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U.S. National Science Foundation grants for nonprofits
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122 open opportunities
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closed Up to $8M#25-522
ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering
U.S. National Science Foundation Closed#PD-24-110Z
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes today Up to $5K–$500K#23-601
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 6 days Up to $100K–$3.3M#23-586
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 8 days#19-575
Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 13 days#26-506
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 13 days Up to $100K–$3.5M#21-595
U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 20 days Up to $2M–$3M#24-597
IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 20 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 Closes in 21 days Up to $100K–$250K#23-569
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 22 days Up to $600K–$12M#25-543
Probability
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 27 days#PD-18-1263
NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 27 days#22-615
Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 30 days Up to $1–$1.2M#22-600
Foundations
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 34 days#PD-18-1268
Combinatorics
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 34 days#PD-18-7970
Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 40 days Up to $50K–$1.2M#25-515
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 41 days Up to $220K#26-504
Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 42 days#22-605
Analysis
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 42 days#PD-20-1281
EDU Core Research
U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 43 days Up to $500K–$2.5M#21-588
Advanced Technological Education
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Closes in 43 days Up to $475K–$7.5M#24-584
Engineering Research Initiation
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 51 days Up to $200K#24-590
Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 51 days Up to $500K–$1.5M#24-569
Algebra and Number Theory
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 51 days#PD-20-1264
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 56 days Up to $600K#24-503
Mathematical Biology
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 56 days#PD-22-7334
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 57 days Up to $110K#22-621
Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 62 days#23-598
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 63 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 69 days#22-622
Geometric Analysis
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 76 days#PD-22-1265
Topology
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 76 days#PD-22-1267
U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs:
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 77 days#26-513
Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 77 days#26-512
SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 77 days Up to $160K–$170K#23-500
MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 89 days#26-522
Applied Mathematics
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 89 days#PD-16-1266
Plasma Physics
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 89 days#PD-23-1242
Major Research Instrumentation Program
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 89 days Up to $100K–$4M#23-519
Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 89 days#22-627
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 89 days#22-624
National Science Foundation Translation to Practice
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 90 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 91 days#26-507
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 93 days Up to $125K–$5M#24-563
Archaeometry
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 104 days#23-573
Computational Mathematics
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 104 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 107 days#23-595
Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Arctic DDRIG) Arctic Social Sciences, Arctic System Sciences, and Arctic Observing Network
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 118 days#20-597
Statistics
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 118 days#PD-18-1269
Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 145 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 149 days#25-526
Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 153 days#24-587
Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 154 days Up to $1.2M#25-531
Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 155 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 160 days Up to $1M–$1.5M#24-573
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 173 days Up to $4M–$20.0M#24-598
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 173 days Up to $1.2M–$3.6M#24-527
EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 176 days#26-524
Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 180 days#PD-98-1680
Mid-Career Advancement
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 194 days#22-603
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 195 days Up to $1M–$5M#25-514
Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 196 days Up to $100K–$750K#25-510
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 218 days Up to $300K–$1M#24-529
Expeditions in Computing
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 224 days Up to $15M#20-544
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory - Quantum Testbeds
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 230 days#24-586
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 237 days#24-528
Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 238 days#25-533
Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 286 days#25-525
Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 342 days Up to $15M#26-525
Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 938 days Up to $1.5M–$6.5M#23-606
Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18256 days#26-514
MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18261 days#26-521
Engineering (ENG): Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18261 days#26-515
MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18261 days#26-519
Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18261 days#26-514
MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs (MPS MathSci)
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18261 days Up to $300K#26-520
Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET)
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18261 days Up to $500K#26-518
Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core)
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18261 days Up to $500K#26-517
MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics)
U.S. National Science Foundation Open — closes in 18261 days#26-523
Transport Phenomena (TP)
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-26-366Y
Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS)
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-26-369Y
Chemical Process Systems (CPS)
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-26-367Y
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
Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#24-546
Plant Genome Research Program
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#24-547
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 Capacity for Biological Research
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $25K–$1.2M#23-580
Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research
Nonprofit U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline Up to $300K–$800K#23-578
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
Security and Preparedness
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-19-118Y
Accountable Institutions and Behavior
U.S. National Science Foundation Rolling / no fixed deadline#PD-19-120Y
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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