Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12
<p>The Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12 initiative aims to advance mathematics learning and education through purposeful collaboration that draws on the interdisciplinary Science of Learning (including neuroscience; cognitive, developmental, and social sciences; computer science; machine learning; engineering; and education research), deep experiences in education practice and teaching, and innovations in the use of data science, AI and technology. Through an agreement with philanthropic partners, including the Walton Family Foundation (WFF), CAMEL consists of two phases. Phase I invites proposals for the creation of new research networks to support the generation of high value datasets that aim to advance math learning and education. These research networks must include researchers who study the basic science of learning, education practitioners, and data scientists. The high value dataset may come from either generating a new dataset or by increasing the value of an existing dataset. Phase II, open only to awardees of Phase I, establishes a “collaboratory,” which is a socio-technological platform that prioritizes community-building and capacity-building to sustain collaborative efforts to advance math learning and education in K-12. </p> <p><strong>Expanding Participation in STEM, NSF Priorities and Gold Standard Science:</strong></p> <p>NSF prioritizes cutting-edge discovery science and engineering research, advancing technology and innovation, and creating opportunities for all Americans. NSF has established priorities set forth by Congress, the administration and the NSF director to promote <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/about">NSF's mission</a>. Proposers should review the list of <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities">NSF priorities</a> and are encouraged to align their proposals with them, where appropriate. NSF also expects the highest standards of scientific rigor, integrity and adherence to appropriate tenets of <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/policies/gold-standard-science">Gold Standard Science</a> in proposals, as appropriate for the field of science and research modality.<a id="_anchor_1" name="_msoanchor_1" href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?file:///C:/Users/bejang/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/UPVAZCKJ/CAMELv2_PIMS%20NOFO%20WG_Template%20Draft%20Sept%207%202025_Nov2025.docx#_msocom_1"></a></p> <div> </div>
26-501
Award Ceiling
$1.5M
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Oct 5, 2076
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Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)
<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering (NSF ENG) supports foundational research for electrical, communications and computing systems through the following programs: </p><ul><li><p>The <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/epmqd-electronic-photonic-magnetic-quantum-devices"><strong>Electronic, Photonic, Magnetic, and Quantum Devices (EPMQD) program</strong></a> supports foundational engineering research on novel classical and quantum devices, exploring matter’s electronic, photonic, and magnetic properties to enable new applications. </p></li><li><p>The <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cscs-circuits-systems-communications-sensing"><strong>Circuits and Systems for Communications and Sensing (CSCS) program</strong></a> supports foundational engineering research on classical and quantum aspects of advanced components, systems, and signal processing for communications and sensing.</p></li><li><p>The <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/epcl-energy-power-control-learning"><strong>Energy, Power, Control, and Learning (EPCL) program</strong></a> supports foundational research on systems and control, learning, optimization, artificial intelligence, and networked multi-agent systems, and their applications, with emphasis on power and energy systems.</p></li></ul><p>NSF ENG anticipates a portfolio of ENG: Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS) awards with a range of budgets and durations. Estimated program budget, number of awards, and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.</p><p>NSF ENG is particularly interested in intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative foundational research. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, or commercial outcome, nor need they address later-stage development to be competitive.</p>
26-514
Award Ceiling
$110.0M
Closes
Oct 5, 2076
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Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)
<p>The Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) initiative integrates engineering research and education to improve and expand the nation’s engineering workforce. PFE is defined as the formal and informal processes and value systems by which people become engineers. The goal of PFE is to create an ethical engineering workforce with a global outlook and the ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving technical environment. This will help build a future engineering workforce with the skills to compete in the global marketplace, support emerging technologies, and grow U.S. industry.</p> <p>PFE supports projects in the ENGINEER program relating to future and current engineers’ training and education in many contexts, including formal classrooms, informal maker spaces, clubs and co-curricular activities, and workplaces. Such training encompasses cooperative education and internships, community-based experiences, and research labs. It also involves many scales of analysis, from mentor/mentee relationships to large-scale online learning and professional development experiences. Engineers must develop and maintain these learning opportunities with clear pathways to and through the profession. Such pathways include formal and informal education, apprenticeships, credentialing, and licensure, and consider relationships with other professionals, technical workers, and community members. Finally, such opportunities include transitions across and within academia and industry. To understand and improve this system requires expertise in both engineering and the social sciences.</p>
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Oct 6, 2076
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NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems
<p>Recognizing the importance of international collaborations in promoting scientific discoveries, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on research cooperation. The MoU provides an overarching framework to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between US and German research communities and sets out the principles by which jointly supported activities might be developed. To facilitate the support of collaborative work between US researchers and their German counterparts under this MoU, the Division of Chemistry (CHE) and the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) at NSF and the Divisions of Physics and Chemistry (PC) and Engineering Sciences (ING 1) at DFG are pleased to announce a Lead Agency Opportunity for Collaborative Research in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems.</p> <p>The goal of this Lead Agency Opportunity is to reduce barriers to working internationally by allowing US and German researchers to submit a single collaborative proposal that will undergo a single review process while funding organizations maintain budgetary control over their awards. Proposals eligible for funding consideration through this Lead Agency Opportunity should review the CHE, CBET, PC, and ING 1 program descriptions for research supported through these divisions/organizations. Proposals are expected to adhere to typical proposal budgets and durations for the relevant CHE, CBET, PC, and ING 1 programs from which funding is sought. A list of participating NSF programs can be found at: <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/oise/IntlCollaborations/Germany.jsp">https://www.nsf.gov/od/oise/IntlCollaborations/Germany.jsp</a>. German researchers are invited to read: <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://www.dfg.de/nsf-che-cbet">www.dfg.de/nsf-che-cbet</a>.</p> <p>Proposals submitted under this Opportunity will be reviewed by either NSF or DFG as the Lead Agency, depending on where the largest proportion of research lies. <strong>Proposals must provide a clear rationale for the need for a US-German collaboration, including the unique expertise and synergy that the collaborating groups will bring to the project.</strong> The result of the review process will be shared among the appropriate divisions (NSF/CHE and/or NSF/CBET, and DFG/PC and/or DFG/ING 1) before making final recommendations.</p>
25-537
Award Ceiling
$700K
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Oct 6, 2076
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National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW37288128 BCX8"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW37288128 BCX8"><span class="TextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">The </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">U.S. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">National Science Foundation (NSF) </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">continues to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that guides the output of scientific discoveries closer to the development of technologies, products,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> processes,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> and services that benefit all</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> Americans</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> The goals of the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">NSF </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">I-Corps</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">™ </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">p</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">rogram are to spur translation of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">foundational </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">research to the marketplace, to encourage collaboration between academia and industry, and to train NSF-funded faculty, students and other researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship skills.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW37288128 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW37288128 BCX8"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW37288128 BCX8"><span class="TextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">The </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">NSF </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">National </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">I-Corps program</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">utilizes</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> experiential learning of customer and industry discovery, coupled with first-hand investigation of industrial processes, to quickly assess the translational potential of inventions. The </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">NSF </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">National </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">I-Corps program</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> is designed to support the commercialization</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> of "deep technologies,” those revolving around </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">foundational </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">discoveries in science and engineering. The </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">NSF </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">National </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">I-Corps program</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> addresses the skill and knowledge gaps associated with the transformation of basic research into deep technology ventures (DTVs).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW37288128 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW37288128 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW37288128 BCX8"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW37288128 BCX8"><span class="TextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"><span data-teams="true">The purpose of the NSF National I-Corps Teams program is to provide NSF-funded researchers additional support in the form of entrepreneurial education, mentoring, and funding to accelerate the translation of knowledge derived from foundational research into emerging products, processes, and services that may attract subsequent third-party funding. </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">The outcomes of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">NSF </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">National </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8">I-Corps</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW37288128 BCX8"> Teams' projects are threefold: 1) a decision on a clear path forward based on an assessment of the business model, 2) substantial first-hand evidence for or against product-market fit, with the identification of customer segments and corresponding value propositions, and 3) a narrative of a technology demonstration for potential partners.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW37288128 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p> </div>
25-549
Award Ceiling
$12.0M
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Oct 6, 2076
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MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics)
<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple research programs at the frontiers of discovery in physics. Physics research supported by NSF MPS enables understanding of the fundamental aspects of nature at all scales, from the quantum effects inside atoms to the mysterious dark energy spanning the entire universe. </p><p>The core research programs covered by this funding opportunity are: </p><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/atomic-molecular-optical-physics-experiment">Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - Experiment</a> (AMO-Experiment)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/atomic-molecular-optical-physics-theory">Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - Theory</a> (AMO-Theory)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/elementary-particle-physics-experiment">Elementary Particle Physics - Experiment</a> (EPP-Experiment)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/elementary-particle-physics-astrophysics-cosmology-theory">Elementary Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology - Theory</a> (EPP/Cosmology-Theory)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/gp-gravitational-physics">Gravitational Physics</a> </p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/integrative-activities-physics">Integrative Activities in Physics</a> (IAP)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nuclear-physics-experiment">Nuclear Physics - Experiment</a> (NP-Experiment)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nuclear-physics-theory">Nuclear Physics - Theory</a> (NP-Theory)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/particle-astrophysics-experiment">Particle Astrophysics - Experiment</a> (PA-Experiment)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/pols-physics-living-systems">Physics of Living Systems</a> (PoLS)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/plasma-physics">Plasma Physics</a> </p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/quantum-information-science">Quantum Information Science</a> (QIS)</p></li></ul><p> The cross-cutting research programs covered by this funding opportunity are: </p><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/api-advanced-physics-instrumentation">Advanced Physics Instrumentation</a> (API)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/frhtp-focused-research-hubs-theoretical-physics">Focused Research Hubs in Theoretical Physics</a> (FRHTP)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/pif-physics-information-frontier">Physics at the Information Frontier</a> (PIF) </p></li></ul><p>NSF MPS is particularly interested in intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative foundational research. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, or commercial outcome, nor need they address later-stage development to be competitive.</p>
26-523
Award Ceiling
$180.0M
Closes
Oct 6, 2076
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MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)
<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple materials research programs that advance fundamental understanding of materials, their properties, and their potential applications.</p><p>The programs covered by this solicitation are:</p><ul><li><p>Biomaterials</p></li><li><p>Ceramics</p></li><li><p>Condensed Matter and Materials Theory</p></li><li><p>Condensed Matter Physics</p></li><li><p>Electronic and Photonic Materials</p></li><li><p>Metals and Metallic Nanostructures</p></li><li><p>Polymers</p></li><li><p>Solid State and Materials Chemistry</p></li></ul><p>Other materials research funding opportunities are covered by separate NSF solicitations, such as the NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers and Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future.</p><p>NSF MPS is particularly interested in intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative foundational research. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, or commercial outcome, nor need they address later-stage development to be competitive.</p>
26-521
Award Ceiling
$100.0M
Closes
Oct 7, 2076
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MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)
<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple research programs in the astronomical sciences. NSF MPS funds foundational astronomical sciences research and instrumentation focused on exploring space and advancing fundamental understanding of the universe.</p><p>The programs covered by this funding opportunity are:</p><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/astro-core-astronomical-sciences-core-research">Astronomical Sciences Core Research</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ati-astronomical-sciences-technology-instrumentation">Astronomical Sciences Technology & Instrumentation</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/astro-innovations-astronomical-sciences-innovations">Astronomical Sciences Innovations</a></p></li></ul><p>Research supported by these programs is essential for ongoing discovery in a range of fields. The programs provide a strong scientific foundation for America's capabilities in multiple areas: predicting solar storms, discovering potentially habitable planets in other solar systems, understanding the physical workings of extreme astrophysical objects like black holes, and more.</p><p>NSF MPS is particularly interested in intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative foundational research. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, or commercial outcome, nor need they address later-stage development to be competitive.</p><p> </p>
26-522
Award Ceiling
$100.0M
Closes
Oct 7, 2076
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NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12)
<p>The NSF STEM K-12 program in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) supports fundamental, applied, and translational research that advances STEM teaching and learning and improves understanding of education across the human lifespan and a range of formal and informal settings<em>. </em></p>
25-545
Award Ceiling
$30.0M
Closes
Oct 7, 2076
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MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)
<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports foundational research through multiple programs in the chemical sciences.</p><p>Programs include:</p><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cat-chemical-catalysis">Chemical Catalysis</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cmi-chemical-measurement-imaging">Chemical Measurement and Imaging</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cmfp-chemical-mechanism-function-properties">Chemical Mechanism, Function, and Properties</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/csd-chemical-structure-dynamics-program">Chemical Structure and Dynamics</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/syn-chemical-synthesis">Chemical Synthesis</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/css-chemical-systems-solutions">Chemical Systems and Solutions</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ctmc-chemical-theory-models-computational-methods">Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/clp-chemistry-life-processes">Chemistry of Life Processes</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/msn-macromolecular-supramolecular-nanochemistry">Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry</a> </p></li></ul><p>NSF MPS is particularly interested in intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative foundational research. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, or commercial outcome, nor need they address later-stage development to be competitive. </p>
26-519
Award Ceiling
$150.0M
Closes
Oct 7, 2076
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Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF)
<p>The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) to highly qualified early career investigators to carry out an independent research program. The research plan of each Fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of AGS disciplines. These disciplines include Atmospheric Chemistry (ATC), Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics (CLD), Paleoclimate (PC), and Physical and Dynamic Meteorology (PDM) in the Atmospheric Sciences, and Aeronomy (AER), Magnetospheric Physics (MAG), Solar Terrestrial (ST), and Space Weather Research (SWR) in the Geospace Sciences.</p> <p>The AGS-PRF program supports researchers (also known as Fellows) for a period of up to 24 months with Fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice. The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential and provide them with experiences in research that will broaden perspectives, facilitate interdisciplinary interactions, and help establish them in leadership positions within the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences community. <strong>Fellowships are awards to individual Fellows, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.</strong></p>
22-639
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$2.0M
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Oct 7, 2076
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MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs (MPS MathSci)
<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple research programs at the frontiers of discovery in theoretical and applied mathematical sciences.</p><p>Programs include:</p><ul><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/algebra-number-theory">Algebra and Number Theory</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/analysis">Analysis</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/applied-mathematics">Applied Mathematics</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/combinatorics">Combinatorics</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/computational-mathematics">Computational Mathematics</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/foundations">Foundations</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/geometric-analysis">Geometric Analysis</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/mathematical-biology">Mathematical Biology</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/probability">Probability</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/statistics">Statistics</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/topology">Topology</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ms-frg-mathematical-sciences-focused-research-groups">Mathematical Sciences Focused Research Groups</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/mathematical-sciences-infrastructure-program">Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program</a></p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ms-rtg-mathematical-sciences-research-training-groups">Mathematical Sciences Research Training Groups</a></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>NSF anticipates a portfolio of awards for these programs with a range of budgets, durations and scopes. Program budgets, number of awards, award sizes and durations are subject to the availability of funds.<br><br>NSF MPS is particularly interested in intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative foundational research. Proposals need not promise a near-term product, deployment, or commercial outcome, nor need they address later-stage development to be competitive.</p>
26-520
Award Ceiling
$200.0M
Closes
Oct 8, 2076
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Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)
<p>The Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) and Research Opportunity Awards (ROA) funding opportunities support research by faculty members at predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs). RUI proposals support PUI faculty in research that engages them in their professional field(s), builds capacity for research at their home institution, and supports the integration of research and undergraduate education. ROAs similarly support PUI faculty research, but these awards typically allow faculty to work as visiting scientists at research-intensive organizations where they collaborate with other NSF-supported investigators. </p> <p>Eligible PUIs are accredited colleges and universities (including two-year community colleges) that award Associate's degrees, Bachelor's degrees, and/or Master's degrees in NSF-supported fields, but have awarded 20 or fewer Ph.D./D.Sci. degrees in all NSF-supported fields during the combined previous two academic years. </p> <p>All NSF directorates may support RUI and ROA funding activities. Funding for these awards is contained within research and education program allocations and not held as a separate allocation. RUI and ROA proposals are evaluated and funded by NSF programs in the disciplinary areas of the proposed research and are funded at their discretion. </p> <p>Prospective PIs should contact disciplinary program officers to identify specific NSF programs and to determine the feasibility and timing of RUI/ROA requests. General <em>RUI/ROA points of contact are available through the website </em><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/rui_roa/contacts.jsp"><em>http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/rui_roa/contacts.jsp</em></a><em>. </em> </p> <p>1. Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI). An RUI proposal may be: </p> <ul> <li>A request to support an individual research project or a collaborative research project involving PUI faculty and students at their own or other institutions.</li> <li>A request involving shared research instrumentation.</li> </ul> <p>2. Research Opportunity Awards (ROA). The types of ROA opportunities include: </p> <ul> <li>A supplement to an existing NSF award to support ROA activities for PUI faculty.</li> <li>Requests to rebudget funds in an existing NSF award to support ROA activities for PUI faculty.</li> <li>Submission of a new collaborative proposal between a PUI and another institution(s), with a ROA component as a subaward or as part of a linked collaborative proposal. </li> </ul>
14-579
Award Ceiling
$56.0M
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Oct 14, 2076
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Security and Preparedness (SAP)
<p>The Security and Preparedness (SAP) Program supports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to global and national security. Research proposals are evaluated on the criteria of intellectual merit and broader impacts; the proposed projects are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Moreover, the Program supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. The Program does not fund applied research. In addition, we encourage you to examine the websites for the National Science Foundation's Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB), Law and Science (LS) programs, and Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS) programs. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
PD-19-118Y
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Economics
<p>The Economics program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. It supports research in almost every area of economics, including econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance.</p> <p>The Economics program welcomes proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences, symposia, experimental research, data collection and dissemination, computer equipment and other instrumentation, and research experience for undergraduates. The program places a high priority on interdisciplinary research. Investigators are encouraged to submit proposals of joint interest to the Economics Program and other NSF programs and NSF initiative areas. The program places a high priority on broadening participation and encourages proposals from groups and regions that traditionally have not participated fully in science, mathematics, and engineering.</p> <p>The program also funds conferences and interdisciplinary research that strengthens links among economics and the other social and behavioral sciences as well as mathematics and statistics.</p> <p>The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIG) funding opportunity is designed to improve the quality of dissertation research. DDRIG proposals are submitted by a faculty member on behalf of the graduate student. DDRIG awards provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university such as enabling doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus. DDRIGs do not provide cost-of-living or other stipends or tuition. Outstanding DDRIG proposals specify how the knowledge to be created advances economics science. </p> <p>Proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGS) in Economics should follow the directions for submissions in the <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg">PAPPG</a>. Please contact an Economics program officer if you plan to submit a DDRIG proposal.<em> </em></p> <p>For additional funding opportunities, we invite you to also look at the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SMA">SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities web site</a>.</p>
PD-23-1320
Award Ceiling
$220K
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Oct 15, 2076
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Science of Organizations (SoO)
<p>Organizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of organizations of all kinds. </p><p>SoO funds research that advances our fundamental understanding of how organizations develop, form and operate. Successful SoO research proposals use scientific methods to develop and refine theories, to empirically test theories and frameworks, and to develop new measures and methods. Funded research is aimed at yielding generalizable insights that are of value to the business practitioner, policy-maker and research communities. </p><p>SoO welcomes any and all rigorous, scientific approaches that illuminate aspects of organizations as systems of coordination, management and governance. </p><p>In considering whether a particular project might be a candidate for consideration by SoO, please note: </p><ul><li><div>Intellectual perspectives may involve (but are not limited to) organizational theory, behavior, sociology or economics, business policy and strategy, communication sciences, entrepreneurship, human resource management, information sciences<em>,</em> managerial and organizational cognition, operations management, public administration, social or industrial psychology, and technology and innovation management. </div></li><li><div>Phenomena studied may include (but are not limited to) structures, routines, effectiveness, competitiveness, innovation, dynamics, change and evolution.</div></li><li>Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) organizational, cross-organizational collaborations or relationships, and institutional and can address individuals, groups or teams.</li><li>Research methods may be qualitative and quantitative and may include (but are not limited to) archival analyses, surveys, simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses. </li></ul><p>Consistent with NSF merit review criteria, each SoO proposal should discuss both the intellectual merit and the potential broader impacts of the proposed research. SoO values basic research that has the potential to provide broader societal benefits. However, the majority of space in any proposal will need to be dedicated to the explication of theory, methods, and specific contribution to the evidence base about organizational effectiveness.</p><p>Projects that aim to implement and subsequently evaluate particular organizational training, effectiveness or change programs, rather than to advance fundamental, generalizable knowledge, are not appropriate for SoO.</p>Researchers who seek to conduct SoO-appropriate research in an industrial site and/or via an industry-university collaboration are invited to also look at the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504699">Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaisons with Industry (GOALI) program web site</a>.
PD-11-8031
Award Ceiling
$3.3M
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Oct 15, 2076
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Law & Science (LS)
<p>The Law & Science Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as well as studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts. The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological. Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes; or the interactions of law and basic sciences, including biology, computer and information sciences, STEM education, engineering, geosciences, and math and physical sciences. Scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, interacting with multiple arenas, and with the participation of multiple actors. Fields of study include many disciplines, and often address problems including, though not limited, to:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Crime, Violence, and Policing</li> <li>Cyberspace</li> <li>Economic Issues</li> <li>Environmental Science</li> <li>Evidentiary Issues</li> <li>Forensic Science</li> <li>Governance and Courts</li> <li>Human Rights and Comparative Law</li> <li>Information Technology</li> <li>Legal and Ethical Issues related to Science</li> <li>Legal Decision Making</li> <li>Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice</li> <li>Litigation and the Legal Profession</li> <li>Punishment and Corrections</li> <li>Regulation and Facilitation of Biotechnology (e.g., Gene Editing, Gene Testing, Synthetic Biology) and Other Emerging Sciences and Technologies</li> <li>Use of Science in the Legal Processes</li> </ul> <p>LS supports the following types of proposals:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research</li> <li>Conference Awards</li> </ul> <p>LS also participates in a number of specialized funding opportunities through NSF’s cross-cutting and cross-directorate activities, including, for example: </p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program</li> <li>Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)</li> <li>Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)</li> <li>Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID)</li> <li>Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)</li> </ul> <p>For information about these and other programs, please visit the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?type=xcut">Cross-cutting and NSF-wide Active Funding Opportunities</a> homepage. </p>
PD-21-128Y
Award Ceiling
$5.5M
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Oct 15, 2076
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Sociology
<p>The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization <span>—</span> societies, institutions, groups and demography <span>—</span> and processes of individual and institutional change. The program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. This includes research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, and the sociology of science and technology. The program supports both original data collection and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed. </p> <p>Principal Investigators should select PD 98-1331 in the program announcement/solicitation block on the proposal cover sheet for submission of regular research projects to the sociology program. Projects are evaluated using the two foundation-wide criteria, intellectual merit and <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21059/nsf21059.jsp">broader impacts</a>. In assessing the intellectual merit of proposed research, four components are key to securing support from the Sociology Program: (1) the issues investigated must be theoretically grounded; (2) the research should be based on empirical observation or be subject to empirical validation or illustration; (3) the research design must be appropriate to the questions asked; and (4) the proposed research must advance our understanding of social processes, structures and methods.</p> <p>NSF also offers a number of specialized funding opportunities through its crosscutting and cross-directorate activities; some of the sociology-related opportunities are listed below.</p> <p>Crosscutting Research & Training Opportunities:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers</li> <li>Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program</li> <li>Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)</li> <li>Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program</li> <li>Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Programs</li> <li>SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)</li> <li>Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)</li> <li>Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)</li> <li>Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program</li> </ul> <p>To get information about these programs and others, please visit the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?type=xcut">cross-cutting and NSF-wide active funding opportunities</a> search page.</p> <p>NSF's mission calls for the broadening of opportunities for and expanding participation of groups, institutions and geographic regions that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is essential to the health and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is committed to this principle of diversity and deems it central to the programs, projects and activities it considers and supports. </p> <p>NSF is also committed to public access to publications and data, unless there are countervailing interests that prohibit or limit public access to data, including matters of personally identifiable information of research participants, privacy or other issues of vulnerability such as economic, social or other security interests, etc.). See <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/public_access/">Public Access to Results of NSF-Funded Research</a> and <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/sbe/DMP/SBE_DataMgmtPlanPolicy_RevisedApril2018.pdf">Data Management for NSF SBE Directorate Proposals and Awards</a> for more information.</p>
PD-98-1331
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Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI)
<p>The Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI) program is designed to advance theory and knowledge about increasing the public value of scientific activity. Science of Science draws from multiple disciplinary and field perspectives to advance theory and research about scientific discovery, communication and impact. SoS:DCI welcomes proposals applying rigorous empirical research methods to advance theory and knowledge on:</p> <ul> <li>The social and structural mechanisms of scientific discovery.</li> <li>Theories, frameworks, models and data that improve our understanding of scientific communication and outcomes.</li> <li>The societal benefits of scientific activity and how science advances evidence-based policy making and the creation of public value.</li> </ul> <p>The SoS:DCI program, which expands upon the former Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program, funds research that builds theoretical and empirical understanding of the social science of science. SoS:DCI welcomes proposals to conduct research at the individual, organizational and institutional levels or from micro, meso and macro scales and complex system levels. SoS:DCI encourages multiple disciplinary perspectives, interdisciplinary research and diverse methodological approaches in the pursuit of new knowledge to advance the science of science and evidence-based policy making. With these goals in mind, proposals should:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Draw from and advance theory, knowledge and frameworks on the science of science.</li> <li>Develop models, data, indicators and associated analytical tools that constitute and enable transformative advances rather than incremental change. </li> <li>Provide credible rigorous assessments of the proposed project’s impact and social and policy implications.</li> <li>Include robust data management plans with the goal of advancing open science and increasing public access to usable, valid and reliable scientific materials.</li> </ul> <p>Of particular interest are proposals with the potential to strengthen America’s global leadership in science and increase national competitiveness across a broad range of domains. These include proposals that analyze strategies for strengthening and expanding the scientific workforce, as well as ways to cultivate high-impact discovery across sectors. The program strongly encourages convergent research and collaboration.</p> <p>In addition to intellectual merit, the program strongly encourages potential PIs to carefully consider the broader impacts of their work. The <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/learn/broader-impacts">broader impacts</a> criterion encompasses the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired policy outcomes. The Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate has released additional guidance on <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/broader-impacts-framework-proposals-submitted-nsfs">broader impacts for SBE proposals</a>. </p> <p>The SoS:DCI program places a high priority on broadening participation in the sciences. It encourages proposals from early-career researchers and from researchers who represent groups and regions that have historically participated at disproportionately low rates in science, mathematics, and engineering.</p> <p>SoS:DCI supports the following types of proposals:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research</li> <li><a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/science-science-approach-analyzing-innovating">A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO)</a></li> <li>Conference Grants</li> </ul> <p>SoS:DCI also participates in certain specialized funding opportunities through <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities?f%5B0%5D=nsf_wide_cross_directorate%3A1">NSF’s cross-cutting and cross-directorate activities</a>.</p>
PD-19-126Y
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Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)
<p>The Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) Program supports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to attitudes, behavior, and institutions connected to public policy and the provision of public services. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include (but are not limited to) the study of individual and group decision-making, political institutions (appointed or elected), attitude and preference formation and expression, electoral processes and voting, public administration, and public policy. This work can focus on a single case or can be done in a comparative context, either over time or cross-sectionally. The Program does not fund applied research. The Program also supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. In addition, we encourage you to examine the websites for the National Science Foundation’s Law and Science (LS)<strong>, </strong>Security and Preparedness (SAP) and Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS) programs.</p>
PD-19-120Y
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