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Supports institutions of higher education that seek to build capacity and infrastructure for translation of fundamental academic research into tangible solutions that benefit the public.

Supports research on discrete structures. Focus areas include algebraic, enumerative, existential, extremal, geometric and probabilistic combinatorics, including graph theory.

Supports research in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, including proof theory, recursion theory, model theory, set theory and infinitary combinatorics.

Supports research in analysis, including complex, harmonic and real analysis; dynamical systems and ergodic theory; functional analysis; mathematical physics; operator theory/algebras; partial differential equations and calculus of variations.

Supports individual or small team research projects within the Division of Chemistry's disciplinary research programs.

Supports research to advance the interoperability of studies using electromagnetic waves, high-energy particles including neutrinos and cosmic rays, and gravitational waves to realize integrated, multi-messenger astrophysical explorations of the universe.

Supports systemic change projects to enhance gender equity and inclusion for STEM faculty.

Supports the development of transformative advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities.

Supports research collaborations between mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists, engineers and social behavior scientists to establish innovative and principled design and analysis approaches for AI technology.

Supports research in algebra, algebraic and arithmetic geometry, number theory and representation theory.

Supports postdoctoral fellows to conduct an integrated program of independent research and education in areas supported by the Division of Astronomical Sciences.

Supports postdoctoral fellows in pursuing research and training in mathematics and statistics, including their applications to other disciplines.

Supports postdoctoral fellows performing impactful research in MPS fields while broadening the participation of groups that are underrepresented in the mathematical and physical sciences.

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique...

Supports research in differential geometry; aspects of global analysis; geometric methods in modern mathematical physics; and geometry of convex sets, integral geometry and related geometric topics.

Supports research on algebraic topology, differential topology, geometric group theory, and general topology and continua theory.

Supports collaborative research projects and the sharing of data and other resources for the study of computational neuroscience.

Supports requests for up to $4 million from NSF for the development or acquisition of multi-user research instruments that are critical to the advancement of science and engineering.

Supports mathematics research motivated by or having an effect on problems arising in science and engineering.

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Supports observational, theoretical, laboratory and archival data research in astronomy and astrophysics.

Supports research in fundamental plasma physics including study of magnetized plasmas, high-energy-density plasmas, low temperature plasmas, strongly coupled plasmas, non-neutral plasmas, and intense field-matter interaction in plasmas.

The Division of Physics (PHY) supports physics research and the preparation of future scientists in the nation’s colleges and universities across a broad range of physics disciplines that span scales of space and time from the largest to the smallest...

The multi-agency Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be the quantitative, mathematical, or computational...

The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) program seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in cyberinfrastructure (CI). The program continues to emphasize integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for...