Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
<p>The NSF Geosciences Research solicitation supports foundational research projects that advance the frontiers of knowledge across all areas of the geosciences. This solicitation calls for proposals in three programs: </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ags-atmospheric-geospace-sciences-program">Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) Program</a>; </p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/earth-sciences-program">Earth Sciences (EAR) Program</a>; and </p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ocean-sciences-program">Ocean Sciences (OCE) Program</a>. </p></li></ul><p>These programs support projects that expand the frontiers of knowledge in science and technology. The programs encourage projects that advance research on Earth’s atmosphere and the near-Earth space environment; solid Earth sciences and Earth surface processes; and all fields of ocean science. Projects may focus on foundational research in a specific domain or cover multiple disciplines. NSF 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>
26-516
Award Ceiling
$110.0M
Closes
Aug 31, 2076
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The Research on Research Security Program (RoRS)
<p>NSF is committed to securing the nation's research enterprise as part of its core mission. The Research on Research Security (RoRS) program will advance the understanding of the full scope, potential, challenges, and nature of the research on research security field through scholarly evidence.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>The following activities provide background and context for developing proposals to submit to the RoRS program.</p> <ul> <li>The foundational legislative and policy documents include <a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-united-states-government-supported-research-development-national-security-policy/">National Security Presidential Memorandum-33 (NSPM-33)</a> and its associated supporting documents, as well as research security provisions in CHIPS and Science Act 2022.</li> <li>In 2022 NSF asked JASON to consider what a research program on research security might entail and how it would be defined. The findings are summarized in the report (JSR-22-08), <a href="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-03/JSR-22-08%20NSF%20Research%20Program%20on%20Research%20Security_03152023_FINAL_1.pdf?VersionId=lwtxqUjbqGNmbtJ7E66IqQBbt9gzCV8A">Research Program on Research Security</a>.</li> <li>The 2024 NSF-funded workshop, <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/responsible-collaboration-through-appropriate-research-security"><em>Responsible Collaboration Through Appropriate Research Security</em></a><em>: A Workshop To Discuss and Study the Emergent Discipline of Research on Research Security,</em> identified current themes, major issues, and challenges in research security.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Program Description</strong></p> <p>Collectively, the research that RoRS funds will foster a broad community that builds collaborations between the STEM research community, research security researchers, and research security practitioners. Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged, and proposers should address how they will leverage the range of expertise, theories, and methods of the team to engage in evidence-based research on research security. Proposers are encouraged to identify collaborators across a wide range of sectors, and to consider projects in collaboration with international partners that share U.S. concerns with research security, when appropriate.</p> <p>RoRS encourages the following types of proposals to help build the emerging field of research on research security. (See the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/policies/pappg">PAPPG</a> for guidance on preparing specific proposal types.)</p> <ul> <li>Conferences and Workshops</li> <li>Planning Grants</li> <li>Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)</li> </ul> <p>Proposal topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:</p> <ul> <li>The nature and pervasiveness of research security threats.</li> <li>Methods for identifying research security risks, and strategies for preventing and mitigating them.</li> <li>Methods for strengthening research security protocol and approaches.</li> <li>The complex relationships between human behavior and research security policies.</li> <li>Research security policies and their implications.</li> <li>Research on organizational change around systemic and cultural factors as they pertain to research security.</li> <li>Research on research security in the context of a particular field or discipline, especially in high-risk areas.</li> <li>The international dimensions of research security.</li> </ul> <p>Collectively, RoRS seeks to fund research projects with the following characteristics:</p> <ol> <li>Produce data, analysis, theory, and tools that inform current and future decision-making on U.S. research security.</li> <li>Use rigorous empirical methods to advance understanding of the factors that influence research security.</li> <li>Build upon established methodologies from diverse fields of study to ensure that RoRS develops quickly and efficiently into a robust, mature discipline with its own novel approaches.</li> <li>Develop innovative strategies to leverage previously unidentified, unconnected, and/or inaccessible sources of data.</li> </ol> <p>Prospective PIs are strongly encouraged review <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/research-security">NSF Research Security</a> resources and to contact the cognizant RoRS program director(s) prior to submission. Proposals should be prepared and submitted following the guidance in the <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg">NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
PD-25-275Y
Award Ceiling
$2.0M
Closes
Sep 1, 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
Sep 10, 2076
18261d left
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/mathematical-sciences-infrastructure-program">Mathematical Sciences Research Infrastructure</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/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
Sep 10, 2076
18261d left