National Science Foundation
External Funding Opportunities
Note: Where upcoming deadlines have not been released yet, the most recent past deadlines dates are retained since it's possible that the time-frame will be similar.
| Program | Campus | Funder Deadlines | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOI | Pre Proposal |
LOI | Proposal | |||
| Acronym | Name | Pre | Full | |||
| ADVANCE | Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
Institutional Transformation* Adaptation and Partnership** Catalyst*** |
none* |
none* |
8/2/21** |
4/22/21* |
8/6/21* |
| AGEP | none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
| ATE | none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
| CAREER | none |
none |
none |
none |
7/26/21 |
|
CH |
none |
none |
none |
none |
Accepted anytime |
|
CONVERGENCE |
none |
none |
5/5/21 |
none |
6/14/21* 5/22/22** |
|
CRCNS |
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience Innovative Approaches to Science and Engineering Research on Brain Function |
none |
none |
none |
none |
11/23/21 11/22/22 |
CREST |
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)
|
none |
none |
12/3/21 |
2/17/22 |
12/3/21 |
CS for All: RPP |
none |
none |
none |
none |
2/9/22 |
|
CSSI |
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
Cyberlearning |
none |
none |
none |
none |
1/10/22 |
|
| CyberTraining | none |
none |
none |
none |
1/19/22 |
|
DISES |
Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems | none |
none | none |
none |
not available
|
DLI-DEL |
NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages | none |
none | none |
none |
9/15/21 2/5/22 |
DRK-12 |
Discovery Research PreK-12 | none |
none | none |
none |
10/6/21
|
EAGER |
none |
none |
none |
none |
Throughout the year |
|
ECR |
ECR Core Research Fundamental Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education |
none |
none |
none |
none |
10/7/21 |
ECR: BCSER |
none |
none |
none |
none |
2/25/22
|
|
EDGE |
none |
none |
none |
none |
2/17/22 |
|
EPCN |
none |
none |
none |
none |
Accepted anytime |
|
EPS-WO |
none |
none |
none |
none |
Accepted anytime |
|
EPSCoR RII Track-4 |
none |
none |
none |
none |
4/26/21 |
|
ERVA |
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available
|
|
FM |
||||||
FSML |
none |
none |
none |
none |
Accepted anytime
|
|
ICB |
none |
none |
none |
none |
Accepted anytime
|
|
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
|
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
|
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
|
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
|
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
HBCU-RISE |
none |
none |
12/3/21 |
none |
12/10/22 |
|
HBCU-UP |
Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program
Research Initiation Awards* Targeted Infusion Projects, Broadening Participation Research Projects, Implementation Projects, ACE Implementation Projects** |
none |
none |
7/27/21* 9/14/21** |
none |
11/11/21** |
HSI |
none |
none |
none |
none |
08/25/21 |
|
I-Corps Teams |
none |
none |
none |
none |
Accepted anytime with invitation |
|
IGE |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
||
INCLUDES |
none |
none |
10/4/21 |
none |
01/25/22 |
|
IRES |
International Research Experiences for Students Track - I: IRES Sites* Track-II: Advanced Studies Institutes** |
none |
none |
none |
none |
9/21/21* 9/28/21** |
ITEST |
none |
none |
none |
none |
8/13/21 |
|
IUCRC |
none |
none |
none |
9/8/21 3/9/22 |
6/9/21 12/8/21 |
|
| IUSE: EHR | Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 1 Engaged Student Learning & Institution and Community Transformation, Levels 2 & 3 Institutional and Community Transformation Capacity-Building |
none none none
|
none none none
|
none none none
|
none none none
|
8/3/21, 2/1/22 12/7/21 2/1/21 |
LSAMP |
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
STEM Pathways Implementation-Only (SPIO), STEM Pathways and Research (SPRA) and Bridge to the Baccalaureate (B2B) Proposals Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity Proposals Regional Foundational and Forward-Thinking Educational Research Conferences |
none |
none |
none |
none |
11/19/21 11/5/21 6/1/21 |
MMS |
none |
none |
none |
none |
8/26/21,1/27/22 |
|
MRI |
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
MSPRF |
none |
none |
none |
none |
10/20/21 |
|
MSRI2 |
none |
none |
none |
3/5/21 |
9/20/21 |
|
NCS |
none |
none |
none |
none |
2/14/22 |
|
NOYCE |
none |
none |
none |
none |
08/31/21 |
|
NRI-3.0 |
none |
none |
none |
none |
4/19/21 - 5/3/21 | |
NRT |
none |
11/25/21-12/6/21 |
none |
2/6/22 | ||
NNA |
none |
none |
none |
not available | ||
PFE:RIEF |
PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation | none |
none | none |
none |
11/9/21 |
PFI |
Partnerships for Innovation | none | none |
none |
7/14/21 1/12/22 |
|
PHY |
Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects
Physics of Living Systems Plasma Physics AMO - Theory and Experiment; Gravitational Physics - Theory and Experiment; LIGO Research Support; Integrative Activities in Physics Nuclear Physics - Theory and Experiment; Elementary Particle Physics - Experiment; Particle Astrophysics - Experiment Elementary Particle Physics - Theory; Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Theory; Quantum Information Science |
none |
none |
none |
none |
10/18/21 11/15/21 11/24/21 12/7/21 12/14/21 |
QLCI |
none |
none |
4/12/21 |
none |
6/14/21 |
|
RAPID |
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
RET |
none |
none |
none |
none |
09/15/21 |
|
REU |
none |
none |
none |
none |
08/25/21 |
|
RII |
none |
none |
none |
none |
4/26/21 |
|
RI-2 |
none |
none |
none |
none |
9/20/21 |
|
RTG |
none |
none |
none |
none |
6/1/21 |
|
S&CC |
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
SaTC |
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
SBIR2 |
none |
none |
none |
none |
3/5/21 - 6/3/21 6/4/21 - 9/2/21 9/3/21- 12/2/21 |
|
SBIR-STTR |
none |
none |
none |
none |
3/5/21 - 6/3/21 6/4/21 - 9/2/21 9/3/21- 12/2/21 |
|
SII-Center |
none |
none |
3/1/21 |
none |
4/1/21-4/30/21 |
|
SPRF |
none |
none |
none |
none |
11/1/21
|
|
SRS RNs |
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
S-STEM |
none |
none |
none |
none |
4/7/21, 3/16/22 |
|
S-STEM-NET |
Scholarships in STEM Network
|
none |
none |
4/16/21 |
none |
6/16/21 |
STC:IP |
none |
none |
none |
none |
not available |
|
STTR1 |
none |
none |
none |
none |
3/5/21 - 6/3/21 6/4/21 - 9/2/21 9/3/21 - 12/2/21 |
|
STTR2 |
none |
none |
none |
none |
3/5/21 - 6/3/21 6/4/21 - 9/2/21 9/3/21 - 12/2/21 |
|
TCUP
|
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
Preparing for TCUP Implementation (Pre-TI) TCU Enterprise Advancement Centers (TEA Centers) Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science in Tribal Colleges and Universities (SEA-PHAGES in TCUs) Partnerships in Geoscience Education (PAGE) Instructional Capacity Excellence in TCUP Institutions (ICE-TI) Targeted STEM Infusion Projects (TSIP) Small Grants for Research (SGR) |
none |
none |
none |
none |
9/10/20-9/9/21 3/7/21-6/4/21 6/1/21-12/30/21 6/10/21 9/6/21 9/20/21 12/10/21 |
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