Funding

Discipline(s): All

In this video, NCURA discusses strategies for budgeting for materials and supplies necessary to conduct your research.

Discipline(s): STEM

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and res...

Discipline(s): Health Sciences

Description: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (T35) to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and/or enhance research training opportunities for predoctoral students interested in careers in biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research. Many NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) use this NRSA program exclusively to support intensive, short-...

Discipline(s): Environmental Sciences, Engineering

The Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) program supports research and development to: (1) determine the environmental effects of air quality, drinking water, water quality, hazardous waste, toxic substances, and pesticides; (2) identify, develop, and demonstrate effective pollution control techniques; (3) perform risk assessments to characterize the potential adverse health effects of human exposures to environmental hazards; and (...

Discipline(s): All

In this video, NCURA discusses the research development process.

Discipline(s): Education

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) is seeking peer reviewers (field readers) to read and evaluate discretionary grant program applications. If you are interested in serving as a field reader for OPE grant competitions, you must register in G5 at https://www.g5.gov/.

For more information, visit this link.

Discipline(s): Computer and Information Science and Engineering,

The Community Research Infrastructure for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CIRC) program drives discovery and learning in the core disciplines of the three participating CISE divisions [Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), Computer and Network Systems (CNS), and Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)] of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) by funding the c...

Discipline(s): Biological Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, STEM Education, Technology, Innovation and Partnerships

The Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program aims to harness the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of national and societal importance. It supports the formation of new OSE managing organizations based on an existing open-source product or class of products, with each organizatio...

Discipline(s): STEM Education (EDU)

The unprecedented speed of advancements in machine learning (ML), generative artificial intelligence (AI), and large language models (LLM) is rapidly transforming formal and informal educational settings and systems. Educators and learners are grappling with unanticipated and rapidly changing AI that impacts both day-to-day K-12 classroom practices and the use of AI in informal (out of school) settings.

In response to these technological changes, the na...

Discipline(s): Social, Behavioral and Economics Sciences

The National Science Foundation (NSF) encourages submission of proposals that diversify and further deepen the study of language and communication. This is a collaborative initiative across several programs in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (Linguistics, Developmental Science, Perception, Action and Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, Dynamic Language Infrastructure-Documenting Endangered Languages and Science of Le...

Disciplines: Sciences

USDA convenes peer review panels comprised of research, education, extension, and other subject matter experts to review competitive grant proposals. Panelist duties include reviewing proposals; drafting and submitting individual ratings and written reviews; and attending and participating in a panel meeting. During the panel meeting, panelists discuss and reach a group consensus on proposal rankings. Panels may be conducted via teleconference or in-person meetings.

To be...

Discipline(s): All

In this video, National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) explains how certain project materials and equipment should be budgeted for under federal regulations.

Discipline(s):  Biological Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering. Geosciences; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, STEM Education

BioFoundries is an infrastructure program from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that is designed to accelerate advances in the biological sciences, chemical biology, biotechnology, and bioengineering via access to modern infrastructure, technology, and capacity. BioFoundries will provide th...

Discipline(s):   STEM Education

The National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) invites innovative proposals that address the critical need for recruiting, preparing, and retaining highly effective elementary and secondary mathematics and science teachers and teacher leaders who persist as classroom teachers in high-need Local Education Agencies (LEA), (a.k.a. high-need school district). To achieve this goal, Noyce supports talented science, technology...

Discipline(s): All

Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Spring 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference! This virtual conference will be broadcast live on Zoom during the week of June 5 – 8, 2023.

Registration is open! To register for this free event, visit our conference website or https://nsfpolicyoutreach.com/spring-2023-registration/

Please feel free to check nsfpolicyoutreach.com for the most up-to-date conference information and to view the confere...

Disciplines: Arts & Humanities

You are invited to register to become a reviewer of applications for funds from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Building Technologies Office (BTO). 

EERE recently updated its mission: to drive the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of innovative technologies, systems, and practices that will (1) help transition Americans to a 100% clean energy economy no later than 2050, and (2) ens...

Discipline(s): All

The National Science Foundation recently rolled out significant updates to the website intended to make it easier for you to find the information you're interested in.

Here's what has changed:

• NSF's new website, previously called beta.nsf.gov, is now new.nsf.gov.
• We've updated our homepage and site navigation to better connect you to the information you care about.
• We've updated our pages for funding seekersand awardees to provide clearer guidance.
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Disciplines: All

 To further scientific and technological cooperation between the United States and the European Community, the National Science Foundation and the European Research Council signed an Implementing Arrangement on October 29, 2019, to enable U.S.-based scientists and engineers with active NSF awards, particularly those early in their careers, to pursue research collaboration with European colleagues supported through EU-funded European Research Council (ERC) grants.

 ER...

Discipline(s): Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Social and Economic Sciences

The Human Networks and Data Science program (HNDS) supports research that enhances understanding of human behavior by leveraging data and network science research across a broad range of topics. HNDS research will identify ways in which dynamic, distributed, or heterogeneous data can provide novel answers to fundamental questions about individual or group behavior. HNDS is especially interested in proposals that prov...

Disciplines: All

 Join the FAST Center at Illinois for our May SBIR/STTR Webinar which will be presented by IL FAST Center SBIR/STTR expert Kris Parmelee of the Parmelee Consulting Group. More details are coming soon and will be posted on our events calendar.

Our presenter will be Kris Parmelee of the Parmelee Consulting Group, Inc., a member of the FAST Center of Illinois consultant team. Kris is a proud graduate of Indiana University’s School of Public and Envi...