New Dear Colleague Letters

Current active opportunities

National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot seeks datasets to facilitate AI education and researcher skill development
NSF 25-018
Posted: November 15, 2024
Deadline: February 7, 2025

Research Collaboration Opportunity in Europe for NSF Recipients
NSF 24-126
Posted: September 06, 2024
Deadline: December 18, 2024 (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s time)

Ongoing dear colleague opportunities

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplemental Funding in Computer and Information Science and Engineering
NSF 24-048
Posted: January 17, 2024
Deadline: before March 31st, each year; as the potential for funding requests after this date may be limited

More ongoing dear colleague letter opportunities

Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US)
NSF 24-033
Posted: December 8, 2023
Deadline: before March 31st, each year; as the potential for funding requests after this date may be limited

National Discovery Cloud for Climate Opportunities
NSF 24-024
Posted: December 1, 2023
Deadline: Various ongoing

Medical / Health Cyber Physical Systems Proposals
NSF 24-017
Posted: November 8, 2023
Deadline: October 3, annually

Veterans Research Supplement (VRS) Program
NSF 23-161
Posted: September 28, 2023
Deadline: There is no deadline for submissions of supplemental funding requests.

STEM Access for Persons with Disabilities (STEM-APWD)
NSF 23-160
Posted: September 28, 2023
Deadline: The target date in 2024 and annually thereafter will be 5 p.m. submitter's local time on the second Thursday in November.

Graduate Research Internships in Forensic Science and Criminal Justice Contexts (NSF-NIJ INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity
NSF 23-150
Posted: September 11, 2023
Deadline: Supplemental funding requests may be submitted at any time.

Inviting Proposals Related to Open-Source Software Security to the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program
NSF 23-149
Posted: September 12, 2023
Deadline: Proposals Accepted Anytime

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of India Collaborative Research Opportunities
NSF 23-139
Posted: August 18, 2023
Deadline:  January 5, 2024. Subsequent India target date April 2024. 
Proposals submitted late in a given U.S. fiscal year (FY) may be held over for consideration to the following Fiscal Year.

International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine (IMPRESS-U)
NSF 23-135
Posted: August 3, 2023
Deadline: There are no deadlines for proposal submissions or supplemental funding requests under this DCL, so proposals and requests may be submitted at any time. All proposals and supplemental funding requests will be reviewed as soon as practical.

A proposer or NSF PI must contact and consult with an NSF Program Director in OISE and/or the relevant disciplinary program in advance regarding the content and timing of their submission.

U.S.-UK Research Collaboration under the NSF-UKRI/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Lead Agency Opportunity
NSF 23-128
Posted: July 7, 2023
Deadline: Ongoing

INCLUDES Alliances - Strengthening and Scaling Systems Transformation
NSF 23-076
Posted: March 29, 2023
Deadline: May 15, 2023. Ongoing for every year after 

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under the National Science Foundation and Czech Science Foundation Collaborative Research Opportunities
NSF 23-094
Posted: April 25, 2023
Deadline: remains in effect until archived

A New Supplemental Funding Opportunity for Skills Training in Advanced Research & Technology (START)
NSF 23-093
Posted: April 25, 2023
Deadline: Supplemental funding requests may be submitted at any time in FY2023 with a target date of June 15, 2023 to be reviewed for possible funding prior to October 1, 2023. For each subsequent fiscal year, supplemental funding requests may be submitted at any time with a target date of April 15th for possible funding in that Fiscal Year.

Updated proposal submission due dates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering: Core Programs
NSF 23-062
Posted: February 27, 2023
Deadline: October 1 to 23, 2023, and October 1 to 23, annually thereafter

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals in Cybersecurity under U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (German Research Foundation, DFG) Collaborative Research Opportunities
NSF 23-051
Posted: February 2, 2023
Deadline: Neither SaTC nor DFG have submission deadlines, so proposals may be submitted at any time.

Advice related to the potential renewal of NSF AI Institute Awards
NSF 23-048
Posted: January 30, 2023
Deadline: Renewal proposals, if applicable, should be submitted in conjunction with the fourth annual project review, and not later than the end of October of the fifth funding year.

Research Collaboration Opportunity in Europe for NSF Recipients
NSF 24-053
Posted: February 2, 2024
Deadline: May 17, 2024

Advancing education for the future AI workforce (EducateAI)
NSF 24-025
Posted: December 1, 2023
Deadline: March 31, 2024

Global Centers Program Competition
NSF 24-023
Posted: November 22, 2023
Deadline: Second quarter of calendar year 2024

NSF-French National Research Agency (ANR) Quantum Information Science and Engineering Lead Agency Opportunity
NSF 23-159
Posted: September 26, 2023
Deadline: December 15, 2023

NSF and NEH Collaborates with Canada's 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition
NSF 23-116
September 12, 2023 - Full proposals due

Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of India Collaborative Research Opportunities
NSF 23-114
Posted: May 23, 2023
Deadline: August 15, 2023
April 11, 2024

Clean Energy Technology RAISE or EAGER Proposals
NSF 23-109
Posted: May 17, 2023
Deadline: Concept outlines responsive to this DCL must be received by 5 p.m. submitter's local time on 07/12/2023

Conference Proposals on Clean Energy Topics
NSF 23-108
Posted: May 16, 2023
Deadline: Concept outlines for conference proposals responsive to this DCL must be received by 5 p.m. submitter's local time on 06/30/2023.

Supporting Computing & Networking Research for a National Discovery Cloud for Climate (NDC-C)
NSF 23-101
Posted: May 9, 2023
Deadline: Supplemental funding requests under this DCL

  • One-page summary of the proposed topic and approach not later than June 12, 2023.
  • The supplemental funding request must be prepared in accordance with the guidance in PAPPG Chapter VI.E.5 and must be submitted via Research.gov not later than July 14, 2023

For EAGER proposals under this DCL,

  • One-page Concept Outline of the proposed topic and approach not later than June 12, 2023.
  • PIs for selected topics will be notified not later than June 26, 2023 whether a full EAGER proposal may be submitted. The full EAGER proposal must be prepared in accordance with the guidance in PAPPG Chapter II.F.3 and submitted via Research.gov not later than July 14, 202

Request for Information on Future Topics for Workforce Development in Emerging Technology Career Pathways
NSF 23-100
Posted: May 8, 2023
Deadline: on or before 5:00 PM Eastern time on June 21, 2023

A Request for Input on the Development of the U.S. Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization
NSF 23-098
Posted: May 4, 2023
Deadline: June 30, 2023

Availability of Earth Observation Data for NSF-Funded Researchers
NSF 23-092
Posted: April 26, 2023

Supporting Cybersecurity & Privacy Education and Workforce Development
NSF 23-091
Posted: April 24, 2023
Deadline: July 7, 2023

Seeking US Industry and US Federal Agency Partners to Support Research Projects in Advanced Networking Systems
NSF 23-090
Posted: April 18, 2023
Deadline: May 15, 2023

Joint NSF-JST Proposals to Advance Human-Centered Data for Disaster Resilience Research (HCDDRR)
NSF 23-089
Posted: April 14, 2023
Deadline: August 18, 2023

Updates to the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) Program
NSF 23-088
Posted: April 17, 2023

Research Collaboration Opportunity in Europe for NSF Awardees
NSF 23-085
Posted: April 5, 2023
Deadline: May 26, 2023

Interdisciplinary REU Sites at the Intersection of Computing and Communication Foundations and Mathematics and Statistics
NSF 23-082
Posted: April 4, 2023

Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US)
NSF 23-074
Posted: March 30, 2023
Deadline: June 26, 2023

SII-NRDZ-SBE: Radio Spectrum Sharing - The Human Environment
NSF 23-065
Posted: February 28, 2023
Deadline: May 30, 2023

Request for Information on Future Directions for the NSF Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace Program
NSF 23-063
Posted: March 1, 2023
Deadline: March 24, 2023

Supplemental funding opportunity for use-inspired and translational research activities in support of current Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF: Core Research) research awards
NSF 23-047
Posted: January 23, 2023
Deadline: March 1, 2023