Open U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funding calls

NSF funds fundamental research and education across science and engineering. Every proposal is reviewed on two equal criteria. 121 open calls, soonest deadline first.

• Topology
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• Geometric Analysis
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$160,000 – $170,000Deadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs:
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 10, 2026 ·
• Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• Plasma Physics
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• Applied Mathematics
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$600,000 – $2,000,000Deadline: November 17, 2026 ·
• National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 18, 2026 ·
• Computational Mathematics
  U.S. National Science Foundation$1 – $1,200,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Archaeometry (AMTRY)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: December 4, 2026 ·
• IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: December 9, 2026 ·
• Statistics
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: December 15, 2026 ·
• Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Arctic DDRIG) Arctic Social Sciences, Arctic System Sciences, and Arctic Observing Network (DDRIG)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: December 15, 2026 ·
• Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$100,000 – $3,500,000Deadline: January 11, 2027 ·
• Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support
  U.S. National Science Foundation$5,000 – $47,500,000Deadline: January 11, 2027 ·
• Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$10,000 – $1,200,000Deadline: January 14, 2027 ·
• Social Psychology
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 15, 2027 ·
• Arctic Research Opportunities
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 15, 2027 ·
• Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 15, 2027 ·
• Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 15, 2027 ·
• Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 15, 2027 ·
• Linguistics
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 15, 2027 ·
• Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 19, 2027 ·
• Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 19, 2027 ·
• Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$200,000 – $2,000,000Deadline: January 20, 2027 ·
• Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)
  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $1,200,000Deadline: January 20, 2027 ·
• Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $1,000,000Deadline: January 21, 2027 ·
• Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$50,000 – $1,200,000Deadline: January 25, 2027 ·
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$1,000,000 – $1,500,000Deadline: January 26, 2027 ·
• Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: January 28, 2027 ·
• Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: February 1, 2027 ·
• Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: February 1, 2027 ·
• Developmental Sciences (DS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: February 1, 2027 ·
• Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: February 2, 2027 ·
• Science and Technology Studies (STS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: February 2, 2027 ·
• Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research (Future CoRe)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$600,000 – $12,000,000Deadline: February 4, 2027 ·
• GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$1,200,000 – $3,600,000Deadline: February 8, 2027 ·
• Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1
  U.S. National Science Foundation$4,000,000 – $19,999,999Deadline: February 8, 2027 ·
• A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$100,000 – $250,000Deadline: February 9, 2027 ·
• Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: February 10, 2027 ·
• EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: February 11, 2027 ·
• NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: February 16, 2027 ·
• Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: March 1, 2027 ·
• NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$1,000,000 – $5,000,000Deadline: March 2, 2027 ·
• Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: March 2, 2027 ·
• Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program
  U.S. National Science Foundation$300,000 – $1,000,000Deadline: March 25, 2027 ·
• Expeditions in Computing
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: March 31, 2027 ·
• Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$300,000 – $2,500,000Deadline: April 5, 2027 ·
• NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: April 6, 2027 ·
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: April 13, 2027 ·
• IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$50,000 – $2,000,000Deadline: April 13, 2027 ·
• Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: April 14, 2027 ·
• EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$477,000 – $3,180,000Deadline: June 1, 2027 ·
• Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: June 1, 2027 ·
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems (E-CORE)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: July 20, 2027 ·
• Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$500,000 – $30,000,000Deadline: July 27, 2027 ·
• Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: July 27, 2027 ·
• Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: July 28, 2027 ·
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: August 10, 2027 ·
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$5,000 – $500,000Deadline: August 18, 2027 ·
• Community Infrastructure for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CIRC)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$50,000 – $5,000,000Deadline: September 10, 2027 ·
• Engineering Research Initiation (ERI)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: September 16, 2027 ·
• Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences
  U.S. National Science Foundation$1 – $1,200,000Deadline: September 20, 2027 ·
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: September 28, 2027 ·
• Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$475,000 – $7,500,000Deadline: October 7, 2027 ·
• Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: October 13, 2027 ·
• NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: October 15, 2027 ·
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: October 19, 2027 ·
• Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: October 20, 2027 ·
• Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes
  U.S. National Science Foundation$1,500,000 – $6,500,000Deadline: March 14, 2029 ·
• Transport Phenomena (TP)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• The Research on Research Security Program (RoRS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (HRRBAA)
  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $35,000Deadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development (GRANTED)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Plant Biotic Interactions
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$25,000 – $1,200,000Deadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12
  U.S. National Science Foundation$1,000,000 – $1,500,000Deadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Engineering (ENG): Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems
  U.S. National Science Foundation$200,000 – $700,000Deadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$300,000 – $800,000Deadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs (MPS MathSci)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Science of Organizations (SoO)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Security and Preparedness (SAP)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Law & Science (LS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Economics
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Sociology
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Ocean Drilling Program
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• National Facilities
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Foundational Research in Robotics
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Long Term Research in Environmental Biology
  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $600,000Deadline: Not listed
• Research in the Formation of Engineers
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  U.S. National Science Foundation$400,000 – $2,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities
  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $200,000Deadline: Not listed
• Plant Genome Research Program
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science
  U.S. National Science Foundation$50,000 – $600,000Deadline: Not listed
• Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Multilateral Partnerships Leveraging Excellence
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Chemical Process Systems (CPS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed