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Dear Colleague Letter

Career-Life Balance (CLB) Supplemental Funding Requests

Encourages supplemental funding requests to support additional personnel when an investigator, postdoctoral fellow or graduate student is on family leave for primary dependent care responsibilities or other direct family considerations.

Posted November 13, 2020
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Cooperative Agreement
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National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

Over the past decade of its authorized award life, the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) has enabled major discoveries, innovations, and contributions to education and commerce by providing researchers from academia, small and large companies, and government with open access...
Current But No Longer Receiving Proposals
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Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1)

Supports the design and implementation of research infrastructure — including equipment, cyberinfrastructure, large-scale datasets and personnel — whose total project costs exceed NSF's Major Research Instrumentation program but are under $20 million.

Standard Grant
Program

Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research (FW-HTF)

Supports research on the interaction of technology and people in the workplace, with a focus on the design of intelligent technologies and work organization that improves the quality of work, ensures worker safety, and enhances societal impact.

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Continuing Grant
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Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE)

Supports research and education to increase research capacity and broaden participation in quantum information science and engineering.

Dear Colleague Letter

Broadening Participation in STEM Entrepreneurship and Innovation (BPINNOVATE)

Invites proposals on identifying factors that limit participation in STEM entrepreneurship and innovation and on strategies to broaden participation of underrepresented groups.

Posted November 19, 2020
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Dear Colleague Letter

Effective Practices for Data

Describes and encourages effective practices for managing research data, including the use of persistent identifiers for data and machine-readable data management plans.

Posted May 20, 2019
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Supplemental Funding
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Continuing Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Pilot for the Allocation of High-Throughput Computing Resources (HTC)

Invites investigators to submit requests for access to High-Throughput Computing resources made available through the Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing project; open to current awardees and in regular proposal submissions to participating programs.

Posted February 24, 2022
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Supplemental Funding
Standard Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine (IMPRESS-U)

Invites multilateral collaboration with the US, Ukraine, and Poland or Baltic countries in the global research community for support in scientific and engineering research, education and innovation.

Posted August 3, 2023
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Cooperative Agreement
Dear Colleague Letter

NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) Program

Invites proposals to develop coalitions of academic institutions, nonprofits, for-profits, government entities and others to create regional “innovation ecosystems” — galvanizing use-inspired research, technology translation and workforce development.

Posted May 3, 2022
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Continuing Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Advice to the Community About Submitting Proposals to the GRANTED Program Description Funding Opportunity PD 23-221Y

Provides information to the community about developing a competitive proposal for submission to the Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity program description funding opportunity.

Posted September 19, 2023
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

Research Collaboration Opportunity in Europe for NSF Awardees

Supplemental funding for current grantees for research visits to any identified, appropriate European Research Council-funded European research group, particularly for grantees who are early in their careers or who are still actively building their careers.

Posted March 10, 2022
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Standard Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) Conferences and Workshops

Invites requests to fund conferences and workshops to help shape future funding opportunities and to prepare communities to submit ambitious proposals in response to those calls. These events should focus on the development of the research enterprise.

Posted December 27, 2022
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Cooperative Agreement
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Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships

The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program supports exceptionally innovative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs focus on creating new scientific paradigms, establishing entirely new scientific disciplines and developing transformative technologies which have...
Cooperative Agreement
Program

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations

Supports interjurisdictional teams of EPSCoR investigators to perform research in emerging industries, with the goal of promoting economic growth in their jurisdictions.

Cooperative Agreement
Program

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1 (RII Track-1)

The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific progress nationwide. Jurisdictions are eligible to participate in the NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Program based...
Cooperative Agreement
Program

Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 (Mid-scale RI-2)

Supports the implementation of research infrastructure — including equipment, cyberinfrastructure, large-scale datasets and personnel — whose total project costs fall between $20 million and $100 million.

Cooperative Agreement
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Harnessing the Data Revolution: Coordination Hub

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of "Big Ideas," ten 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...
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Continuing Grant
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Research Coordination Networks: Fostering and Nurturing a Diverse Community of CI Professionals

Supports the creation of research coordination networks that advance and connect cyberinfrastructure professionals across all areas of science and engineering research and education.

Current But No Longer Receiving Proposals
Cooperative Agreement
Program

Arecibo Center for STEM Education and Research (ACSER)

Supports the establishment of a center focusing on STEM education and research at the original site of the Arecibo Observatory.

Standard Grant
Dear Colleague Letter

Planning Grants for the NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Program Track-1 Projects

Invites proposals for planning grants from eligible jurisdictions that will submit a full Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1 proposal in the future.

Posted November 12, 2021
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

International Collaboration Supplements in Quantum Information Science and Engineering Research

Dear Colleagues: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has long supported research to advance quantum information science and engineering (QIS) from laboratory theory into practical reality and lay the foundations for the next century of quantum discovery. Building on this core...
Posted May 21, 2021
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

Supplements to Broaden Networks and Partnerships Between NSF's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (RII) Track-2 Projects and Minority Serving Institutions

Supports postdoctoral fellowships or partnership supplements to build partnerships between active Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-2 awardees and minority-serving institutions.

Posted May 4, 2021
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Dear Colleague Letter

Leadership-Class Computing Facility Application Team Partners

Dear Colleagues: For almost four decades, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has played a leading role in provisioning advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) capabilities for our nation's researchers to advance science and engineering (S&E) discovery and innovation. Today, as part of a...
Posted January 26, 2021
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Supplemental Funding
Dear Colleague Letter

Supplemental Funding Requests for National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) US-Ireland Student Mobility Program

Encourages supplemental funding requests for graduate students to pursue additional training at one of the Science Foundation Ireland’s Centres for Research Training.

Posted February 20, 2024
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