NSF grants and funding opportunities

Geometric Analysis

Deadline Nov 3, 2026(4d)

Topology

Deadline Nov 3, 2026(4d)

NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation

Deadline Nov 4, 2026(5d)

SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)

Deadline Nov 4, 2026(5d)Up to $170K

U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs:

Deadline Nov 4, 2026(5d)

Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)

Deadline Nov 4, 2026(5d)

PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)

Deadline Nov 10, 2026(11d)

Applied Mathematics

Deadline Nov 16, 2026(17d)

Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants

Deadline Nov 16, 2026(17d)

Plasma Physics

Deadline Nov 16, 2026(17d)

National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)

Deadline Nov 17, 2026(18d)Up to $2M

National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY)

Deadline Nov 18, 2026(19d)

Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards

Deadline Dec 1, 2026(32d)

Archaeometry (AMTRY)

Deadline Dec 1, 2026(32d)

Computational Mathematics

Deadline Dec 1, 2026(32d)Up to $1.2M

Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)

Deadline Dec 4, 2026(35d)

IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)

Deadline Dec 9, 2026(40d)

Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Arctic DDRIG) Arctic Social Sciences, Arctic System Sciences, and Arctic Observing Network (DDRIG)

Deadline Dec 15, 2026(46d)

Statistics

Deadline Dec 15, 2026(46d)

Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support

Deadline Jan 11, 2027Up to $47.5M

Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

Deadline Jan 11, 2027Up to $3.5M

Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS)

Deadline Jan 14, 2027Up to $1.2M

Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support

Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Arctic Research Opportunities

Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR)

Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)

Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Linguistics

Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Social Psychology

Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)

Deadline Jan 19, 2027

Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)

Deadline Jan 19, 2027

Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)

Deadline Jan 20, 2027Up to $1.2M

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)

Deadline Jan 20, 2027Up to $2M

Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

Deadline Jan 21, 2027Up to $1M

Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC)

Deadline Jan 25, 2027Up to $1.2M

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)

Deadline Jan 26, 2027Up to $1.5M

Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)

Deadline Jan 28, 2027

Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR)

Deadline Feb 1, 2027

Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro)

Deadline Feb 1, 2027

Developmental Sciences (DS)

Deadline Feb 1, 2027

Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program

Deadline Feb 2, 2027

Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Deadline Feb 2, 2027

Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research (Future CoRe)

Deadline Feb 4, 2027Up to $12M

GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)

Deadline Feb 8, 2027Up to $3.6M

Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1

Deadline Feb 8, 2027Up to $20M

A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO)

Deadline Feb 9, 2027Up to $250K

Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL)

Deadline Feb 10, 2027

EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)

Deadline Feb 11, 2027

NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)

Deadline Feb 16, 2027

Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)

Deadline Mar 1, 2027

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)

Deadline Mar 2, 2027Up to $5M

Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)

Deadline Mar 2, 2027

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program

Deadline Mar 25, 2027Up to $1M

Expeditions in Computing

Deadline Mar 31, 2027

Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS)

Deadline Apr 5, 2027Up to $2.5M

NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)

Deadline Apr 6, 2027

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows

Deadline Apr 13, 2027

IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED)

Deadline Apr 13, 2027Up to $2M

Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)

Deadline Apr 14, 2027

Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork

Deadline Jun 1, 2027

EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)

Deadline Jun 1, 2027Up to $3.2M

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems (E-CORE)

Deadline Jul 20, 2027

Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)

Deadline Jul 27, 2027

Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)

Deadline Jul 27, 2027Up to $30M

Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

Deadline Jul 28, 2027

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE)

Deadline Aug 10, 2027

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Deadline Aug 18, 2027Up to $500K

Community Infrastructure for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CIRC)

Deadline Sep 10, 2027Up to $5M

Engineering Research Initiation (ERI)

Deadline Sep 16, 2027

Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences

Deadline Sep 20, 2027Up to $1.2M

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

Deadline Sep 28, 2027

Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

Deadline Oct 7, 2027Up to $7.5M

Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science

Deadline Oct 13, 2027

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF)

Deadline Oct 15, 2027

Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)

Deadline Oct 19, 2027

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)

Deadline Oct 20, 2027

Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes

Deadline Mar 14, 2029Up to $6.5M

Transport Phenomena (TP)

Rolling deadline

The Research on Research Security Program (RoRS)

Rolling deadline

High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (HRRBAA)

Rolling deadlineUp to $35K

Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development (GRANTED)

Rolling deadline

Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12

Rolling deadlineUp to $1.5M

Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core)

Rolling deadline

Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET)

Rolling deadline

Engineering (ENG): Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)

Rolling deadline

Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)

Rolling deadline

Plant Biotic Interactions

Rolling deadline

MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics)

Rolling deadline

National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program

Rolling deadline

NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems

Rolling deadlineUp to $700K

Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)

Rolling deadline

Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF)

Rolling deadline

MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)

Rolling deadline

MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)

Rolling deadline

MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)

Rolling deadline

NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12)

Rolling deadline

MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs (MPS MathSci)

Rolling deadline

Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)

Rolling deadline

Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)

Rolling deadline

Economics

Rolling deadline

Law & Science (LS)

Rolling deadline

Science of Organizations (SoO)

Rolling deadline

Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI)

Rolling deadline

Security and Preparedness (SAP)

Rolling deadline

Sociology

Rolling deadline

Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity)

Rolling deadlineUp to $1.2M

Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)

Rolling deadlineUp to $800K

Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)

Rolling deadline

Chemical Process Systems (CPS)

No fixed deadline

Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering

No fixed deadline

Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research

No fixed deadline

Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science

No fixed deadlineUp to $600K

Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS)

No fixed deadline

Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities

No fixed deadlineUp to $200K

Foundational Research in Robotics

No fixed deadline

Long Term Research in Environmental Biology

No fixed deadlineUp to $600K

Multilateral Partnerships Leveraging Excellence

No fixed deadline

National Facilities

No fixed deadline

Ocean Drilling Program

No fixed deadline

Plant Genome Research Program

No fixed deadline

Research in the Formation of Engineers

No fixed deadline

Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

No fixed deadlineUp to $2M