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Supports institutions of higher education to fund scholarships for academically talented low-income STEM majors and to study and implement a program of activities that support their recruitment, retention and graduation.

Supports innovative biomedical engineering research using the unique microgravity environment of the International Space Station to advance fundamental understanding and technology development that benefits life on Earth.

Supports experienced engineering researchers by funding fundamental research that helps them pivot to a new field or direction or relaunch into active research after a hiatus.

Supports hands-on learning opportunities for learners from nontraditional backgrounds, equipping them with skills for emerging technology fields and fostering workforce development through cross-sector partnerships.

Supports research on the Earth's upper atmosphere to enhance understanding of its dynamics, energy flows and interactions across regions while encouraging applications of innovative methods such as AI, machine learning and open science practices.

The Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) program seeks to stimulate the development of innovative mathematical theories, techniques, and approaches to investigate challenging questions of great interest to biologists and public health policymakers. It supports truly integrative research projects in mathematical...

Supports materials design and development through the integration of experiments, computation and data-driven methods, while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and training the next generation of the materials R&D workforce.

Supports fundamental research that examines how human behavior interacts with environmental and social processes, advancing geographical theory and geospatial methods through rigorous, impactful studies.

Supports the development of innovative approaches that foster open, inclusive and equitable scientific practices, enhancing geoscience research, education and capacity building through enhanced information resources and collaborative tools.

Broadens participation in the social, behavioral and economic sciences through support for research, training and research infrastructure at minority-serving institutions, including partnerships with and among those institutions.

Supports integrative, cross-disciplinary research that explores the mechanistic and eco-evolutionary responses of organisms to climate change, aiming to improve predictions, develop solutions for mitigating impacts and support the bioeconomy.

Supports fundamental research, through an NSF-Intel partnership, on heterogeneous integration of semiconductor technologies using advanced packaging to drive future communication, computing, biotechnology, energy and other applications.

Supports research aimed at understanding patterns, causes and consequences of human social and cultural variation, including research that has implications for confronting anthropogenic problems.

Supports research into synthetic microbial communities, including how they form and evolve, how to use them to address biological questions and/or how to build them for biotechnology or bioengineering applications.

Supports independent postdoctoral research and professional development in research areas supported by the Division of Earth Sciences.

Supports fundamental and solutions-based research and education on the Earth's near-space environment and the sun-Earth system, including the societal impacts of space weather.

Supports state-of-the-art facilities and instrumentation to enable research by the scientific community in atmospheric and geospace sciences, including research aircraft, supercomputers and community governed models of atmospheric processes.

Supports fundamental research on atmospheric processes, including chemical, physical and dynamic factors that influence weather, climate, air quality and the water cycle.

Supports efforts to address safety, security and privacy vulnerabilities in open-source ecosystems to enhance their resilience and ability to manage current and future risks.