NSF Upcoming Funding Opportunities

Ideas Lab: Advancing Cell-Free Systems Toward Increased Range of Use-Inspired Applications (CFIRE)

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: May 17, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-552

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) is charged with accelerating use-inspired and translational research and development (R&D) to advance U.S. competitiveness in key technology focus areas.

The Advancing Cell-Free Systems Toward Increased Range of Use-Inspired Applications (CFIRE) initiative will accelerate the adoption of cell-free ...
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Distributed Array of Small Instruments (DASI)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: May 15, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-538

The Distributed Array of Small Instruments (DASI) solicitation is designed to address the increasing need for high spatial and temporal resolution measurements to determine the local, regional, and global scale processes that are essential for addressing the fundamental questions in solar and space physics. This solicitation will be formally divided into two tracks: 1) development of instrumentation for future deployment in arrays and 2) deployment and operation of existing instruments ...
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Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks (SRS RNs)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: May 15, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-533

The United States is made up of regional systems comprising interdependent urban and rural systems and every community category between urban and rural. Urban systems and rural systems are interdependent for the provisioning of food, energy sources, water, other materials and natural resources, markets, manufactured goods, and medical resources. These systems are also connected by ecological processes that both influence and are influenced by human behavior. The vital interconnection of ...
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ACED: Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery (ACED)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: May 13, 2024
Emerging Ideas Proposals Only

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-541

The ACED program seeks to harness computing to accelerate scientific discovery, while driving new computing advancements. The intent is to catalyze advancements on both sides of a virtuous cycle that: (a) benefit scientific disciplines through computational technologies and (b) foster novel computing technologies that will enable advances beyond the specific use cases or domains originally targeted. The program seeks continuous collaborations between at least two groups of researchers. One ...
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MultiMessenger Coordination for Windows on the Universe (MMC-WoU)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: May 13, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-542

The astrophysics community has available a diverse and powerful network of ground- and space-based instruments and facilities to enable observers to identify the electromagnetic signatures of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (MMA) events, and then monitor and characterize their evolution.  There also exists a rich set of software packages to track, schedule and support these observations.  The community has identified the need to better harmonize these resources and interconnect ...
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Ideas Lab: Use-Inspired Acceleration of Protein Design (USPRD)

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: April 23, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-550

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) is charged with accelerating use-inspired and translational research and development (R&D) to advance U.S. competitiveness in key technology focus areas.

The Use-Inspired Acceleration of Protein Design (USPRD) initiative will accelerate the translation of novel approaches to protein design and enable ...
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Ideas Lab: Breaking the Low Latency Barrier for Verticals in Next-G Wireless Networks (Breaking Low)

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: April 18, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-545

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) is charged with accelerating use-inspired and translational research and development (R&D) to advance U.S. competitiveness in key technology focus areas. The Breaking the Low Latency Barrier for Verticals in Next-G Wireless Networks (Breaking Low) initiative will accelerate and enable new ...
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Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: April 8, 2024
Phase 1: Planning Grants, Translational Research Coordination Networks, Workshops

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-524

The Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT) program invites proposals from multidisciplinary, multi-sector teams that examine and demonstrate the principles, methodologies, implementations, and impacts ...
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Enabling Access to the Semiconductor Chip Ecosystem for Design, Fabrication, and Training (Chip Design Hub)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: April 4, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-522

Integrated micro/nano-electronic circuits (ICs) are a foundational technology that enable advancements in artificial intelligence, 5G/6G communication, security, scientific computing, quantum computing, and more. The economic competitiveness, technological leadership, and national security of the United States depend on a future workforce at the forefront of IC design and fabrication, spanning IC researchers, IC designers, and IC fabrication engineers and technicians. Since IC design and ...
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Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: March 15, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-518

The Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) program seeks to advance the development and adoption of innovative artificial intelligence (AI) methods to increase scientific understanding of the Earth system. The program supports projects that advance AI techniques and/or innovative uses of sophisticated or novel AI methods to enable significant breakthroughs in addressing geoscience research question(s). The program also supports efforts that increase adoption of ...
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Proposals for Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences Community Instruments and Facilities (AGS-CIF)

Letter of Intent Deadline Date: March 15, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-535

The intent of the Community Instruments and Facilities (CIF) solicitation is to provide the NSF-sponsored atmospheric sciences research community with access to specialized instrumentation for field and laboratory-based studies. The CIF solicitation requests proposals from instrument and facility providers who will make their equipment available for community use through an NSF-defined request process. Support will be provided for limited technician time, minor upgrades, and travel for ...
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Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes

Full Proposal Deadline Date: March 14, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 23-606

Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes are national resources that aim to advance research in the mathematical sciences through programs supporting discovery and dissemination of knowledge in mathematics and statistics and enhancing connections to related fields in which the mathematical sciences can play important roles. Institute activities help focus the attention of some of the best mathematical minds on problems of particular importance and timeliness. Institutes are also community ...
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Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

Full Proposal Target Date: March 12, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-512

The Division of Materials Research (DMR) Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials Research (PREM) program aims to enable, build, and grow partnerships between minority-serving institutions and DMR-supported centers and/or facilities to increase recruitment, retention, and degree attainment (which collectively define the PREM pathway) by members of those groups most historically underrepresented in materials research, and at the same time support ...
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Partnerships for Research and Education in Physics (PREP)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: March 12, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 24-514

The NSF Division of Physics' Partnerships for Research and Education in Physics (PREP) program aims to enable and grow partnerships between minority-serving institutions and Division-supported Physics Frontiers Centers or eligible centers and institutes to increase the participation of members of traditionally underserved and underrepresented groups in physics through excellent research and education endeavors that advance physics ...
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NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 15, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 23-629

The NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER) program supports individual engineers and scientists who propose novel research projects with the potential to innovatively and creatively address major societal challenges, advance US leadership, and catalyze the convergence of engineering and science domains. The TRAILBLAZER program emphasizes the qualities of the investigator that illustrate they can conceive of and support transformative research projects and make major ...
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Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro)

Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2024

Program Guidelines: PD 24-1699

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 advance theories in cognitive neuroscience by relating precise and rich quantifications of physiology, cognition and behavior with each other (Intellectual Merit). Funded proposals also typically strengthen the field through, for example, outreach, mentoring the next generation of diverse ...
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Decision, Risk and Management Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DRMS-DDRIG)

Full Proposal Target Date: January 18, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 23-618

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 doctoral ...
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EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (E-RISE RII)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: January 16, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 23-588

The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) fulfills the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific progress nationwide. NSF EPSCoR facilitates the establishment of partnerships among academic institutions, government, industry, and non-profit sectors that are designed to promote sustainable improvements in the research infrastructure, Research and Development (R&D) capacity, and R&D competitiveness of EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions ...
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Ship Operations of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF) Vessels

Full Proposal Target Date: January 16, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 23-599

The NSF Ship Operations Program provides support for costs associated with the operation and maintenance of vessels in the U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF). Allowable costs include salaries and related expenses of crew members and marine operations staff; acquisition of minor or expendable equipment; maintenance, overhauls, and repairs of the vessels; insurance; and direct operating costs such as fuel, food, supplies, travel, and pilot and agent fees. Shore-side facilities and ...
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Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: January 12, 2024

Program Guidelines: NSF 23-564

Synthesis Centers are a mechanism used by NSF's Directorate for Biological Science (BIO) to bring together communities that leverage existing data to catalyze discoveries through synthesis, analysis, and integrative training.  Research supported by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) in BIO focuses on organisms as integrated units of biological organization, i.e., why they are structured as they are and function as they do.

IOS seeks to establish a new Synthesis ...
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