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U.S. National Science Foundation grants for nonprofits

Explore active grant opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation. We've laid out the essentials — deadlines, awards, eligibility — with a direct link to apply on Grants.gov.

136 open opportunities

Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards

U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 11 days#23-566

Arctic Research Opportunities

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 25 days Up to $330K#23-572

Social Psychology

U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 25 days#PD-22-1332

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education

U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 25 days Up to $200K–$2M#23-510

Linguistics

U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 25 days#PD-98-1311

TechAccess: AI-Ready America

U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 26 days Up to $3M–$4M#26-508

CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 31 days Up to $300K–$2.5M#26-503

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 31 days#25-523

Faculty Early Career Development Program

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 32 days Up to $400K#22-586

NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 34 days#26-502

Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs (SBIR/STTR): A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation.

U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 37 days#26-511

Integrated Data Systems & Services

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 38 days Up to $500K–$30M#26-509

Developmental Sciences

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 40 days#24-544

Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 40 days#23-503

Science and Technology Studies

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 44 days#22-629

Perception, Action & Cognition

U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 44 days#PD-09-7252

Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program

U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 45 days#PD-20-1260

Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 46 days Up to $550#PD-19-127Y

Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology - Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 48 days Up to $100K–$2M#24-562

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 52 days Up to $8M#25-522

Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 52 days#24-571

Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 52 days Up to $400K–$600K#24-570

ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 52 days#PD-24-110Z

Physical Oceanography

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 58 days Up to $250K#PD-98-1610

Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 58 days#25-502

Cognitive Neuroscience

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 58 days#PD-24-1699

Biological Oceanography

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 58 days#PD-23-1650

Chemical Oceanography

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 58 days Up to $200K–$2M#PD-98-1670

Decision, Risk and Management Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 59 days#23-618

Decision, Risk and Management Sciences

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 59 days#PD-23-1321

Research Experiences for Undergraduates

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 60 days Up to $5K–$500K#23-601

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 66 days Up to $100K–$3.3M#23-586

Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 68 days#19-575

Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 73 days#26-506

Tribal Colleges and Universities Program

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 73 days Up to $100K–$3.5M#21-595

U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 80 days Up to $2M–$3M#24-597

IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 80 days Up to $50K–$2M#24-564

A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 81 days Up to $100K–$250K#23-569

Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 82 days Up to $600K–$12M#25-543

Probability

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 87 days#PD-18-1263

NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 87 days#22-615

Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 90 days Up to $1–$1.2M#22-600

Combinatorics

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 94 days#PD-18-7970

Foundations

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 94 days#PD-18-1268

Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 100 days Up to $50K–$1.2M#25-515

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 101 days Up to $220K#26-504

WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE: THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 102 days#PD-23-5115

Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 102 days#22-605

Analysis

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 102 days#PD-20-1281

EDU Core Research

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 103 days Up to $500K–$2.5M#21-588

Advanced Technological Education

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 103 days Up to $475K–$7.5M#24-584

Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 111 days Up to $500K–$1.5M#24-569

Algebra and Number Theory

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 111 days#PD-20-1264

Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 116 days Up to $600K#24-503

Mathematical Biology

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 116 days#PD-22-7334

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 117 days Up to $110K#22-621

Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 122 days#23-598

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 123 days Up to $190K#23-603

NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 129 days#22-622

Geometric Analysis

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 136 days#PD-22-1265

Topology

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 136 days#PD-22-1267

SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 137 days Up to $160K–$170K#23-500

Applied Mathematics

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 149 days#PD-16-1266

Plasma Physics

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 149 days#PD-23-1242

Major Research Instrumentation Program

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 149 days Up to $100K–$4M#23-519

Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 149 days#22-627

Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 149 days#22-624

National Science Foundation Translation to Practice

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 150 days Up to $600K–$2M#25-540

National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 151 days#26-507

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 153 days Up to $125K–$5M#24-563

Archaeometry

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 164 days#23-573

Computational Mathematics

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 164 days Up to $1–$1.2M#PD-16-1271

Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 167 days#23-595

Statistics

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 178 days#PD-18-1269

Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 205 days Up to $5K–$47.5M#23-525

Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 209 days#25-526

Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 214 days Up to $1.2M#25-531

Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 215 days Up to $1M#23-520

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program (FEC)

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 220 days Up to $1M–$1.5M#24-573

Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 233 days Up to $4M–$20.0M#24-598

GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 233 days Up to $1.2M–$3.6M#24-527

Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 240 days#PD-98-1680

Mid-Career Advancement

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 254 days#22-603

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 255 days Up to $1M–$5M#25-514

Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 256 days Up to $100K–$750K#25-510

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 278 days Up to $300K–$1M#24-529

Expeditions in Computing

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 284 days Up to $15M#20-544

NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory - Quantum Testbeds

U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 290 days#24-586

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 297 days#24-528

Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 298 days#25-533

Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 346 days#25-525

Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 998 days Up to $1.5M–$6.5M#23-606

Chemical Process Systems (CPS)

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-26-367Y

Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS)

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-26-369Y

Engineering Environmental Resiliency (EER)

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-26-370Y

Transport Phenomena (TP)

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-26-366Y

Professional Formation of Engineers

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-26-1341

Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $1M–$1.5M#26-501

NSF National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-Corps (TM) Teams) program

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $50K#25-549

NSF STEM K-12

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#25-545

NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $200K–$700K#25-537

Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-19-126Y

The Research on Research Security Program

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-25-275Y

Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-25-058Y

Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions:

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#14-579

Infrastructure Systems and People

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-25-342Y

Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#25-519

Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#25-518

Atmosphere Cluster

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-24-7790

Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $50K–$600K#PD-24-7414

Plant Genome Research Program

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#24-547

Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#24-546

Division of Environmental Biology

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $5K–$5M#24-543

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#24-539

Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $200K#24-540

Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $400K–$2M#PD-23-277Y

Facility and Instrumentation Request Process

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#23-602

Economics

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-23-1320

Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $300K–$800K#23-578

Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $25K–$1.2M#23-580

Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-23-221Y

Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $202K#22-639

Education Programs in Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-21-7700

Long Term Research in Environmental Biology

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $600K#21-544

Law & Science

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-21-128Y

Plant Biotic Interactions

Nonprofit
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#20-576

Foundational Research in Robotics

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-20-144Y

Environmental Engineering

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-20-1440

Accountable Institutions and Behavior

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-19-120Y

Security and Preparedness

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-19-118Y

High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $35K#19-570

Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-18-7222

Marine Geology and Geophysics

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-17-1620

Ocean Drilling Program

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $300K#PD-14-5720

Science of Organizations

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-11-8031

Sociology

U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-98-1331

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