron radiation, neutron scattering, high magn…
NSF funds fundamental research on analytical methods—modeling, optimization, simulation, data science—that improve operations in complex decision-making environments across commerc…
NSF grant supporting fundamental research in civil infrastructure engineering, including geotechnical, structural, materials, and coastal engineering with focus on resilience, sust…
NSF funding for faculty research at predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs), supporting both on-campus research projects (RUI) and visiting scientist collaborations at rese…
This NSF program funds rigorous research on how science works—specifically studying discovery mechanisms, scientific communication, and how research creates public value and inform…