Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support
<p>Through this solicitation, the Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT) of the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) funds cutting-edge research that:</p> <ul> <li>Improves understanding of interactions among the Antarctic region and global systems.</li> <li>Improves understanding of the dynamic linkages among processes operating in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean and linkages to global Earth systems, which helps inform decision making regarding environmental change.</li> <li>Advances fundamental understanding of Earth systems and the biological, geochemical, and physical processes in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean as drivers and responders to changes on a global scale.</li> <li>Expands fundamental knowledge of Antarctic systems, biota, and processes.</li> <li>Utilizes the unique characteristics of the Antarctic region as a science observing platform.</li> <li>Builds capacity and enhances the US workforce for polar-related science.</li> </ul> <p><span>ANT encourages and supports research that combines disciplinary perspectives and approaches from other fields, research that uses existing data and samples, and other research not requiring a physical presence in Antarctica. This may include projects conducted at locations outside Antarctica that serve as analogues of Antarctic sites or systems.</span> <a id="_anchor_3" name="_msoanchor_3" href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?https://nsf-my.sharepoint.com/personal/0812601541_nsf_gov/Documents/OPP/ANT/ANT%20Proposals%20Data%20Solicitations%20Web/Solicitations/FY25/GEO%20OAD%20Review/Antarctic%20Research%20Not%20Requiring%20100124%20GEO%20-%20SLR.docx#_msocom_3"><br /></a></p> <div>This solicitation does <strong>not</strong> support projects that would need logistical support from the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP). Proposers requiring USAP logistical support should consult the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/ant/index.jsp">Antarctic Sciences web page</a> for current opportunities. Proposers of projects with logistics needs that would be wholly provided by another Antarctic program or organization should contact an ANT Program Officer for guidance. </div>
25-526
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$60.0M
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Jan 15, 2027
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Linguistics
<p>The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. Research areas include syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics and phonology.</p> <p>The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in methodological or theoretical perspective, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries, such as (but not limited to):</p> <ul> <li>What are the psychological processes involved in the production, perception, and comprehension of language?</li> <li>What are the computational properties of language and/or the language processor that make fluent production, incremental comprehension or rapid learning possible?</li> <li>How do the acoustic and physiological properties of speech inform our theories of natural language and/or language processing?</li> <li>What role does human neurobiology play in shaping the various grammatical properties of language?</li> <li>How does language develop in natural learning contexts across the life-span?</li> <li>What social and cultural factors underlie language variation and change?</li> </ul> <p>Because NSF's mandate is to support basic research, the Linguistics Program does not fund research that takes as its primary goal improved clinical practice or applied policy, nor does it support work to develop or assess pedagogical methods or tools for language instruction.</p> <p>The Linguistics Program accepts proposals for a variety of project types: research proposals from scholars with PhDs or equivalent degrees, proposals for <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/linguistics-program-doctoral-dissertation-research">Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (LING-DDRI)</a> awards, and <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/faculty-early-career-development-program-career">CAREER</a> proposals. We will also consider proposals for conferences. Funding requests for conference support should be submitted in accordance with the Conference Proposals section of Chapter II of NSF's <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg">Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)</a>.</p> <p>NSF's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and in collaboration with programs in other NSF Directorates, supports efforts to develop and advance knowledge and infrastructure that will enable the analysis of languages that are both understudied and at risk of falling out of use. In recognition of the critical relevance of these languages to understanding the range and limits of human linguistic and cultural variation, BCS accepts research and dissertation proposals in response to solicitations <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nsf-dynamic-language-infrastructure-neh">NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)</a> and <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/dynamic-language-infrastructure-doctoral">Dynamic Language Infrastructure - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DLI-DDRI)</a>.</p> <p>For more information about Multidisciplinary Research and Training Opportunities, please visit the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SMA">SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities web site.</a></p>
PD-98-1311
Award Ceiling
$6.0M
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Jan 15, 2027
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Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)
<p><span lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto">The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, consequences, or evolution of the spatial dimensions of human behaviors, activities, and dynamics as well as their interactions with environmental and social processes across a range of scales. Contemporary geographical research encompasses diverse research traditions and methodologies. Recognizing the breadth of the field’s contributions to science, the HEGS Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, methodologically rigorous, and generalizable research that advances geographical and geospatial sciences. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <div> <p><span lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto">Because the National Science Foundation's mandate is to support fundamental scientific research, the HEGS program cannot fund research that takes as its primary goal humanistic interpretations or findings that are not generalizable or reproducible. HEGS welcomes proposals that utilize quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods in novel ways. However, a proposal that applies geographical or geospatial methods to a geographic problem without proposing how that problem provides an opportunity to make a theory-testing or theory-expanding contribution to geographical science, broadly defined, will be returned without review. HEGS supported projects are expected to yield results that will enhance, expand, and transform fundamental geographical theory and geospatial methods and that will have broader impacts that benefit society.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto">Generally, successful HEGS proposals should describe clear and detailed plans for data collection (including sample selection if appropriate), justification for proposed methods, plans for data analysis, attention to confounding variables, and efforts to address biases (e.g., confirmatory biases, selection biases, etc.). Competitive HEGS proposals should substantiate the validity of findings and generalizability to broader contexts.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p>It should be noted that HEGS is situated in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate at NSF. Therefore, it is critical that research projects submitted to the HEGS program illustrate how the proposed research questions engage human dimensions that are relevant and important to people and societies.</p> </div> <div> <p>A proposal that fails to be responsive to these program expectations will be returned without review.</p> </div>
25-507
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$7.0M
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Jan 15, 2027
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Arctic Research Opportunities
<p>The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals to the Arctic Sciences Section in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) within the Geosciences Directorate, to conduct research about the Arctic region.</p> <p>The goal of this solicitation is to attract research proposals that advance a fundamental, process, and/or systems-level understanding of the Arctic's rapidly changing natural environment, social and cultural systems, and, where appropriate, to improve our capacity to project future change. The Arctic Sciences Section supports research focused on the Arctic region and its connectivity with lower latitudes. The scientific scope is aligned with, but not limited to, research priorities outlined in the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/arctic/iarpc/start.jsp">Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)</a> five-year plan.</p> <p>The Arctic Sciences Section coordinates with programs across NSF and with other federal and international partners to co-review and co-fund Arctic-related proposals as appropriate. The Arctic Sciences Section also maintains Arctic logistical infrastructure and field support capabilities that are available to enable research.</p>
23-572
Award Ceiling
$50.0M
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Jan 15, 2027
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Social Psychology
<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="WordSection1"> <p>The Social Psychology Program at NSF supports theoretically focused empirical investigations that advance fundamental social psychological explanations of human behavior, attitudes, and experience.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Synopsis</strong></p> <p>The Social Psychology Program invites research and infrastructure proposals that advance knowledge of how human behavior is influenced by macro- and micro-level social forces, including how thought, motivation, emotion, neural, and physiological processes explain ways of thinking about and relating to self and others.</p> <p>Proposed research should carry strong potential for groundbreaking discoveries about the power of social dynamics to shape peoples’ attitudes, behavior, and experience. Basic research that connects to emerging and ongoing global challenges is especially encouraged.</p> </div> <p> </p> <p>Proposals that develop new theories or methods are highly encouraged.</p> <p>Proposals involving non-human animals are considered only if the research offers clear and direct contributions to understanding human social behavior.</p> <p><em>Note:</em> Proposals may be returned without review if the primary goal of the research is to improve clinical practice as its primary outcome, or contains disease-related goals, including work on the etiology, diagnosis or treatment of physical or mental illness or disease, medical abnormality, or clinical interventions.</p> <p>In assessing intellectual merit, the Social Psychology Program places highest priority on research that is theoretically grounded, based on empirical observation and validation, and with designs appropriate to the questions asked (including but not limited to experiments, naturalistic observations, field studies, longitudinal analyses, and computational modeling).</p> <p>In assessing broader impacts, the Social Psychology Program places highest priority on proposals that offer strong potential to benefit society, strengthen national security interests, improve the quality of life, build STEM talent, enhance infrastructure for research and education, increase public engagement with science, and include a proactive plan for sharing the results with a wide variety of audiences. PIs are encouraged to review the <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/learn/broader-impacts">NSF resources on broader impact</a>.</p> <p>The Social Psychology Program expects the methods, measures and data that result from NSF support to be openly shared with other researchers and the public. For further guidance proposers should consult <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/sbe/DMP/SBE_DataMgmtPlanPolicy_RevisedApril2018.pdf">Data Management for NSF SBE Directorate Proposals and Awards</a>. The Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) should articulate how the proposed research will engage with best practices of open science. Researchers are expected to engage in open science practices and deviations from that should be well-justified.</p> <p>The Social Psychology Program accepts regular research proposals, including Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) proposals, proposals for research in undergraduate institutions (RUI), rapid response research proposals (RAPID) and early-concept grants for exploratory research (EAGER). The program also accepts small conference proposals for events (including workshops) being planned one year or more after submission. The Social Psychology Program does <strong>not</strong> accept proposals for doctoral dissertation improvement awards or mid-career advancement (MCA) awards.</p> <p>Principal Investigators should select <strong>PD 22-1332 </strong>in the program announcement/solicitation block on the proposal cover sheet for submission of regular research projects to the Social Psychology program. <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/learn/research-types/learn-about-convergence-research">Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and convergent research</a> approaches are encouraged, and PIs are encouraged to identify possible other programs for co-review. PIs are strongly encouraged to submit the Single Copy Document titled “List of Suggested Reviewers” with their full proposal.</p> <p>Investigators are encouraged to contact a Social Psychology program director before submitting a proposal to confirm its fit with the scope and priorities of the Social Psychology Program. Such contact is most productive when a one-page (maximum) summary of the planned proposal is sent ahead of a meeting. This summary should include a description of the proposed intellectual merit and broader impacts, as well as an additional page of references cited.</p> <p>The Social Psychology program is always interested in identifying new reviewers. Potential reviewers should have a Ph.D. in psychology or related field and have a demonstrated area of basic research expertise relevant to social psychology. Individuals interested in reviewing for the program should complete a short survey to indicate their area of expertise and contact information.</p> <p> </p> </div>
PD-22-1332
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Jan 15, 2027
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Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR)
<p>The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support fundamental, systematic anthropological research and training to increase understanding of the causes, consequences and complexities of human social and cultural variability. The Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals from researchers in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology and research at any temporal or spatial scale. Methodologies and approaches employed may include ethnographic field research, surveys, remote sensing, the collection of bio-markers, experimental research inside or outside of laboratory settings, archival research, the analysis of materials collections and extant data bases, mathematical and computational modeling and other research tools as appropriate for the proposed research. The overarching research goals should be to produce empirically grounded findings that will be generalizable beyond particular case studies and contribute to building a more robust anthropological science of human society and culture.</p> <p>The U.S. National Science Foundation's mandate is to support basic scientific research. Basic research in cultural anthropology means theory-generating and theory-testing research that creates new knowledge about human culture and society. Therefore, the Cultural Anthropology Program cannot support research that takes as its primary objective improved clinical practice, applied policy or other immediate application. Research that seeks to advance scientific cultural anthropological theories in a way that advances use-inspired objectives may be supported, but the theory-advancing objectives must be clearly at the center of the proposal. A proposal to use anthropological methods and approaches only to find solutions to social, medical or other problems without specifically proposing to make a theory-testing or theory-expanding contribution to anthropological science will be returned without review.</p>
25-502
Award Ceiling
$4.0M
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Jan 15, 2027
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Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
<p>The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program (DRMS) supports scientific research directed at increasing understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations and society. DRMS supports research with solid foundations in theories and methods of the social and behavioral sciences. This social and behavioral science research should advance knowledge, address fundamental scientific and societal issues and have strong broader impacts. DRMS funds disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs) and conferences in the following areas: judgment and decision making; decision analysis and decision aids; risk analysis, perception and communication; societal and public-policy decision making; management science and organizational design. The program supports the use of the RAPID funding mechanism for research that involves ephemeral data, typically tied to disasters or other unanticipated events. Much less frequently, the program also supports highly unusual, proof-of-concept, high-risk projects that are potentially transformational (Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research – EAGER). For detailed information concerning RAPID and EAGER grants, please review Chapter II.E of the <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg">NSF PAPPG</a>. All research must be grounded in theory and generalizable. Purely algorithmic management-science proposals should be submitted to the <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/operations-engineering-oe">Operations Engineering (OE)</a> Program rather than to DRMS.</p> <p><span>Decision, Risk and Management Sciences offers Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs) to improve the quality of dissertation research. For detailed guidelines on preparing a DDRIG proposal, consult the separate</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/decision-risk-management-sciences-doctoral" href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/decision-risk-management-sciences-doctoral">DRMS-DDRIG solicitation</a><span>.</span></p>
PD-23-1321
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Jan 19, 2027
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Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is one of the thirteen principal federal statistical agencies within the United States. It is responsible for the collection, acquisition, analysis, reporting and dissemination of objective, statistical data related to the science and technology (S&T) enterprise in the United States and other nations that is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers and the public. NCSES uses this information to prepare a number of statistical data reports including Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering and the National Science Board's biennial report, Science and Engineering (S&E) Indicators. The Center would like to enhance its efforts to support analytic and methodological research in support of its surveys as well as promote the education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally representative datasets. NCSES welcomes efforts by the research community to use NCSES or other data to conduct research on the S&T enterprise, develop improved survey methodologies that could benefit NCSES surveys, explore alternate data sources that could supplement NCSES data, create and improve indicators of S&T activities and resources, strengthen methodologies to analyze S&T statistical data, and explore innovative ways to communicate S&T statistics. To that end, NCSES invites proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences, experimental research, survey research and data collection, and dissemination projects under its program for Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T).
24-587
Award Ceiling
$1.5M
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Jan 19, 2027
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Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)
<p>The objective of the Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) program is to advance scientific discovery and innovation by enhancing the security and privacy of cyberinfrastructure. CICI supports efforts to develop, deploy and integrate cybersecurity that will benefit the broader scientific community by securing science data, computation, collaborations workflows, and infrastructure. CICI recognizes the unique nature of modern, complex, data-driven, distributed, rapid, and collaborative science and the breadth of infrastructure and requirements across scientific disciplines, practitioners, researchers, and projects. CICI seeks proposals in four program areas:</p> <p>1. <strong>Usable and Collaborative Security for Science (UCSS): </strong>Projects in this program area should support novel and/or applied security and usability research that facilitates scientific collaboration, encourages the adoption of security into the scientific workflow, and helps create a holistic, integrated security environment that spans the entire scientific cyberinfrastructure ecosystem.</p> <p>2. <strong>Reference Scientific Security Datasets (RSSD): </strong>Projects in this program area should leverage instrumented cyberinfrastructure to capture metadata from scientific workflows and workloads as reference data artifacts that can help support reproducible security research, testing and evaluation.</p> <p>3. <strong>Transition to Cyberinfrastructure Resilience (TCR): </strong>Projects in this program area should improve the robustness, trustworthiness, integrity, and/or resilience of scientific cyberinfrastructure through testing, evaluation, hardening, validation, and technology transition of novel cybersecurity research. The TCR area further encourages transition activities that advance the deployment and use of reproducibility in CI, workflows, and data.</p> <p>4. <strong>Integrity, Provenance, and Authenticity for Artificial Intelligence Ready Data (IPAAI): </strong>Projects in this program area should enhance confidence and reproducibility in AI produced scientific results by improving the integrity, provenance, and authenticity of scientific datasets used by Artificial Intelligence systems.</p>
25-531
Award Ceiling
$1.2M
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Jan 20, 2027
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)
<p><strong>Synopsis of Program:</strong></p> <p>The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hold much promise as sectors of the economy where we can expect to see continuous vigorous growth in the coming decades. STEM job creation is expected to outpace non-STEM job creation significantly, according to the Commerce Department, reflecting the importance of STEM knowledge to the US economy.</p> <p>The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in developing and implementing efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United States. Through the NSF <em>Improving Undergraduate STEM Education </em>(IUSE) initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide framework of investments. The IUSE: EDU is a core NSF STEM education program that seeks to promote novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. The program is open to application from all institutions of higher education and associated organizations. NSF places high value on educating students to be leaders and innovators in emerging and rapidly changing STEM fields as well as educating a scientifically literate public. In pursuit of this goal, IUSE: EDU supports projects that seek to bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. In addition to innovative work at the frontier of STEM education, this program also encourages replication of research studies to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability of findings.</p> <p>IIUSE: EDU also seeks to support projects that have high potential for broader societal impacts, including professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques that meet the changing needs of students, and projects that promote institutional partnerships for collaborative research and development.</p> <p>For all the above objectives, the National Science Foundation invests primarily in evidence-based and knowledge-generating approaches to understand and improve STEM learning and learning environments and prepare STEM majors for the workforce. In addition to contributing to STEM education in the host institution(s), proposals should have the promise of adding more broadly to our understanding of effective teaching and learning practices.</p> <p>The IUSE: EDU program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation. </p>
23-510
Award Ceiling
$2.0M
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Jan 20, 2027
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Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
<p>This program seeks to prepare, nurture, and grow the national scientific <em>research </em>workforce for <em>creating, utilizing, </em>and <em>supporting </em>advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering (S&E) research and education and contribute to the Nation's overall economic competitiveness and security. The goals of this solicitation are to <strong>(i) </strong><strong>ensure</strong><strong> <em>broad adoption </em>of CI tools, methods, and resources by the research community in order to </strong><strong>catalyze major research advances and to enhance researchers’ abilities to lead the development of new CI,</strong><strong> and (ii) integrate core literacy and <em>discipline-appropriate</em> advanced skills in advanced CI as well as computational and data-driven methods</strong> <strong>for advancing fundamental research, into the Nation’s undergraduate and graduate educational <em>curriculum/instructional materials</em>.</strong> Proposals responding to this solicitation may target one or both solicitation goals. For the purpose of this solicitation, advanced CI is broadly defined as the set of resources, tools, methods, and services for advanced computation, large-scale data handling and analytics, and networking and security for large-scale systems that collectively enable potentially transformative fundamental S&E research and education.</p> <p>This solicitation calls for innovative, scalable training, education, and curriculum/instructional materials—targeting one or more of the solicitation goals—to address emerging needs and unresolved bottlenecks in the S&E research workforce development, from the postsecondary level to active researchers to CI professionals. The funded activities, spanning targeted, multidisciplinary communities, should lead to transformative changes in the state of <strong>research</strong> workforce preparedness <strong>for advanced CI-enabled research</strong> in the short- and long-term. This solicitation also seeks to broaden CI access and adoption by (i) increasing the adoption of advanced CI and computational and data-driven methods to a broader range of <em>S&E disciplines and institutions and </em>(ii) effectively utilizing individual capabilities. Proposals from, and in partnership with, the aforementioned communities are especially encouraged.</p> <p>There are two project classes as defined below:</p> <ul> <li><em>Pilot</em> Projects: up to $300,000 total budget with durations up to two years; and</li> <li><em>Implementation</em> Projects: <em>Small</em> (with total budgets of up to $500,000) or <em>Medium</em> (with total budgets of up to $1,000,000) for durations of up to four years.</li> </ul> <p>Section II. Program Description provides a more complete description of the project classes. Section V.A. Proposal Preparation Instructions describes the proposal elements required for the various project classes in order to address the suitable set of solicitation-specific review criteria.</p> <p>The CyberTraining program is led by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and has participation from other NSF directorates/divisions, as described in Section II. Program Description, <em>Programmatic Areas of Interest. </em>Not all directorates/divisions are participating at the same level, and some have specific research and education priorities. The appropriate contact for the CyberTraining program in any directorate/division is the Cognizant Program Officer (PO) for the respective directorate/division/office/program listed below.</p> <p>All projects are expected to clearly articulate how they will address important community needs and provide resources that will be widely available to and usable by the research community. <strong>Prospective principal investigators (PIs) are <em>strongly encouraged </em>to contact the Cognizant Program Officers in CISE/OAC <em>and </em>in the participating directorate/division relevant to the proposal to ascertain whether the focus and budget of their proposed activities are appropriate for this solicitation.</strong> Such consultations should be completed at least one month in advance of the submission deadline. PIs should include the names of the Cognizant Program Officers consulted in a Single Copy Document as described in Section V.A. Proposal Preparation Instructions. The intent of the CyberTraining program is to encourage collaboration between CI and S&E domain disciplines. (For this purpose, units of CISE other than OAC are considered domain disciplines.) To ensure relevance to community needs and to facilitate adoption, those proposals of interest to one or more domain divisions <strong><em>must </em></strong>include at least one PI/co-PI with expertise relevant to the targeted research discipline. All proposals shall include at least one PI/co-PI with expertise relevant to OAC.</p> <p>Prospective PIs contemplating submissions that primarily target communities relevant to directorates/divisions that are not participating in this solicitation are directed to instead explore the education and workforce development programs of the respective directorates/divisions.</p>
23-520
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$1.0M
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Jan 21, 2027
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Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC)
<p class="paragraph">Our world is at a pivotal moment where the boundaries dividing the physical and social worlds from the cyber world have become blurred. Cyberspace has evolved from an interconnected digital environment into a complex and interdependent cyber ecosystem that involves hardware, software, networks, data, people, organizations, countries, and the physical world. Critical functions of everyday life are deeply intertwined with computing, including health, government, commerce, the public sphere, education, critical infrastructure, interpersonal communication, and transportation. The complexity and inter-dependencies in cyberspace can be misused and exploited by malicious actors. These in turn can trigger adverse outcomes such as disruption of critical infrastructure and systems; theft of intellectual property and sensitive data; amplification of inequalities; disclosure of private information of individuals, organizations, and governments; and threats to lives, livelihoods, and reputations. Furthermore, constant attacks on the data and assets of corporations, governments, and individuals undermine people’s trust in decision-making and processes that depend critically on these cyber systems. </p> <p class="paragraph">The Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0) program aims to build trust in global cyber ecosystems. Trust is the core tenet of this program and, for the purposes of this solicitation, is broadly defined to include our confidence in the security, privacy, and resilience of cyberspace, particularly in the face of malicious intent. Achieving this level of confidence in cyberspace requires not only understanding the vulnerabilities in a system that could be exploited and how they can be addressed, but also understanding the social and technical dimensions of trust in cyber systems, along with the educational efforts needed to increase public awareness of risks in cyberspace, and building a well-trained corps of privacy and security professionals.</p> <p>SaTC 2.0 spans the interests of NSF's Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), and STEM Education (EDU). Proposals must be submitted pursuant to one of the following designations, each of which may have additional requirements: </p> <ul> <li>RES: The Research (RES) designation is the focus of the multidisciplinary SaTC 2.0 research program. RES projects are limited to $1,200,000 in total budget, with durations of up to four years. Proposals with a total budget of more than $600,000 have additional requirements including Broadening Participation in Computing and collaboration plans. RES proposals may include an optional Transition to Education (TTE) plan with a budget up to $50,000 (within the RES total budget request) to co-evolve novel educational initiatives in the context of the proposed research.</li> <li>EDU: The Education (EDU) designation is used to identify proposals focusing on education and workforce training in building trust in security, privacy, and resilience of cyberspace. EDU proposals are limited to $500,000 in total budget, with durations of up to three years. EDU proposals that primarily focus on education research with demonstrated collaboration, as reflected in the PI team between cybersecurity subject matter experts and education researcher(s), may request an additional $100,000 beyond the $500,000 limit. </li> <li>SEED: The Seedling (SEED) category is intended for special topics defined by accompanying Dear Colleague Letters. SEED projects are limited to $300,000 in total budget, with durations of up to two years.</li> </ul>
25-515
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$1.2M
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Jan 25, 2027
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EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)
<p>The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific progress nationwide. EPSCoR eligibility status is yearly updated and reported in the EPSCoR website (see EPSCoR <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/epscor/epscor-criteria-eligibility">eligibility).</a></p> <p>Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to affect sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction's research infrastructure, Research and Development (R&D) capacity, and hence, its R&D competitiveness.</p> <p>The FEC program (formerly known as “EPSCoR Track-2 program”) builds interjurisdictional collaborative teams of EPSCoR investigators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) focus areas consistent with the current <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/strategic_plan/">National Science Foundation Strategic Plan</a>. Projects are investigator-driven and must include researchers from at least two EPSCoR eligible jurisdictions with complementary expertise and resources necessary to address challenges, which neither party could address as well or as rapidly independently. FEC projects have a comprehensive and integrated vision to drive discovery and build sustainable STEM capacity that exemplifies institutional, geographic, and disciplinary diversity. The projects’ STEM research and education activities seek to broaden participation through the strategic inclusion and integration of all individuals, institutions, and sectors. Additionally, EPSCoR recognizes that the development of early-career faculty is critical to sustaining and advancing research capacity. </p>
24-573
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$1.5M
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Jan 26, 2027
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Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
<p>The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the production and use of official statistics.</p> <p>The MMS Program provides support through a number of different funding mechanisms. The following mechanisms are addressed in this solicitation:</p> <ul> <li>Regular Research Awards</li> <li>Awards for conferences and community-development activities</li> <li>Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grants</li> <li>Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements</li> </ul> <p>MMS also supports Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards. Please see the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214">CAREER Program Web Site</a> for more information about this activity.</p>
19-575
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ROSES 2025: A.17 Hydrosphere
<p><span style="color: red;">The close date above is the date for the Step-2 proposal due date. The Step-1 proposal due date is </span><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);"><u>October 8, 2026</u></strong><span style="color: red;">. Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong><span class="ql-cursor"></span>NOTICE: September 18, 2026. Several corrections have been made: (1) Information about </strong><strong style="color: black;">the 2027–2028 winter field campaign</strong><strong> has been updated in Section 5, (2) </strong><strong style="color: black;">Details on the redacted and anonymized budget requirements have been added to Table A.17-1, and (3) Text on Biographical Sketches and Current and Pending Support in Table A.17-2 has been improved.</strong><span style="color: black;"> </span><strong style="color: black;">New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Amended September 2, 2026. </strong><strong style="color: black;">This amendment adds this new program element to ROSES-2025.</strong><strong> Step-1 proposals</strong><strong style="color: black;"> are due October 8, 2026, and Step-2 proposals are due January 28, 2027</strong><strong>. Any proposal not preceded by an on-time compliant Step-1 proposal will be returned without</strong><strong style="color: black; background-color: white;"> review</strong><strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">A briefing for potential proposers to this program element will occur </strong><strong style="color: black; background-color: white;">Monday, September 14, from 2-3 PM Eastern Time</strong><strong style="color: black;">. Connection information will be posted under "other documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element.</strong></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using dual anonymous peer review, see </strong><strong>Section 8.2 of </strong><strong style="color: black;">this program element.</strong></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">The Scientific/Technical/Management section</strong><strong> of proposals is limited to 10 pages</strong><strong style="color: black;">.</strong></p> <p><strong>Proposers to this program element are strongly encouraged to use the optional Earth Science Division template for the required summary table of work effort at </strong><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/templates-for-earth-science-division-appendix-a-roses-proposals" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(14, 0, 255);"><strong>https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/templates-for-earth-science-division-appendix-a-roses-proposals</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: black;">This synopsis is a generic summary that is posted for each of the many individual "program elements" in NASA’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 solicitation. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: black;"> or </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">3</a><span style="color: black;"> of ROSES at </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2</a></p> <p><span style="color: black;">and </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3</a><span style="color: black;">, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in the Solar System Science program (NNH25ZDA001N-SCUBED) one would follow </span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7bC92A28D2-9E30-4149-24B7-8A40ED4F564B%7d&path=&method=init" target="_blank">the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element</a><span style="color: black;"> and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.2 Solar System Science (.pdf)”</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span><span style="color: black;">to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “</span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument?cmdocumentid=1036500&solicitationId=%7bC92A28D2-9E30-4149-24B7-8A40ED4F564B%7d&viewSolicitationDocument=1" target="_blank">C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.pdf)</a><span style="color: black;">” from that same page.</span> <span style="color: black;">While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.10, B.3, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the division overview. In 2025, </span>most program elements will be set up for application via Grants.gov only if requested at least 30 days in advance of the due date. For more on Grants.gov submissions see Section IV(b)v of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, that may be found at <a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</a>.</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 21, 2025. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology supported by SMD. </span>Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts depending on the nature of the work proposed. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. Funded Co-Is at government labs will receive inter- or intra-agency transfers<span style="color: black;">. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates (Tables </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: black;"> and </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">3</a><span style="color: black;">), a table that provides a very top level summary of proposal contents (</span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument?cmdocumentid=1041499&solicitationId=%7b2A1D139B-B9C7-CE8C-2E81-223FD08460F9%7d&viewSolicitationDocument=1" target="_blank">Table 1</a><span style="color: black;">), and the full text of the ROSES-2025 "Summary of Solicitation", may all be found NSPIRES at </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</a><span style="color: black;">.</span></p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at </span><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs</a><span style="color: black;">. Questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: </span><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list/" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list</a><span style="color: black;">. </span>General questions concerning ROSES-2025 may be directed to the office of the SMD Deputy Associate Administrator for Research at <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 239);">sara@nasa.gov</span>.</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nspires.nasaprs.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=2ixpkCCnNce056JoBL-BGFZPDe7JBWz4wpylXLQCS6s&m=50Vi0oUMclJgXKW1hUTR82Av51i56o31RG3n3UC9Cqg&s=U9bsGUTHAvBTDjSAoG5nnw63Lc9engudohcIe4r-h8U&e=" target="_blank">http://nspires.nasaprs.com</a><span style="color: black;"> and checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2025 blog feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at </span><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/</a>,<span style="color: black;"> and (3) The ROSES-2025 due date Google calendars (one for each science division). Instructions are at </span><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links</a><span style="color: black;"> (link from the words due date calendar). </span></p>
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Developmental Sciences (DS)
<p>Developmental Sciences supports basic research that increases our understanding of perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to human development across the lifespan. Research supported by this program will add to our knowledge of the underlying developmental processes that support social, cognitive, and behavioral functioning, thereby illuminating ways for individuals to live productive lives as members of society.</p> <p>The Developmental Sciences program supports research that addresses developmental processes within the domains of perceptual, cognitive, social, emotional, language, and motor development across the lifespan by working with any appropriate populations for the topics of interest including infants, children, adolescents, adults (including aging populations), and non-human animals. The program also supports research investigating factors that affect developmental change, including family, peers, school, community, culture, media, physical, genetic, and epigenetic influences. The program funds research that incorporates multidisciplinary, multi-method, and/or longitudinal approaches; develops new methods, models, and theories for studying development; and integrates different processes (e.g., memory, emotion, perception, cognition), levels of analysis (e.g., behavioral, social, neural) and time scales. The program funds basic research that advances our understanding of developmental processes and mechanisms; the program does not fund clinical trials and research focused primarily on health outcomes.</p> <p>The budgets and durations of supported projects vary widely and are greatly influenced by the nature of the project. Investigators should focus on innovative, potentially transformative research plans and then develop a budget to support those activities, rather than starting with a budget number and working up to that value.</p> <p>While there are no specific rules about budget limitations, a typical project funded through the Developmental Sciences program is approximately three years in duration with a total cost budget, including both direct and indirect costs, between $100,000 and $200,000 per year. Interested proposers are urged to explore the NSF awards database for the Developmental Sciences program to review examples of awards that have been made. Proposals that contain budgets significantly beyond this range may be returned without review.</p> <p>The Developmental Sciences program also considers proposals for workshops and small conferences on a case-by-case basis. These typically have total cost budgets, including direct and indirect costs, of approximately $35,000. Conference proposals may only be submitted following an invitation from the Program Directors.</p> <p>In addition to consulting the NSF awards database, it is often useful for interested proposers to submit (via email) a summary of no more than one page so that a program director can advise the investigator on the fit of the project for DS before the preparation of a full proposal. New investigators are encouraged to solicit assistance in the preparation of their project proposals via consultation with senior researchers in their area, pre-submission review by colleagues, and attendance at symposia and events at professional conferences geared towards educating investigators seeking federal funding.</p> <p>The Developmental Sciences Program is always interested in identifying new reviewers. Potential reviewers should have a Ph.D. in psychology or a related field and have a demonstrated area of expertise relevant to developmental science. Individuals interested in reviewing for the program should complete an <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/bcsdsreviewer">expression of interest form</a>.<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/bcsdsreviewer"><br /></a></p> <p>SBE/BCS welcomes the submission of proposals to this funding opportunity that include the participation of the full spectrum of diverse talent in STEM, e.g., as PI, co-PI, senior/key personnel, postdoctoral scholars, graduate or undergraduate students, or trainees. This includes historically under-represented or underserved populations, diverse institutions including Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs), and two-year colleges, as well as major research institutions. Proposals from EPSCoR jurisdictions are especially encouraged.</p>
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Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR)
<p class="Default"><span>The Biological Anthropology Program seeks to advance scientific knowledge about the processes that have shaped biological diversity in living and fossil humans and their primate relatives </span><span>through support of basic research on human and primate evolution, biological variation, </span><span>and interactions between biology, behavior, and culture.</span><span> The program supports a portfolio of research that </span><span>demonstrates engagement with biological anthropological and evolutionary theory; includes diverse and interdisciplinary methods in field, laboratory and computational settings; encompasses multiple levels of analysis (e.g., molecular, organismal, population, ecosystem) and time scales from the short-term to evolutionary; and considers the ethical implications and societal impacts of the research. The program also supports </span><span>a wide range of broader impact activities as part of research grants, including research outcomes with inherent benefit to society, efforts to broaden participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research, training and outreach activities and other evidence-based activities developed within the context of the mission, goals, and resources of the organizations and people involved.</span></p>
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Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro)
<p>The Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro) program seeks to fund proposals that can advance our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying human cognition and behavior. Funded proposals typically relate precise and rich quantifications of physiological responses and behavior in ways that advance theory (Intellectual Merit). Funded proposal also typically strengthen the field through, for example, outreach, mentoring the next generation of diverse cognitive neuroscientists, and/or increasing awareness and utilization of the research the field produces (Broader Impacts).</p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Intellectual Merit</span></em></p> <p>In general, successful proposals provide a theoretical motivation and consist of a series of experiments/analyses that test the differential predictions of that theory; they go beyond quantifying physiology during certain tasks and behaviors. Research topics considered for funding include but are not limited to: perception, recognition, categorization, implicit and explicit memory, working memory, attention, language, decision-making, and social reasoning. Commensurate with the inherently multidisciplinary nature of the field and the limitations of any single technique, a wide variety of physiological methods are considered, including but not limited to: neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI, EEG, MEG), non-invasive stimulation (e.g. TMS, tDCS), lesion analysis, intracranial recording, optogenetics, genetics, optical imaging, computational modeling, and pharmacological interventions in both human and non-human primates and other animal models. The program is particularly interested in proposals that achieve or enable convergence across multiple techniques.</p> <p>Critically, proposals will be returned without review if they are focused on: 1) either behavior or physiology and lack a specific link between them, 2) understanding clinical populations, 3) non-human animals without a clear benefit to our understanding of humans.</p> <p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Broader Impacts</span></em></p> <p>In general, successful proposals make impacts beyond traditional academic routes, such as publishing research or teaching undergraduate courses. Strong broader impacts can be quite varied but will typically involve specific efforts strengthening the field and/or increasing its visibility that leverage the characteristics of the institution, department, and/or researcher. Consider the following non-exhaustive examples: 1) STEM education and outreach, particularly in underserved communities, 2) directly involving undergraduates and high-school students in research, 3) making tools and applications for the general public, 4) science journalism or advocacy. These efforts can, but need not, directly relate to the proposed research. It is also encouraged to include budget for these efforts if warranted.</p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mentoring Plans</span></em></p> <p>Strong mentoring plans generally go beyond inclusion in standard lab activities and incorporate specific ideas for forwarding the careers of young scientists and trainees that leverage the setting and content of the proposed research.</p> <p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Directions</span></em></p> <p>Prior to the development of a full proposal, investigators are strongly encouraged to submit a one-page summary of the proposed research to a program director to evaluate its appropriateness for the CogNeuro program. Please contact the director early enough to allow for revisions and incorporation what may be extensive feedback. The summary should include an overview of your research and statements of intellectual merit and broader impacts, the two NSF review criteria.</p> <p>See the Merit Review Fact Sheet for more important facts about the NSF merit review process. Please read the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) carefully, as it will be strictly adhered to even if other directives or communications appear to contradict it.</p> <p>Currently, the average standard/CAREER award size is $175,000-$225,000 per year for 3-5 years. Awards in excess of $1.0 million are exceptionally rare and almost always multidisciplinary. Please be judicious in your requests, understanding the realities of the limited funding available for all proposals. See the Listing of Active Cognitive Neuroscience Awards for additional award information.</p> <p>Declined proposals are ineligible for resubmission until a minimum of one year has passed since the due date of their initial submission, unless specifically allowed by the PO in the feedback received during the decline process. This moratorium allows investigators the time required to digest the results of the merit review and revise their proposal accordingly. A proposal that has not been substantially revised will be returned without review as per the PAPPG.</p> <p>PIs are strongly encouraged to submit the Single Copy Document titled “List of Suggested Reviewers” with their full proposal. Sharing of data and other materials is an expectation for funded research. Please consult the NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Effective Practices for Data for more details.</p> <p>Interested in talking with a program director? Send a one-page description of the proposed research to sbe-cogneuro@nsf.gov.</p>
PD-24-1699
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Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program
<p>The primary aim of the Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program is to foster the continuing health of the mathematical sciences research community as a whole. In addition, the program complements the <a title="DMS Workforce" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503233" target="_blank">Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences</a> in its goal to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. based individuals who successfully pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other professions in which expertise in the mathematical sciences plays an increasingly important role. The DMS Infrastructure program invites projects that support core research in the mathematical sciences, including: 1) novel projects supporting research infrastructure across the mathematical sciences community; 2) training projects complementing the Workforce Program, and 3) conference, workshop, and travel support requests that include cross-disciplinary activities or have an impact at the national scale. </p> <p>Proposals under this solicitation submitted to DMS Infrastructure must show engagement in developing or enhancing the mathematical sciences research infrastructure in the U.S., including, but not limited to, broadening participation activities; professional development training; or involvement of students and early career researchers. Proposals must explain the regional or national scale impact of the activity that goes substantially beyond the submitting institution or the location of the event.</p> <p>Full proposals (with exception of conference proposals, which are subject to lead-time requirements) must be submitted close to one of the Full Proposal Target Dates.</p> <p>See below for more information about each category of Infrastructure projects.</p> <p><strong>(1) </strong><strong>Novel projects that serve to strengthen the research infrastructure: </strong>The DMS Infrastructure Program will consider novel projects that support and strengthen the research infrastructure across the mathematical sciences community. These projects most often cut across multiple sub-disciplines supported by DMS or involve interdisciplinary collaborations. The main goal of these projects should be to create a new research infrastructure or substantially enhance or transform an existing infrastructure with regional or national impact that goes substantially beyond the submitting institution or the location of the project. Full proposals must be submitted by the Full Proposal Target Date.</p> <p><strong>(2) </strong><strong>Training projects: </strong>Training proposals submitted to DMS Infrastructure must not fit into one of the areas covered by solicitations in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="DMS Workforce" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503233" target="_blank">Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences</a></span>; they must be submitted by the Full Proposal Target Date; and they must:</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">A. Include a core research component for trainees in mathematical sciences;</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">B. Demonstrate promise for an impact at the regional or national scale that goes substantially beyond the submitting institution or the location of the project;</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">C. Satisfy at least one of the following criteria:</p> <p style="padding-left: 60px;">i. Serve as models to be replicated,<br />ii. Promote partnerships with non-academic entities, minority-serving institutions, or community colleges, or <br />iii. Include a substantial broadening participation initiative.</p> <p>In addition, all proposals of this type must clearly identify:</p> <ul> <li>Goals to be achieved;</li> <li>Specific new activities to be conducted, the way in which these address the goals, and the way in which the activities significantly differ from or enhance common practice;</li> <li>Measurable outcomes for the project;</li> <li>Plans and methods for assessment of progress toward the goals to be achieved, and for evaluation of the success of the activity;</li> <li>Recruitment, selection, and retention plans for participants, including members of underrepresented groups;</li> <li>Sustainability plans to continue the pursuit of the project's goals when funding terminates; and</li> <li>A budget commensurate with the proposed activity.</li> </ul> <p><strong>3) Conferences, Symposia, Working Research Sessions, Travel Support Requests</strong>: Principal Investigators should carefully read the program solicitation <a title="DMS Conferences and Workshop Program Page" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11701" target="_blank">Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences</a> to obtain important information regarding the substance of proposals for conferences, workshops, summer/winter schools, international travel support, and similar activities. Conference/workshop proposals that concern topics within a particular subdiscipline of mathematics or statistics should be submitted to the appropriate DMS disciplinary program(s). These submissions are subject to the lead-time requirements specified by the disciplinary program(s); see the program web pages listed on the <a title="Division of Mathematical Sciences" href="https://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DMS" target="_blank">DMS home page</a>.</p> <p>Conference/workshop proposals may be submitted to the DMS Infrastructure program only if the intended topical areas span a wide range of the mathematical sciences and are consequently not within the scope of DMS disciplinary programs. The required lead time for submission of such proposals is:</p> <ul> <li>6 months in advance of the meeting date for proposals requesting no more than $50,000 to support a domestic meeting;</li> <li>9 months in advance of the meeting date for proposals requesting more than $50,000 to support a domestic meeting;</li> <li>12 months in advance of the meeting date for proposals requesting support for participation in a meeting taking place outside the United States.</li> </ul> <p><strong> <strong> </strong></strong></p>
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Science and Technology Studies (STS)
<p><strong>Synopsis of Program:</strong></p> <p>Science and Technology Studies (STS) is an interdisciplinary field that investigates the conceptual foundations, historical developments and social contexts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), including medical science. The STS program supports proposals across a broad spectrum of research that uses historical, philosophical and social scientific methods to investigate STEM theory and practice. STS research may be empirical or conceptual; specifically, it may focus on the intellectual, material or social facets of STEM.</p> <p><strong>Additional Resources</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/programs.jsp?org=SMA" target="_blank">SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA)</a></li> <li><a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/convergence-accelerator" target="_blank">Convergence Accelerator (C-Accel)</a></li> </ul>
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