National Science Foundation

NSF seeks foundational research in civil infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, intelligent systems, and materials science. Projects should be intellectually ambitious with potential for transformative breakthroughs, not requiring near-term commercial outcomes.

NSF funds foundational geosciences research across atmospheric, geospace, Earth, and ocean sciences. Projects advance knowledge frontiers with no requirement for near-term commercial outcomes, emphasizing intellectually ambitious and potentially transformative discoveries.

Build interdisciplinary research networks combining learning science, education practice, and data science to create high-value datasets advancing K-12 mathematics learning. Phase I funds dataset generation; Phase II establishes a collaborative platform for sustained innovation.

NSF seeks foundational engineering research across chemical processes, bioengineering, energy, and transport systems. Support covers intellectually ambitious work to advance knowledge in resource management, biological systems, and multi-scale transport phenomena without requiring near-term commercialization.

NSF BIO Core funds foundational and interdisciplinary biological research across all organizational levels—from molecules to ecosystems. Support spans exploratory projects to long-term studies addressing legacy and emerging areas of biological science.

NSF supports foundational physics research across multiple domains—from quantum systems and particle physics to cosmology and living systems. This opportunity funds intellectually ambitious, potentially transformative research without requiring near-term commercial outcomes.

NSF seeks research on how engineers develop professional skills across education, training, and workplace contexts. Projects should integrate engineering and social science expertise to build pathways creating ethical, globally-competent engineers ready for evolving technical careers.

NSF funds foundational astronomical sciences research and instrumentation to advance understanding of the universe, from discovering habitable planets to studying black holes. Support includes core research, advanced technologies, and transformative innovations with no requirement for near-term commercial outcomes.

NSF MPS supports fundamental materials research across biomaterials, ceramics, polymers, metals, and photonic materials. This program funds intellectually ambitious, foundational science that advances understanding of material properties without requiring near-term commercial outcomes.

NSF supports foundational chemistry research across nine specialized programs, from catalysis and synthesis to computational methods and life processes. Funding prioritizes intellectually ambitious, potentially transformative research without requiring near-term commercial outcomes.

NSF supports foundational mathematical sciences research across pure and applied domains—from algebra and topology to computational mathematics and mathematical biology. These intellectually ambitious grants fund transformative discoveries without requiring near-term commercial outcomes.

NSF seeks large-scale interdisciplinary quantum research institutes to advance quantum computation, communication, simulation, and sensing. These centers will coordinate breakthrough research across institutions while building the quantum workforce and fostering industry partnerships to sustain U.S. quantum leadership.

NSF seeks interdisciplinary research teams to establish shared infrastructure platforms advancing alloys, amorphous, and composite materials discovery. These collaborative ecosystems integrate synthesis, characterization, theory, and data science to accelerate materials development and deployment.

NSF seeks exceptionally innovative, large-scale research partnerships that create new scientific paradigms and transformative technologies across any science/engineering discipline. Centers must integrate world-class research with education, broaden STEM participation, and transfer knowledge across sectors for broad societal impact.

NSF seeks human-centered, fundamental research integrating social sciences with engineering to strengthen America's infrastructure systems. Projects should explore how human decision-making, governance, and social processes enable building and maintaining effective infrastructure that improves quality of life.

NSF seeks a community organization to establish and operate the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR), a public-private infrastructure connecting U.S. researchers to advanced computational platforms, datasets, and AI models. The Operations Center will coordinate foundational visioning, organizational leadership, and community building to accelerate AI-driven discovery and national competitiveness.

NSF seeks exceptionally innovative, large-scale research centers that establish new scientific paradigms and transformative technologies across disciplines. Centers must integrate world-class research with education, broaden STEM participation, and transfer knowledge across sectors and policy domains.

NSF Ocean Education supports ocean research integration through undergraduate internships (REU) and early-career faculty programs combining research with education. Funding enables universities and marine labs to train the next generation of ocean scientists.

NSF seeks a Resource Center to translate PreK-12 STEM education research into actionable tools and strategies for teachers and policymakers. The center will connect researchers, share promising findings, and amplify the national impact of NSF's education research investments.

Build data science workforce capacity by engaging undergraduate and K-12 students in real-world data projects addressing community needs. This NSF initiative bridges the data-to-knowledge gap through partnerships that produce workforce-ready data scientists while advancing STEM education and broadening participation.

This program funds research on ocean structure, movement, and transport processes, including interactions with biological, chemical, atmospheric, and geological systems. It addresses fundamental understanding of ocean dynamics critical to climate, marine ecosystems, and Earth system modeling.

NSF seeks to strengthen STEM education and student outcomes at Hispanic-Serving Institutions through programs that enhance teaching quality and increase recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in science and engineering fields.

SHINE funds research on how the Sun produces and accelerates magnetic fields and particles that travel through interplanetary space to Earth. Projects address solar energy transport mechanisms and improve predictive capabilities for space weather phenomena.

GEM funds research into Earth's magnetosphere physics and its coupling with the atmosphere and solar wind. The program develops predictive models through observations, theory, and simulations to improve geospace environment forecasting.

NSF seeks research integrating human behavior and social sciences into mathematical epidemic models. Projects must combine math and behavioral science expertise to improve disease prediction and public health intervention design.